They are made in both Japan and Korea, I have one of each , both are replicas of the 61-62' standard. Minor differances between them...Right now I prefer the Korean one for it's clarity. The scarf joint is at the 3rd fret on the Korean ,came with a black toggle wich I changed ,and the smaller headstock, no s/n, and the pick gaurd screws were black so I polished them and removed the paint and now they look like twins. I bought the Korean from Mike's music last year, the Japanese on I bought in japan back in 86'