MODEL NUMBER
10-1100/2-(Color#): Rosewood/Maple, tremolo
10-1106-(Color#): Maple, hard-tail
10-1122-(Color#): Left Hand, maple, tremolo, only with (506) and (532)
BODY
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Polyurethane (but sometimes laquer color coat); Polyester undercoat
Body Shape: Stratocaster, "Fullerton" contour, special front rout
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: New flatter shape
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple or slabboard rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Frets Size: Jumbo
Nut Width: 1.7" (43.2 mm)
Position Inlays: White dot (rosewood) or Black dot (maple); Narrow spacing
Truss Rod: BiFlex
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Tilt Neck
HEADSTOCK
Type: "Smith" headstock
Logo: Modern Logo (Whitish CBS style); Very First Models with Black CBS Logo with Silver Outline
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN U.S.A.", Serial Number
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Flush Poles
Middle Pickup: Flush Poles
Neck Pickup: Flush Poles
Controls: Volume, Tone
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Freeflyte tremolo, Die-Cast, w/pop-in arm
Saddles: Elongated Saddles
Tuning Machines: Fender/Deluxe Schaller Keys cast/sealed
String Tree: Wing, #2
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: White, 1-Ply, 12 Screws
Back plate: None
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Fender"
COLORS
(506) Black,
(531) Sienna Sunburst,
(532) Brown Sunburst,
(549) Ivory
During 1984 also in red, yellow, or blue streaked Marble finish, unofficially known as Marble or Bowling Ball Stratocaster
ACCESSORIES
Case
COMMENTS
Only a single, front-sided rout on the guitar to accommodate the pickups, the tremolo and the controls
Second tone control replaced by a vertical jack socket
Replace Stratocaster Standard - First Version
Replaced by American Standard Stratocaster - First Series
Not to be confused with the Japanese Two Knobs ST83-80
ENG: The birth of the 2 Knobs Stratocaster
ITA: La nascita della 2 knobs Stratocaster
10-1100/2-(Color#): Rosewood/Maple, tremolo
10-1106-(Color#): Maple, hard-tail
10-1122-(Color#): Left Hand, maple, tremolo, only with (506) and (532)
BODY
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Polyurethane (but sometimes laquer color coat); Polyester undercoat
Body Shape: Stratocaster, "Fullerton" contour, special front rout
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: New flatter shape
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple or slabboard rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Frets Size: Jumbo
Nut Width: 1.7" (43.2 mm)
Position Inlays: White dot (rosewood) or Black dot (maple); Narrow spacing
Truss Rod: BiFlex
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Tilt Neck
HEADSTOCK
Type: "Smith" headstock
Logo: Modern Logo (Whitish CBS style); Very First Models with Black CBS Logo with Silver Outline
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN U.S.A.", Serial Number
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Flush Poles
Middle Pickup: Flush Poles
Neck Pickup: Flush Poles
Controls: Volume, Tone
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Freeflyte tremolo, Die-Cast, w/pop-in arm
Saddles: Elongated Saddles
Tuning Machines: Fender/Deluxe Schaller Keys cast/sealed
String Tree: Wing, #2
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: White, 1-Ply, 12 Screws
Back plate: None
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Fender"
COLORS
(506) Black,
(531) Sienna Sunburst,
(532) Brown Sunburst,
(549) Ivory
During 1984 also in red, yellow, or blue streaked Marble finish, unofficially known as Marble or Bowling Ball Stratocaster
ACCESSORIES
Case
COMMENTS
Only a single, front-sided rout on the guitar to accommodate the pickups, the tremolo and the controls
Second tone control replaced by a vertical jack socket
Replace Stratocaster Standard - First Version
Replaced by American Standard Stratocaster - First Series
Not to be confused with the Japanese Two Knobs ST83-80
ENG: The birth of the 2 Knobs Stratocaster
ITA: La nascita della 2 knobs Stratocaster
1984 Black Stratocaster Standard. The FreeFlyte tremolo was used in the Standard model and the back plate disappeared; the jack socket was relocated on the pickguard (reverb.com)
eBay
Early 2-Knob strat with different logo
The "marble" of the 1984 Bowling Ball Stratocaster (reverb.com)
