BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Alder
Body Finish: Ultra-Thin Poly Coating
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Oval Type
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Madagascar Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Frets Size: Vintage Style
Nut Width: 42 mm
Position Inlays: White Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
Made in Japan decal
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
ELECTRONICS
Pickups: Japanese VST Alnico Custom Stratocaster Pickups, Alnico Staggered Beveled Poles
Controls: 5-way Switch; CTS 1 Volume, 2 Tone
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: S8F 6-Saddle Vintage Style with Steel Block
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" Same Directions
Tuning Machines: Fender/Gotoh MHG-SD91 NI Vintage Style
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Hole (Config. Vintage)
Plastics: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, “STRATOCASTER 60 YEARS 1954 2014”
COLORS
Faded 3-Tone Sunburst
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number: Back of the neck
Black Hardshell Case
COMMENTS
Limited to 60 pieces.
The ST60TH VSP was released exclusively from Fender Japan in 2014 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Stratocaster. The acronym “VSP”, which stands for “Vintage Special Series”, was given only to the highest-end Japanese guitars. Instead of the lacquer top coating used for the other VSP models, the ST60TH VSP adopted an ultra-thin poly coating. It was a hybrid coating that had both the acoustic characteristics of lacquer and the durability of poly. Probably this is the only Japanese Stratocaster to feature a Madagascar Rosewood fingerboard.
Body Material: 2-Piece Alder
Body Finish: Ultra-Thin Poly Coating
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Oval Type
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Madagascar Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Frets Size: Vintage Style
Nut Width: 42 mm
Position Inlays: White Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
Made in Japan decal
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
ELECTRONICS
Pickups: Japanese VST Alnico Custom Stratocaster Pickups, Alnico Staggered Beveled Poles
Controls: 5-way Switch; CTS 1 Volume, 2 Tone
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: S8F 6-Saddle Vintage Style with Steel Block
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" Same Directions
Tuning Machines: Fender/Gotoh MHG-SD91 NI Vintage Style
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Hole (Config. Vintage)
Plastics: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, “STRATOCASTER 60 YEARS 1954 2014”
COLORS
Faded 3-Tone Sunburst
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number: Back of the neck
Black Hardshell Case
COMMENTS
Limited to 60 pieces.
The ST60TH VSP was released exclusively from Fender Japan in 2014 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Stratocaster. The acronym “VSP”, which stands for “Vintage Special Series”, was given only to the highest-end Japanese guitars. Instead of the lacquer top coating used for the other VSP models, the ST60TH VSP adopted an ultra-thin poly coating. It was a hybrid coating that had both the acoustic characteristics of lacquer and the durability of poly. Probably this is the only Japanese Stratocaster to feature a Madagascar Rosewood fingerboard.
ENG: The origin of Fender Japan and The 60th anniversary of the Stratocaster
ITA: La nascita del Made in Japan Fender e Il sessantesimo anniversario della Stratocaster
ITA: La nascita del Made in Japan Fender e Il sessantesimo anniversario della Stratocaster
Courtesy of Guitar Shop Kiss
Courtesy of Ishibashi
