BODY
Body Material: Alder
Body Shape: Stratocaster
 
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple or Rosewood
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Jumbo
Position Inlays: Black dot (maple), White dot (rosewood); Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: BiFlex
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Micro Tilt
"MADE IN JAPAN"
 
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Modern Logo, CBS style
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", Serial Number
 
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: US Covered, Flush Poles, Alnico II
Middle Pickup: US Covered, Flush Poles, Alnico II
Neck Pickup: US Covered, Flush Poles, Alnico II
Dummy Coil between middle and bridge pickup
Controls: Master Volume, TBX, MDX
Push/pull pickup selector switches, #3: 1. (neck), 2. (mid), 3. (bridge)
Configuration: SSS
 
HARDWARE
Bridge: Freeflyte tremolo, Die-Cast, w/pop-in arm
Saddles: Elongated Saddles
Tuning Machines: Schaller Die-Cast "Fender"
String Tree: Ezy Glider, #2
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: Elongated shape, White, 3-Ply, 11 screws
Back Plate: None
Control Knobs: White plastic w/rubber ring, "F"
Tremolo Bar Tip: Chrome
Switch Tip: None
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Fender elite"
 
COLORS
3-Tone Sunburst
Black
Olympic White
Candy Apple Red
 
COMMENTS
Not to be confused with the US Stratocaster Elite (21 frets)
Side-mounted input jack

ENG: About Fender Strats made in Japan and The "domestic" Stratocasters
ITA: Le Fender Stratocaster giapponesi e Le Stratocaster "domestic"

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