MODEL NUMBER
025-1000-(Color#)
BODY
Body Material: Alder With Basswood Cap and Foto Flame (Top Only)
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple with Foto Flame Natural Finish
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
Neck Heel Decal: Made/Crafted in Japan Decal, Serial
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
Other Decals, back: "FOTO FLAME" Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Flat Poles Single Coil Strat Pickup with #1 Ceramic Bar
Middle Pickup: Flat Poles Single Coil Strat Pickup with #1 Ceramic Bar
Neck Pickup: Flat Poles Single Coil Strat Pickup with #1 Ceramic Bar
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Vintage Style Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" same direction
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style without Logo, Slotted
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White Pearloid, 11 Holes (config. vintage); 3-Ply White with (521) until 12/1995
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Plain
COLORS
(521) Natural, White Pickguard until 12/1995
(531) Aged Cherry Sunburst
(534) Autumn Burst
(560) 3-Color Transparent
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .009 to .042
ACCESSORIES
Less Case
COMMENTS
Not to be confused with 60's Stratocaster (Foto Flame Finish) or HRR Series Foto (Flame Finish), that had all basswood body with foto flame finish on top and back and classic neck finish (not foto flame). Few "domestic" limited edition models had only a neck foto flame, not the body.
Not to be confused with model 025-0100 (60's Stratocaster Natural), 3/1994-12/1994, same as 60's Stratocaster (027-1000) except an alder body with basswood cap and a Natural "Foto Flame" Finish on body and neck.
The bodies on these Foto Flames are made from Alder with a Basswood cap which dent and crack easily; these cracks can be all the way down through the film into the wood.
025-1000-(Color#)
BODY
Body Material: Alder With Basswood Cap and Foto Flame (Top Only)
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple with Foto Flame Natural Finish
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
Neck Heel Decal: Made/Crafted in Japan Decal, Serial
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
Other Decals, back: "FOTO FLAME" Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Flat Poles Single Coil Strat Pickup with #1 Ceramic Bar
Middle Pickup: Flat Poles Single Coil Strat Pickup with #1 Ceramic Bar
Neck Pickup: Flat Poles Single Coil Strat Pickup with #1 Ceramic Bar
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Vintage Style Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" same direction
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style without Logo, Slotted
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White Pearloid, 11 Holes (config. vintage); 3-Ply White with (521) until 12/1995
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Plain
COLORS
(521) Natural, White Pickguard until 12/1995
(531) Aged Cherry Sunburst
(534) Autumn Burst
(560) 3-Color Transparent
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .009 to .042
ACCESSORIES
Less Case
COMMENTS
Not to be confused with 60's Stratocaster (Foto Flame Finish) or HRR Series Foto (Flame Finish), that had all basswood body with foto flame finish on top and back and classic neck finish (not foto flame). Few "domestic" limited edition models had only a neck foto flame, not the body.
Not to be confused with model 025-0100 (60's Stratocaster Natural), 3/1994-12/1994, same as 60's Stratocaster (027-1000) except an alder body with basswood cap and a Natural "Foto Flame" Finish on body and neck.
The bodies on these Foto Flames are made from Alder with a Basswood cap which dent and crack easily; these cracks can be all the way down through the film into the wood.
ENG: The origin of Fender Japan and more info about Foto Flame finishes
ITA: La nascita del Made in Japan Fender e maggiori dettagli sulle finiture Foto Flame
ITA: La nascita del Made in Japan Fender e maggiori dettagli sulle finiture Foto Flame
Courtesy od Stillkickinmusic
The basswood top dents and cracks easily; these cracks can be all the way down through the film into the wood, as happened in this Strat. Courtesy of Clarks Music (eBay)
Courtesy of Moody from Strat Talk
