MODEL NUMBER
27-4300-(Color#): Rosewood
27-4302-(Color#): Maple
27-4350-(Color#): Rosewood, Model Number for USA
27-4352-(Color#): Maple, Model Number for USA
 
BODY
Body Material: Basswood
Body Finish: Polyester
Body Shape: Stratocaster
 
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Slim “D”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple or Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12” (305 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Frets Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Width: 1.625” (41.3 mm)
Position Inlays: Black (maple) or Pearl Small Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Standard (Black Plastic Headstock Access)
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Micro Tilt
String Clamp
 
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Modern (White CBS Style Logo)
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN JAPAN"
Other Decals, back: None
 
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Single Coil Strat Pickup with Flat Poles Alnico Pole Pieces
Middle Pickup: Single Coil Strat Pickup with Flat Poles Alnico Pole Pieces
Neck Pickup: Single Coil Strat Pickup with Flat Poles Alnico Pole Pieces
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
 
HARDWARE
Bridge: Fender System I Tremolo Bridge (FS1)
Tuning Machines: Standard Gotoh Cast/Sealed, unslotted
String Tree: None
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: None
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Plain, with plastic gasket
 
COLORS
(506) Black
(509) Candy Apple Red
(532) Brown Sunburst
(580) Arctic White
(502) Lake Placid Blue, from 1986
 
ACCESSORIES
Less Case

COMMENTS
"E" Serial number on the headstock
"A" Serial number on the neck plate

ENG: The origin of Fender Japan and the Japanese Standard Strats
ITA: La nascita del Made in Japan Fender e Le Standard giapponesi

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(eBay)

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4 of the 6 microtuners are missing from the bridge. Original Fender Japan single coil pickups (Neck-5.62k ohms, Middle-5.92k ohms, Bridge-5.70k ohms). Courtesy of Cream City Music

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Courtesy of Maurizio Preatoni

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