SERIES
Standard Series, Limited Edition
 
BODY
Body Material: Basswood
Body Finish: Polyester
Body Shape: Stratocaster
 
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Polyester
Neck Shape: "U" Type
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple Cap or Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Position Inlays: Black (Maple) or Pearloid (Rosewood) Dots, Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
Made in Japan Decal
 
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Whitish Modern
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", Serial Number
 
ELECTRONICS
Pickups: ST-Single, Single Ceramic Bar
Controls: 5-Way Switch, 1 Volume, 2 Tone
Configuration: SSS
 
HARDWARE
Bridge: Vintage Style, Die Cast Block
Saddles: Block Saddles
Tuning Machines: Standard
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply, 11 Hole (Config. Modern)
Plastics: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt
 
COLORS
Black
Olympic White
 
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: Headstock
 
COMMENTS
Fender Japan was never consistent and not every guitar that came off the line matched specs of what was in the catalog.

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

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ST40, Courtesy of Top Shelf Instruments

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Courtesy of Redmond007

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