MODEL NUMBER
26-5010
BODY
Body Material: Sen, Alder or Basswood
Body Finish: Polyester (thin finish)
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Body Routing: SSS; (early sen models may have a "truss rod rout" between neck cavity and neck pickup)
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184mm); early models may have a 9.5" Radius (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style
Nut Width: 1.650” (42mm)
Position Inlays: Black dot; Wide Spacing
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Vintage Spec Small Headstock
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN JAPAN", "WITH SYNCRONIZED TREMOLO", "Squier SERIES"
ELECTRONICS
Pickup: USA Alnico single Coil, Grey or Red Bottom, unbeveled, staggered; sometimes '70s USA flat poles pickup; rarely X-1 bridge pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Tone, Tone
Switching: 3-Position Blade (DM-30); rarely 5-way
Green Capacitor
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo with Zinc Alloy Block
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" same direction
Tuning Machines: Gotoh Kluson Style without Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply White, 8 Holes
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial "JV"
COLORS
2-Color Sunburst
ACCESSORIES
Case: None
COMMENTS
Replaced by Squier '57 Vintage Stratocaster (JV Serial)
Japan electronic, but USA made pickup
Usually red stamp "EX" (sometimes and/or "C") in the neck pocket
Sometimes "Y" stamp on the neck heel (maybe Yamano Music?)
Sometimes, early models only, "T" in the pickup cavity (that means "Tobacco")
Pickup screws with rubber tensioner grommets / tubing
Pickup wire cloth covered (early models plastic covered)
26-5010
BODY
Body Material: Sen, Alder or Basswood
Body Finish: Polyester (thin finish)
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Body Routing: SSS; (early sen models may have a "truss rod rout" between neck cavity and neck pickup)
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184mm); early models may have a 9.5" Radius (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style
Nut Width: 1.650” (42mm)
Position Inlays: Black dot; Wide Spacing
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Vintage Spec Small Headstock
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN JAPAN", "WITH SYNCRONIZED TREMOLO", "Squier SERIES"
ELECTRONICS
Pickup: USA Alnico single Coil, Grey or Red Bottom, unbeveled, staggered; sometimes '70s USA flat poles pickup; rarely X-1 bridge pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Tone, Tone
Switching: 3-Position Blade (DM-30); rarely 5-way
Green Capacitor
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo with Zinc Alloy Block
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" same direction
Tuning Machines: Gotoh Kluson Style without Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply White, 8 Holes
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial "JV"
COLORS
2-Color Sunburst
ACCESSORIES
Case: None
COMMENTS
Replaced by Squier '57 Vintage Stratocaster (JV Serial)
Japan electronic, but USA made pickup
Usually red stamp "EX" (sometimes and/or "C") in the neck pocket
Sometimes "Y" stamp on the neck heel (maybe Yamano Music?)
Sometimes, early models only, "T" in the pickup cavity (that means "Tobacco")
Pickup screws with rubber tensioner grommets / tubing
Pickup wire cloth covered (early models plastic covered)
ENG: The origin of Fender Japan and JV and SQ Stratocasters
ITA: La nascita del Made in Japan Fender e le JV e le SQ Stratocaster
ITA: La nascita del Made in Japan Fender e le JV e le SQ Stratocaster
The instrument is original, apart from the selector which has been replaced. The original one, photographed separately, can be recognized by the red jumper, typical of JVs.
There is a route between the neck pickup and the neck pocket.
The "FENDER" logo engraved on the saddles extends beyond the hole, typical of these very early JVs.
Another note, on these first JVs the welds between the pots are missing, the grounding is delegated to the aluminum sheet of the pickguard. The welds between the pots came a few months later with the Squier Stratocasters (Courtesy of Alberto Pretto)
There is a route between the neck pickup and the neck pocket.
The "FENDER" logo engraved on the saddles extends beyond the hole, typical of these very early JVs.
Another note, on these first JVs the welds between the pots are missing, the grounding is delegated to the aluminum sheet of the pickguard. The welds between the pots came a few months later with the Squier Stratocasters (Courtesy of Alberto Pretto)
