MODEL NUMBER
26-5020
 
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: Slab Indian Rosewood
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: White dot; Wide Spacing
Skunk Stripe: None
 
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: 3-Ply White, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial "JV"
 
COLORS
3-Color Sunburst
 
ACCESSORIES
Case: None
 
COMMENTS
Replaced by Squier '62 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, "S" in the pickup cavity (that means "Suburst")
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

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A beautiful export JV Strat, first series, with the Fender Spaghetti logo and "Squier Series" decal, body in sen. Gray Bottom X-1 pickups (distinguishable from the yellow cable), DM30 switch, green capacitor and rubbers to adjust pickups height. The Radius is the uncommon 9.5". The truss rod does not enter the rosewood fingerboard. You can see the marking "S" in the cavity of the neck pickup (courtesy of roll4speed from squier talk)

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