MODEL NUMBER
26-5020
BODY
Body Material: Sen, Alder or Basswood
Body Finish: Polyester (thin finish)
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Body Routing: SSS
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Slab Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style
Nut Width: 1.650” (42mm)
Position Inlays: White dot; Wide Spacing
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Squier Transition Style Logo
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN JAPAN", "by Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Pickup: USA Alnico single Coil, Black Bottom (rarely Red or Grey Bottom), unbevelled, 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
String Tree: Wing
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial "JV"
COLORS
At first only 3-Color Sunburst; then Black, White and Fiesta Red (since May, 1983)
ACCESSORIES
Case: None
COMMENTS
Replaces Fender "Squier Series" '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)
Left-Handed Models avaliable
26-5020
BODY
Body Material: Sen, Alder or Basswood
Body Finish: Polyester (thin finish)
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Body Routing: SSS
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Slab Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style
Nut Width: 1.650” (42mm)
Position Inlays: White dot; Wide Spacing
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Squier Transition Style Logo
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN JAPAN", "by Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Pickup: USA Alnico single Coil, Black Bottom (rarely Red or Grey Bottom), unbevelled, 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
String Tree: Wing
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial "JV"
COLORS
At first only 3-Color Sunburst; then Black, White and Fiesta Red (since May, 1983)
ACCESSORIES
Case: None
COMMENTS
Replaces Fender "Squier Series" '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)
Left-Handed Models avaliable
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
1983 JV export with the second type of headstock and decals. You see the typical "EX" stamp in the neck pocket with two oblique tooling holes, staggered black bottom pickups, saddles with double unidirectional "Fender" engravings, DM30 switch, knobs with small numbers and truss rod that also fits into the rosewood fingerboards. ( Courtesy of Paolo Bassi)
