BODY
Body Material: Alder or Basswood (Only Basswood since late 1984)
Body Finish: Polyester
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Oval Type
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood (BLK, FRD, VWH, 3TS) or Maple (BLK, FRD, VWH, T)
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Position Inlays: Black (Maple) or White (Rosewood) Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug: On 1-piece maple neck models only
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Gold Squier Logo
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN JAPAN", "BY Fender"
Other Decals, back: Round blue sticker with a "36" stamped upon it
ELECTRONICS (JAPANESE)
Pickups: SQ-3 with plastic wires, Flat Poles, #1 Ceramic Bar
Controls: DM50 5-Way Switch, Volume, Tone 1., Tone 2.
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Die-Cast Vintage Style
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" same directions
Tuning Machines: Die-Cast Covered (Gotoh Cast/Sealed Since Mid 1984)
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply, 8 Hole (maple); or 3-Ply White, 11 Hole, Config. Vintage (rosewood)
Plastics: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt
COLORS
Black
Vintage White
Fiesta Red, until 1985
3-Tone Sunburst, Rosewood, until 1987-1988
Tobacco Sunburst, Maple, until 1987-1988
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: "JV" and "A" on the neck plate; "E" and others serial numbers on the base of the neck
COMMENTS
Since Mid 1984 no more difference was made between the SST-30s (3TS, T) and SST-30 (BLK, FRD, VWH) models, which were simply called SST-30 (All Colors)
Usually red "ST30" or "ST30s" stamp in the neck pocket or unmarked
Fender Japan was never consistent and not every guitar that came off the line matched specs of what was in the catalog.
Body Material: Alder or Basswood (Only Basswood since late 1984)
Body Finish: Polyester
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Oval Type
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood (BLK, FRD, VWH, 3TS) or Maple (BLK, FRD, VWH, T)
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Position Inlays: Black (Maple) or White (Rosewood) Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug: On 1-piece maple neck models only
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Gold Squier Logo
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN JAPAN", "BY Fender"
Other Decals, back: Round blue sticker with a "36" stamped upon it
ELECTRONICS (JAPANESE)
Pickups: SQ-3 with plastic wires, Flat Poles, #1 Ceramic Bar
Controls: DM50 5-Way Switch, Volume, Tone 1., Tone 2.
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Die-Cast Vintage Style
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" same directions
Tuning Machines: Die-Cast Covered (Gotoh Cast/Sealed Since Mid 1984)
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply, 8 Hole (maple); or 3-Ply White, 11 Hole, Config. Vintage (rosewood)
Plastics: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt
COLORS
Black
Vintage White
Fiesta Red, until 1985
3-Tone Sunburst, Rosewood, until 1987-1988
Tobacco Sunburst, Maple, until 1987-1988
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: "JV" and "A" on the neck plate; "E" and others serial numbers on the base of the neck
COMMENTS
Since Mid 1984 no more difference was made between the SST-30s (3TS, T) and SST-30 (BLK, FRD, VWH) models, which were simply called SST-30 (All Colors)
Usually red "ST30" or "ST30s" stamp in the neck pocket or unmarked
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 birth of the JV's
ITA: Le Fender Stratocaster giapponesi e La nascita delle "JV"
ITA: Le Fender Stratocaster giapponesi e La nascita delle "JV"
SST-30, "JV" Serial Number
1986 SST-30, Gotoh Caster Sealed Tuners, Courtesy of Top Shelf Instruments
1985 Squier SST-30s, E Serial Number, Courtesy of Top Shelf Instruments
