BODY
Body Material: Alder or Basswood
Body Finish: Polyester
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Scale Length: Short Scale 24.75" (628 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood (3TS), (VWH), (CAR), or Maple (T)
Number of Frets: 21
Position Inlays: Black (Maple) or White (Rosewood) Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: On 1-piece maple neck models only
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 "50" stamped upon it
ELECTRONICS (JAPANESE)
Pickups: SQ-5N Hotrod with plastic wires, Alnico Staggered Poles
Controls: DM50 5-Way; Volume, Tone 1., Tone 2.
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Endrox Tremolo System
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" same directions
Tuning Machines: Gotoh Vintage Style
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 SST314-55
Candy Apple Red (later replaced by Metallic Pink), Rosewood Only
COLORS SST314-50
3-Tone Sunburst, Rosewood Only
Vintage White, Rosewood Only
Tobacco Sunburst, Maple Only
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: "JV" on the neck plate
COMMENTS
Usually red "A" stamp on the neck heel
These Strats are the same guitar, but different colors
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
Body Finish: Polyester
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Scale Length: Short Scale 24.75" (628 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood (3TS), (VWH), (CAR), or Maple (T)
Number of Frets: 21
Position Inlays: Black (Maple) or White (Rosewood) Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: On 1-piece maple neck models only
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 "50" stamped upon it
ELECTRONICS (JAPANESE)
Pickups: SQ-5N Hotrod with plastic wires, Alnico Staggered Poles
Controls: DM50 5-Way; Volume, Tone 1., Tone 2.
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Endrox Tremolo System
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" same directions
Tuning Machines: Gotoh Vintage Style
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 SST314-55
Candy Apple Red (later replaced by Metallic Pink), Rosewood Only
COLORS SST314-50
3-Tone Sunburst, Rosewood Only
Vintage White, Rosewood Only
Tobacco Sunburst, Maple Only
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: "JV" on the neck plate
COMMENTS
Usually red "A" stamp on the neck heel
These Strats are the same guitar, but different colors
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"
Courtesy of Reverb (Mojostompboxes)
Courtesy of 35JVsAnniversary
