BODY
Body Material: Alder or Basswood
Body Finish: Polyester
Body Shape: Stratocaster
 
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Oval Type
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood (FRD, CBL, VWH) or Maple (BLK)
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 "45" stamped upon it
 
ELECTRONICS (JAPANESE)
Pickups: SQ-4 Hotrod with plastic wires, Alnico Staggered Poles
Controls: DM30 3-Way Switch (until mid 1983), then DM50 5-Way; Volume, Tone 1., Tone 2.
Configuration: SSS
 
HARDWARE
Bridge: Die-Cast Vintage Style
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
Black, Maple
Fiesta Red, Rosewood
California Blue, Rosewood
Vintage White, Rosewood
 
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: "JV" on the neck plate
 
COMMENTS
Usually red "D" stamp in the neck pocket
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"

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Courtesy of Odines Guitars

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