SERIES
Current Series
BODY
Body Material: White Ash or Sen
Body Finish: Polyester
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Polyester
Neck Shape: Oval Type
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple or Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Position Inlays: Black (Maple) or Pearloid (Rosewood) Dots, Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: Bullet
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Made in Japan Decal
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: Black CBS
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
ELECTRONICS
Pickups: US ST-Current, Flat Poles
Controls: CRL 5-Way Switch; 1 Volume, 2 Tone (CTS)
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: US Die Cast Block Current
Saddles: US Die Cast CBS Style
Tuning Machines: Schaller "F" Keys
String Tree: Wing, #2
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Hole (Modern)
Plastics: White
Neck Plate: 3-Bolt with Micro Tilt, "F", "FENDER JAPAN"
COLORS
3-Tone Sunburst
Natural
Black
Yellow White
Olympic White
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: Base of the neck; JV and A Serial Numbers on the neck plate; Early E Serial Numbers on the headstock.
COMMENTS
The ST72-115 showed on Fender Twang Japanese catalog featured a 3-Ply pickguard with a vintage srew positions and a wide spacing dots at the 12th fret.
Fender Japan was never consistent and not every guitar that came off the line matched specs of what was in the catalog.
Current Series
BODY
Body Material: White Ash or Sen
Body Finish: Polyester
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Polyester
Neck Shape: Oval Type
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple or Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Position Inlays: Black (Maple) or Pearloid (Rosewood) Dots, Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: Bullet
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Made in Japan Decal
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: Black CBS
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
ELECTRONICS
Pickups: US ST-Current, Flat Poles
Controls: CRL 5-Way Switch; 1 Volume, 2 Tone (CTS)
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: US Die Cast Block Current
Saddles: US Die Cast CBS Style
Tuning Machines: Schaller "F" Keys
String Tree: Wing, #2
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Hole (Modern)
Plastics: White
Neck Plate: 3-Bolt with Micro Tilt, "F", "FENDER JAPAN"
COLORS
3-Tone Sunburst
Natural
Black
Yellow White
Olympic White
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: Base of the neck; JV and A Serial Numbers on the neck plate; Early E Serial Numbers on the headstock.
COMMENTS
The ST72-115 showed on Fender Twang Japanese catalog featured a 3-Ply pickguard with a vintage srew positions and a wide spacing dots at the 12th fret.
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 "domestic" Stratocasters
ITA: Le Fender Stratocaster giapponesi e Le Stratocaster "domestic"
ITA: Le Fender Stratocaster giapponesi e Le Stratocaster "domestic"
Courtesy of eBay
ST72-115, saddles not original, courtesy of Guitar Planet
