SERIES
Current/Vintage Series
 
BODY
Body Material: Basswood
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
Truss Rod: Bullet
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Made/Crafted in Japan Decal
 
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: Black CBS
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
 
ELECTRONICS
Pickups: ST Single (Japan)
​Controls: 5-Way Switch; 1 Volume, 2 Tone
Configuration: SSS
 
HARDWARE
Bridge: S88 Current Die-Cast Block
Saddles: Die Cast CBS Style
Tuning Machines: Gotoh Cast Sealed
String Tree: Wing, #2
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Hole; 3-Ply Black on 3TS/Rosewood and BLK/Rosewood
Plastics: Black on Rosewood; White on Maple
Neck Plate: 3-Bolt with Micro Tilt, "F", "FENDER JAPAN"
 
COLORS
3-Tone Sunburst (Black Pickguard and plastics on rosewood, White Pickguard and plastic on maple)
Black (Black Pickguard and plastics on rosewood, White Pickguard and plastic on maple)
Olympic White
 
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: Base of the neck
 
COMMENTS
Replaces ST72-500
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"

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Courtesy of TC Gakki

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