SERIES
Collectors Players/Current
CODES
ST72-75: Collectors Players, 1986-1989
ST72-600SC: Current, 1990
BODY
Body Material: Basswood; Sen on NAT finish
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: Scalloped Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Position Inlays: Black 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: ST Current, Flat Poles (Japan)
Controls: 5-Way Switch; 1 Volume, 2 Tone
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Die Cast Block S5D Current
Saddles: Die Cast CBS Style
Tuning Machines: Gotoh Cast Sealed
String Tree: Wing, #2
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Hole (Config. Modern)
Plastics: White
Neck Plate: 3-Bolt with Micro Tilt, "F", "FENDER JAPAN"
COLORS
Olympic White
Natural (Sen body), Since 1988
Yellow White, Since 1988
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: Base of the neck
COMMENTS
Replaced by ST72-750SC
These were considered "unofficial" Yngwie Malmsteen models.
Fender Japan was never consistent and not every guitar that came off the line matched specs of what was in the catalog.
Collectors Players/Current
CODES
ST72-75: Collectors Players, 1986-1989
ST72-600SC: Current, 1990
BODY
Body Material: Basswood; Sen on NAT finish
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: Scalloped Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Position Inlays: Black 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: ST Current, Flat Poles (Japan)
Controls: 5-Way Switch; 1 Volume, 2 Tone
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Die Cast Block S5D Current
Saddles: Die Cast CBS Style
Tuning Machines: Gotoh Cast Sealed
String Tree: Wing, #2
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Hole (Config. Modern)
Plastics: White
Neck Plate: 3-Bolt with Micro Tilt, "F", "FENDER JAPAN"
COLORS
Olympic White
Natural (Sen body), Since 1988
Yellow White, Since 1988
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: Base of the neck
COMMENTS
Replaced by ST72-750SC
These were considered "unofficial" Yngwie Malmsteen models.
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"
ST72-700SC, pickups not original, courtesy of Digimart
ST72-75, switch tip not original, courtesy of Ishibashi
