SERIES
Collectors Players/Current Series
 
CODES
ST72-65: Collectors Players, 1985-1989
ST72-600SC: Current, 1990
 
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: Scalloped Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Position Inlays: Pearloid 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
Plastics: Black
Neck Plate: 3-Bolt with Micro Tilt, "F", "FENDER JAPAN"
 
COLORS
Olympic White
 
MISCELLANEOUS
Serial Number Position: Base of the neck
 
COMMENTS
Replaced by ST72-700SC
These were considered "unofficial" Richie Blackmore 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"

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ST72-65, courtesy of Mojo Stomp Boxes

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