MODEL NUMBER
27-8900-(500)
 
BODY
Body Material: Alder
Body Shape: Stratocaster
 
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Frets Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Neck Profile at Nut: .800"
Neck Profile at 12th Fret: .920"
Position Inlays: Pearloid Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
Neck Heel Decal: Made in Japan Decal, Serial
 
HEADSTOCK
Type: Slightly Lop-Sided
Logo: Modern Logo (White CBS Style)
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER XII"
Other Decals, back: None
 
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Single Coil Strat Pickup, with Flat Pole Pieces
Middle Pickup: Single Coil Strat Pickup, with Flat Pole Pieces
Neck Pickup: Single Coil Strat Pickup, with Flat Pole Pieces
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
 
HARDWARE
Bridge: Special 12-Saddles Hard Tail Bridge
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style Tuners without Logo, Slotted
String Tree:  Single Bar String Guide
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "F"
 
COLORS
(500) 3-Color Sunburst
 
ACCESSORIES
Less Case
 
COMMENTS
Maybe few models with plain neck plate
Same model number of 1988-1991 Stratocaster XII

​ENG: The origin of Fender Japan
ITA: La nascita del Made in Japan Fender

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Courtesy of Reverb, Spacetone Music

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Courtesy of Vintage And Rare

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