BODY
Body Material: Alder or Ash
Body Finish: "Thick Skin" Poly/Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster, Contour light and variable
 
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Poly/Nitrocellulose
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round Lam Rosewood or Fretted Maple Neck
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style
Position Inlays: Pearl (Rosewood) or Black Dots (Maple), Narrow Spacing; Black Side Dots
Truss Rod: Bullet
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Micro Tilt
 
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: CBS Black Logo (during 1977 larger yellow contour)
Patent Numbers until late '76, then Serial on the front face of the headstock
 
ELECTRONICS
Pickups: Alnico 5 Single Coil, Grey Bottom
Poles: Flush Poles
Magnet Wire: Plain Enamel
Middle Pickup RWRP: No
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 3-Position Blade; 5-Position introduced in 1977
Configuration: SSS
 
HARDWARE
Bridge: Die-Cast Tremolo
Saddles: Die-Cast
Tuning Machines: Schaller/Fender "F" Keys
String Tree: #2 Wing
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black or White, 11 Holes (config. modern)
Control Knobs: Black or White
Pickup covers: Black or White
Neck Plate: 3-Bolt, Serial (until late '76)
 
COLORS
3-Tone Sunburst, Blonde (until 1979), Custom Colors

​NOTE
These are only general specs, but there are many exceptions. Indeed, since its birth in 1954, the Stratocaster has undergone many changes that have taken place gradually, without marked boundary lines.

ENG: Evolution of the Stratocaster 1954-1987 in details
ITA: L'evoluzione della Stratocaster vintage nel dettaglio (1954-1987)

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