MODEL NUMBER
10-1200-(color#): rosewood ftb.
10-1202-(color#): maple neck
10-1222-(color#): left handed, only maple neck and (506) and (532) color
10-1204-(color#): hard-tail, rosewood ftb.
10-1206-(color#): hard-tail, maple neck
BODY
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Polyurethane (but sometimes laquer color coat); Polyester undercoat
Body Shape: Stratocaster; Special front rout
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: New flatter neck shape
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple or Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jumbo
Nut, optional: Lokset Nut (alias Fender fine-tune nut)
Nut Width: 1.7" (43.2 mm)
Position Inlays: Black dot (maple), White dot (rosewood); Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: BiFlex
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Tilt Neck
HEADSTOCK
Type: "Smith" headstock
Logo: Modern Logo, CBS style
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN U.S.A.", serial
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Covered, Flush Poles, Alnico II
Middle Pickup: Covered, Flush Poles, Alnico II
Neck Pickup: Covered, Flush Poles, Alnico II
Dummy Coil between middle and bridge pickup
Controls: Master Volume, TBX, MDX (early models +6dB, since 1984 higher)
Push/pull pickup selector switches, #3: 1. (neck), 2. (mid), 3. (bridge)
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Freeflyte tremolo, Die-Cast, w/pop-in arm
Saddles: Elongated Saddles
Tuning Machines: Schaller Die-Cast "Fender"
String Tree: Ezy Glider, #2
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: Elongated shape, White, 3-Ply, 11 screws
Back Plate: None
Control Knobs: White plastic w/rubber ring, "F"
Switch tip: None
Tremolo bar Tip: Chrome
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Fender elite"
COLORS
(506) Black, (521) Natural, (531) Sienna Sunburst, (532) Brown Sunburst, (543) Pewter, (580) Arctic White, (502) Lake Placid Blue, (509) Candy Apple Red, (542) Aztec Gold, (545) Candy Apple Green, (546) Emerald Green (trasparent), (547) Wild Cherry (trasparent), (550) Bronze Stratoburst, (551) Black Stratoburst, (552) Blue Stratoburst
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010 to .046
ACCESSORIES
Voyagair Case
COMMENTS
Only a single, front-sided rout on the guitar to accommodate the pickups, the tremolo, the preamp and the controls
Side-mounted input jack
Security Lock Strap Buttons
Not to be confused with the Japanese EST'83-110 (22 frets)
ENG: The origin of the Elite Stratocaster
ITA: La nascita della Stratocaster Elite
10-1200-(color#): rosewood ftb.
10-1202-(color#): maple neck
10-1222-(color#): left handed, only maple neck and (506) and (532) color
10-1204-(color#): hard-tail, rosewood ftb.
10-1206-(color#): hard-tail, maple neck
BODY
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Polyurethane (but sometimes laquer color coat); Polyester undercoat
Body Shape: Stratocaster; Special front rout
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: New flatter neck shape
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple or Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jumbo
Nut, optional: Lokset Nut (alias Fender fine-tune nut)
Nut Width: 1.7" (43.2 mm)
Position Inlays: Black dot (maple), White dot (rosewood); Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: BiFlex
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Tilt Neck
HEADSTOCK
Type: "Smith" headstock
Logo: Modern Logo, CBS style
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN U.S.A.", serial
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Covered, Flush Poles, Alnico II
Middle Pickup: Covered, Flush Poles, Alnico II
Neck Pickup: Covered, Flush Poles, Alnico II
Dummy Coil between middle and bridge pickup
Controls: Master Volume, TBX, MDX (early models +6dB, since 1984 higher)
Push/pull pickup selector switches, #3: 1. (neck), 2. (mid), 3. (bridge)
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Freeflyte tremolo, Die-Cast, w/pop-in arm
Saddles: Elongated Saddles
Tuning Machines: Schaller Die-Cast "Fender"
String Tree: Ezy Glider, #2
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: Elongated shape, White, 3-Ply, 11 screws
Back Plate: None
Control Knobs: White plastic w/rubber ring, "F"
Switch tip: None
Tremolo bar Tip: Chrome
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Fender elite"
COLORS
(506) Black, (521) Natural, (531) Sienna Sunburst, (532) Brown Sunburst, (543) Pewter, (580) Arctic White, (502) Lake Placid Blue, (509) Candy Apple Red, (542) Aztec Gold, (545) Candy Apple Green, (546) Emerald Green (trasparent), (547) Wild Cherry (trasparent), (550) Bronze Stratoburst, (551) Black Stratoburst, (552) Blue Stratoburst
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010 to .046
ACCESSORIES
Voyagair Case
COMMENTS
Only a single, front-sided rout on the guitar to accommodate the pickups, the tremolo, the preamp and the controls
Side-mounted input jack
Security Lock Strap Buttons
Not to be confused with the Japanese EST'83-110 (22 frets)
ENG: The origin of the Elite Stratocaster
ITA: La nascita della Stratocaster Elite
| Elite series 1983 manual.pdf |
1983 Elite Stratocaster (Courtesy of Leo Alberti)
1984 Elite Stratocaster (reverb.com)
1983 Elite Stratocaster (reverb.com)
