MODEL NUMBER
025-8100-(963)
 
BODY
Body Material: Light Ash
Body Shape: Stratocaster
 
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Oval Type
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Bound Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Frets Size: Vintage Style
Position Inlays: Pearloid Block Inlays
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
Neck Heel Decal: Made/Crafted in Japan Decal
 
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small, Black Painted
Logo: Gold Embossed Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: Gold "STRATOCASTER", Gold "THE VENTURES"
Other Decals, back: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Sticker
 
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Gold Lace Sensor
Middle Pickup: Gold Lace Sensor
Neck Pickup: Gold Lace Sensor
Controls: Master Volume, Tone, MDX
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
 
HARDWARE
Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" same direction
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style without Logo, Slotted
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Gold
Pickguard: 3-Ply White Shell, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Control Knobs: Black Skirted Amp Control Knobs
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "F", Serial (numeric)
 
COLORS
(963) Midnight Black Transparent
 
MISCELLANEOUS
9V Battery Pocket on the back of the body, under the back plate
 
ACCESSORIES
Less Case
 
COMMENTS
Japanese Ventures Stratocaster Domestic Models, in production until 1999, had a Ventures Gold Logo on the body front, too.

Un po' di storia: The Ventures Stratocaster

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Courtesy of Chicago Music Exchange

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The Ventures Stratocaster (Reverb.com)

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