MODEL NUMBER
10-1250
BODY
Body Material: American Walnut
Body Finish: Polyurethane; Polyester undercoat
Body Shape: Stratocaster; Special front rout
NECK
Neck Material: American Walnut
Neck Shape: New flatter neck shape
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
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" with pearloid buttons
String Tree: Ezy Glider, #2
Hardware Finish: Gold Plated
Pickguard: Elongated shape, White, 3-Ply, 11 screws
Back Plate: None
Control Knobs: White plastic w/rubber ring, "F"
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Fender elite"
COLORS
(521) Natural
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010 to .046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe 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
ENG: The origin of the Elite Stratocaster
ITA: La nascita della Stratocaster Elite
10-1250
BODY
Body Material: American Walnut
Body Finish: Polyurethane; Polyester undercoat
Body Shape: Stratocaster; Special front rout
NECK
Neck Material: American Walnut
Neck Shape: New flatter neck shape
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
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" with pearloid buttons
String Tree: Ezy Glider, #2
Hardware Finish: Gold Plated
Pickguard: Elongated shape, White, 3-Ply, 11 screws
Back Plate: None
Control Knobs: White plastic w/rubber ring, "F"
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Fender elite"
COLORS
(521) Natural
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010 to .046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe 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
ENG: The origin of the Elite Stratocaster
ITA: La nascita della Stratocaster Elite
On this Walnut Elite Stratocaster was added a Fender fine-tune nut, optional component on the Elite Series... very invasive and unsightly! In fact in many cases it was removed leaving three holes above the nut. (reverb.com)
