Electric guitar

Maker Fender Musical Instruments Corporation

Date1986

Place MadeMatsumoto, Japan, North America

ModelSquier Contemporary Stratocaster HSS [Torino Red] 27-6800

Serial No.E654492

SignedSilver and pewter metallic decal on head: Squier® STRATOCASTER® [sic] / MADE IN JAPAN / [SERIAL / NUMBER] E654492 by Fender [the words serial number and the serial number a separate decal]

Adjustable saddles on bridge each with FENDER stamped on either side of the opening for the string.

Chrome-plated steel enclosed tuners with the Fender and Gotoh “G” logo etched or engraved on the cover plate.
MarkingsWritten in black ink inside the neck pocket: MT 336 [perhaps NT 336]
Written in black ink inside the neck pocket: TRD [which stands for Torino Red, the color of the guitar]
DescriptionThe quality of Japanese guitars began to improve dramatically in the 1970s and 1980s. Consequently, Fender began moving some production to Japan in 1982. The Squier Contemporary Stratocaster was made by FujiGen Gakki in partnership with Fender and its quality matched or exceeded American-made Fenders of that time. The Contemporary Stratocaster line updated the look of the classic 1950s design and offered new pickup options.

Head: maple; face painted black
Neck: maple with mahogany truss rod cover strip
Fingerboard: rosewood; 22 nickel-silver frets; single plastic imitation mother-of-pearl dots behind the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 15th, 17th, 19th, and 21st frets; double plastic imitation mother-of-pearl dots behind the 12th fret; single white celluloid side dots behind 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 15th, 17th, 19th, and 21st frets; double ivory celluloid dots behind the 12th fret
Nut: black plastic
Bridge: Fender tremolo bridge; chrome plated steel base with six individual, adjustable saddles each with FENDER stamped on either side of the opening for the string;
Pegs: six on one side, chrome-plated steel enclosed Gotoh tuners with the Fender and Gotoh “G” logos etched or engraved on the cover plate.
Strap button: nickel-plated steel
Pickup configuration: single coil pickups in the neck and middle position, humbucker pickup in the bridge position; black plastic pickup covers
Controls: black-finished bras volume and tone knobs; three chrome-plated steel mini switches [two two-way switches and one three-way switch]
Pick guard: none
Finish: Torino Red polyester
DimensionsTotal guitar length: 965 mm (38”)
Back length: 456 mm(17-15/16”)
Upper bout width: 278 mm (10 15/16”)
Waist width: 229 mm (9”)
Lower bout width: 324 mm (12-3/4”)
Body thickness: 45 mm (1-3/4”)
Head length: 181 mm (7-1/8”)
Head width, top: 51mm (2”)
Head width, bottom: 76 mm (3”) [measured at the widest point on the treble side]
Neck length (nut to end of neck tenon): 453 mm (17-13/16”)
Neck width, nut: 40 mm (1-9/16”)
Neck width, end of neck tenon: 53 mm (2-3/32”)
Vibrating string length (nut to saddle edge): high E: 644 mm (25 11/32”)
Nut to 12th fret: 314 mm (12-3/8”)
ProvenanceGift of Harris Haynes Estate, 2012

Credit LineGift of Harris Haynes Estate, 2012

Object number14648

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