1993 Fender Japan ST57-70 '57 Reissue Stratocaster w/Texas Specials (Brown Sunburst)

1993 Fender Japan ST57-70 '57 Reissue Stratocaster w/Texas Specials (Brown Sunburst)Made by the Fujigen Gakki factory in 1993, this is the mid range '57 reissue from Fender Japan. Two tone sunburst finish on a solid alder body bolted to a one piece '57 profile maple neck (43mm nut width, 7. 25" radius), it weighs 3. 3kg's. Loaded with Fender USA Texas Special single coils, the original Fender bridge with Fender stamped saddles and original vintage style tuners are still working perfectly. This is one of almost 50 guitars that we

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There's no signs of this every being painted and there's still pencil marks on the body from the pickup and control cavity routing

Pancake mahogany body with a maple top and slim 60's mahogany neck

Given a full teardown and rebuild by our in-house tech

given a full professional service and a truss adjustment prior to listing

Made by Edwards in Japan somewhere around 1993 (it's a pre-serial number model)

has some fading under the clear coat on the back

Appears to be all original except for a new tuner ferrule

Loaded with a pair of covered single coil pickups controlled by master volume/tone controls and three-way selector along with a Jag style tremolo system

Sonically it is a difference you can hear

this is an artist model for the guitarist of the band Aura and wears a fluro pink graffiti style finish from the factory

Loaded with the original factory loaded Dimarzio PAF in the neck position and a Dimarzio DP153 "FRED" in the bridge position along with the original PCB mounted pots and wiring