Fender Contemporary Stratocaster Japan

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Fender Contemporary Stratocaster Japan

Manufacturer	Fender Japan
Period	1984—1987
Construction
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Woods
Body	Alder
Neck	Maple
Fretboard	Rosewood or Maple
Hardware
Bridge	Fender System I, System II, System III Tremolo
Pickup(s)	Variable, see Models
Colors available
Usually metallic colors. Some models are sunburst.

Fender Contemporary Stratocaster electric guitars were produced by Fender Japan.

1 General features
2 Models
3 History
4 Technical Information
5 Sources
6 External links

[edit] General features

“D” profile neck with a 12" radius.
Truss rod adjustment at the top of the neck.
Microtilt neck angle fine adjustment.
Some models have string trees.
Some models have a coil split switch.
22 medium jumbo frets.
Fender Roto-matic tuners, and 4 bolt neck plate.
11 screw pickguard. Some models don't have a pickguard.
String locking.
Fender System I, System II, System III tremolo systems.
Various combinations of single coil and or humbucking pickups on various models.
25.5" scale length except model 27-5500 which has a 25.74" scale length.
Some models feature black coloured necks and/or black coloured headstocks.

[edit] Models

27-5700: 2 single coil and 1 humbucker pickups, 5 position selector switch, coil splitter, 1 volume 1 tbx, system III tremolo, rosewood fingerboard, 25.5" scale length, side mounted output jack.
27-5800: 2 humbucker pickups, 3 position selector switch, coil splitter, 1 volume 1 tbx, system III tremolo, rosewood fingerboard, 25.5" scale length, side mounted output jack.
27-4100: 2 single coil and 1 humbucker pickups, 5 position selector switch, coil splitter, 1 volume 1 tbx, system II tremolo, rosewood fingerboard, 25.5" scale length, side mounted output jack.
27-4200: 2 humbucker pickups, 3 position selector switch, 1 volume 1 tone, system I tremolo, rosewood fingerboard, 25.5" scale length, side mounted output jack.
27-4300: 3 single coil pickups, 5 position selector switch, 1 volume 2 tone, system I tremolo, rosewood fingerboard, 25.5" scale length, top mounted output jack.
27-4302: 3 single coil pickups, 5 position selector switch, 1 volume 2 tone, system I tremolo, maple fingerboard, 25.5" scale length, top mounted output jack.
27-4400: 1 humbucker pickup, 1 volume, system I tremolo, rosewood fingerboard, 25.5" scale length, side mounted output jack.
27-5000: 2 humbucker pickups, 3 position selector switch, coil splitter, 1 volume 1 tbx, system I tremolo, rosewood fingerboard, 25.5" scale length, side mounted output jack.
27-5500: 2 humbucker pickups, 3 position selector switch, coil splitter, 1 volume 1 tbx, system I tremolo, rosewood fingerboard, 25.74" scale length, side mounted output jack.
27-5400: 2 humbucker pickups, 3 position selector switch, coil splitter, 1 volume 1 tbx, system I tremolo, rosewood fingerboard, 25.5" scale length, side mounted output jack.
Unknown: There is also an unknown model number featuring 2 single coil and 1 humbucker pickups, 5 position selector switch, 1 volume 1 tbx, system I tremolo, rosewood fingerboard, 25.5" scale length, side mounted output jack.

[edit] History

Manufactured from 1984 to 1987 by FujiGen Gakki these Stratocasters were designed to be Superstrats (Super Strat) with a Floyd Rose like bridge designed by Schaller with some models featuring humbucking pickups. When CBS sold Fender to its current owners in 1984 there was a transitional period from 1985 to 1987 where mostly Fender Japan Stratocasters and leftover stock were being sold and Fender USA production was limited.

[edit] Technical Information

The System I bridge string height is set by adjustable pivot post screws and has no individual string height adjustments but has individual string intonation adjustments. The System I tremolo system uses a behind the nut string locking mechanism and was manufactured by Gotoh. The System II and System III bridges have individual string height and individual string intonation adjustments. The System II and III tremolo systems use a height adjustable locking nut. The System II tremolo system was designed by John Page,Chip Todd and Charlie Gressett, and was manufactured by Schaller in Germany. The System III tremolo system was designed by John Page, Dan Smith, Charlie Gressett and John Carruthers, and was manufactured by Schaller in Germany. The pickups used in the contemporary models were manufactured by Gotoh. The humbucking pickups used in the contemporary models have a DC resistance which is approximately 7.6 K ohms. The single coil pickups used in the contemporary models have a DC resistance which is approximately 5.6 K ohms. The contemporary models that use a tbx tone control use 500 K ohm volume pots and use 0.022uf tone capacitors.