Up for sale, a 1983 Fender Stratocaster ‘62 vintage reissue model ST62-65 in excellent, 100% original condition and in perfect working order. Crafted in the second year of Fender Japan production, this “Japanese Vintage” (JV) series guitar is a rare example, sporting a gloss Candy Apple Red finish.

Extremely accurate to vintage spec and sold only within Japan and select international territories, this Strat has a resonant alder body paired with a maple neck and slab rosewood fretboard, yielding a balanced, clear natural acoustic quality that translates well through the pickups. The trio of ST-Vintage Alnico magnet single coils have black fiber bobbins and staggered alnico magnets, delivering a traditional range of Strat tones. The bridge pickup is sparkling and clear, while the neck pickup has ideal fullness and a chiming bell-like top end, and the “in-between” positions on the five-way pickup selector switch deliver hollow, spanky quack. This JV Stratocaster weighs 8lbs 2oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Maple
• Shape: Chunky C, measuring .870” 1st fret, .960” 12th fret
• Fretboard: Rosewood slab, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius
• Frets: Slender, no wear
• Scale Length: 25 1/2”
• Nut: 1.650” (42mm), bone
• Tuners: Kluson-style, Gotoh
• Serialization: JV-prefix on neck plate
• Factory Markings: Neck heel pencil dated 12-26-82

Body Specs:

• Wood: Alder
• Pickups: ST-Vintage single coil x3
• Harness: Untouched solder, full-size Japanese pots date to August, 1983
• Controls: Volume, Tone x2, Five-way pickup selector
• Hardware: Six-point vintage-style vibrato, jack cup
• Plastics: Three-ply parchment pickguard, knobs, pickup covers

The gloss Candy Apple Red finish has just one small finish chip adjacent to the rear strap button, a couple minor dings on the lower bout on top, and a few faint finish scratches in the clear coat. The ambered gloss on the neck profile is flawless.

The original Fender-branded gigbag is included.