1982 Fender Stratocaster JV Partscaster Sunburst, ST57 & ST62 w/ USA Pickups, Japan MIJ Fujigen

Up for sale, a Fender Stratocaster "partscaster,"  boasting a first-year 1982 Fender Japan JV series '57 Stratocaster neck and a loaded 1989 Fender Japan '62 Stratocaster body. An honestly played and professionally setup Strat with components crafted at the Fujigen factory during the golden age of Fender Japan, this instrument has also been upgraded with a set of Fender USA Pure Vintage 57/62 pickups.This Strat has a resonant alder body paired with a one-piece maple neck, offering an authoritative, snappy natural acoustic quality that translates well through the pickups. These pickups have beveled, staggered alnico magnets, black fiber bobbins and cloth covered leads, faithfully replicating the hallmarks of Fender's Pre-CBS pickups from the 1950s and '60s. The bridge pickup has a sparkling, bouncy quality, with quack and percussive cut in the "in-between" positions on the five-way switch. The neck pickup has a broad, smooth sound with a bell-like chime. The guitar weighs 7lbs 9oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with low action, accurate intonation and fresh 10-46 strings.The maple neck has a medium C-shaped profile carve with round shoulders in every register and faint palm wear through the gloss on the profile edges, measuring .830" deep at the 1st fret and .920" at the 12th. There is some finger wear through the gloss on the maple fretboard, with a vintage-spec 7 1/4" radius board and original slender frets that have been leveled and crowned, currently showing only very faint wear beneath the G and B strings on frets 1-7. The guitar plays cleanly up the 25 1/2" scale with a straight neck and responsive, optimally adjusted truss rod. The nut measures 42.5mm (1.675") in width. On the headstock, this Strat has the larger "spaghetti" Fender logo seen on the JV models, while the microscopic "Made In Japan" text has been scratched out. The original Kluson-style tuners are intact, turning smoothly and holding pitch as intended with light patina on the nickel plating. The pencil date on the neck heel reads 6-29-82, and the truss rod nut is flush with the heel, needing little adjustment in the past 40 years.All of the electronics work as intended on the loaded '62 Stratocaster (ST62) body, with the upgraded Fender USA Pure Vintage 57/62 black bobbin pickups wired to the Japanese harness with full-size pots that date back to July of 1989. All of the original plastic parts are intact, with the white three-ply pickguard and deeply ambered knobs. The chrome hardware shows notable patina on the bridge saddles and jack cup, with brighter chrome plating on the bridge base. The vibrato has a full-size block, actuating easily with three springs for quick flutters and deeper dives.The three-tone Sunburst gloss finish is vibrant and accurate to early '60s spec, exhibiting various nicks and scuffs on the body as a whole, most notably on the back lower body edge, and behind the bridge on top. There is also one finish chip of note adjacent to the input jack. The smooth ambered gloss on the neck profile has a tiny bit of chatter on the skunk stripe and just a couple small marks on the profile length.A gigbag is included.