Headstock number E819948, All the lists say, MIJ 1984-1987 or USA 1988-1989. No country on the decal under STRATOCASTER. In the neck pocket on the body is the number ST 562F and on the neck 562. AMERICAN Hardware. Nobody is taking credit for this beauty. And it is. I like the Kahler-USA Trem. Gotoh pegs are nice. I bought it new in Sydney Australia. Did Fender Australia assemble thier own guitars. It had the usual tags and stuff tied on yknow with brown string. Anyway maybe it's a limited run of one. I haven't found any of the Japanese models which match exactly these details. Some MIJ Contempory models have similar tremelos, made by Kahler, but I haven't found one with the Spyder- and I've looked.

I'd love to see pics, I'm also researching a "E' series

http://s262.photobucket.com/albums/ii11 ... J%20Strat/

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80's MIJ, 50th. Anni. MIM Strats
Samick GB AV3
Epi Explorer, SG
Framus 335
Blueridge BR-80, Goya G-310
Fender Deluxe, Vox 15R, Marshall 100 Mosfet
Fender CS Tonemaster 2X12 (Greenbacks)
Custombuilt 4X10 Half Stack (Jensen's)

The japanese strats are model numbered starting ST-.

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No no and no

What he said.

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My other guitar is a Strat.

That looks to be an 86 contemporary strat like mine in the thread HERE Only your's obviously has a few more parts lol.

Have a wiki look HERE

It would be great if you can post some pictures of it