Does this strat look legit??

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I wish I knew more to have an opinion to me the tuning machines and the bridge don't look right but I'm not 100%

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I dont know for sure.But the things that don't look right are,bridge,tuners,horns are too wide.

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Not sure, could be one of those early eighties Contemporary Strats. Any more detailed pics?

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More pics, particularly close-ups of the bridge and of the locking mechanism on the neck would be helpful.

Fender had an MIJ guitar called the "Contemporary Standard" in the mid-80s and they used several different trem units on them. They first used their System 1 trem, then they did use a Kahler fulcrum trem for a while, and the last year or two of the model's run used a Kahler Spyder double-locking trem. Since the Spyder a Floyd Rose License trem those models had an actual locking nut. The Fender System 1 and the Kahler fulcrum trems used string locks behind the nut (which were sometimes removed by owners).

It looks like a Kahler in that photo; it is missing some of the fine tuner knobs. Part of the issue of whether or not this is a factory trem is that those System 1s were prone to having parts get lost. When Fender stopped using them, there were very few spare parts so a common solution was to replace the System 1 trem unit with one of those Kahler fulcrum trems (I believe they fit on the same posts).

Shouldnt it also have a guide for the bottom two strings on the headstock?

Don't forget that the Japanese companies were making Fender copies before they made the deal with Fender.

There are a few things that you could have here:
1. A really old made in Japan Strat.
2. An after market body w/ a Fender Japan neck. I can't imagine anyone taking the trouble to make a fake Fender with a fake Fender Japan decal.
3. A Fender Japan guitar that someone has modified.

This is what I would do. Go to the Fender support section at the top of this website and look up the S/N. Go to a music store or find an expert and look at other actual Fender Strats.

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Not if it has a locking nut or a behind-the-nut string clamp. Here's a photo I snagged from that "Fender Strats Made In Japan" website of a "Contemporary Standard" headstock with a System 1 string clamp and no string trees: