2/18/2023 0 Comments Dating a made in japan squire![]() ![]() Our subject guitar today is an non-export model Squier Stratocaster, and I think it is model ST62-65. I found this one at a second-hand store in Japan on one of my business trips, and had to bring it home. The quality of these put the US made Fenders of the time to shame, and therefore they were not imported to the United States, though I guess a bunch made it to Europe. These models usually got the full treatment, including vintage-style tuners and cloth covered harnesses, as well as the original body contours and neck radii. The JV-series instruments have become very collectible, and were built using the original blueprints to be authentic replicas of pre-CBS Fender models. This was the same factory that was building Ibanez and Greco guitars. These instruments were constructed at the Fuji Gen-Gakki factory in Matsumoto, Japan. JV stands for “Japanese Vintage”, and was the serial number prefix for the first series of guitars that were built for Fender in Japanese factories, and they were produced between 19. Maybe I should explain the whole JV thing. This JV instrument has become my new #1 Strat, usurping my MIJ 1986 ’62 re-issue. If you keep looking, eventually you will find a diamond in the rough, and that is the case with the gorgeous 1983 Fender Squier 1962 re-issue Stratocaster we are looking at today. ![]()
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