1983 Fender Stratocaster '62 Vintage Reissue JV ST62-65 Candy Apple Red 100% Original, Japan MIJ Fujigen

Up for sale, a 1983 Fender JV Stratocaster ‘62 vintage reissue model ST62-65 in excellent, 100% original condition and in perfect working order. Hailing from the second year of Fender Japan production, this “Japanese Vintage” (JV) series guitar features the same pickups used on the Fender USA Fullerton factory reissues from the same year.

Weighing 7lbs 5oz, tonewoods include an alder body and a one-piece maple neck. Extremely accurate to vintage spec and sold only within Japan and to select international territories, this guitar features USA-made Fullerton-era black bobbin pickups, delivering a wide array of Strat tonalities with plenty of chime and clarity. The bridge pickup has a bouncy sparkle and clear note attack, the neck is fat with a woody chop, while the “in-between” positions on the three-way pickup selector switch yield great chirp and honk. This JV-era Stratocaster benefits from a professional setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 9-42 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

• Neck: Maple
• Shape: Medium C, measuring .835” at first fret, .935” at 12th fret
• Fretboard: Rosewood slab, 7 ¼” radius
• Frets: Slender, light wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-2
• Scale Length: 25 /12”
• Nut width: 42mm, bone
• Tuners: Kluson-style, Gotoh
• Serialization: JV-prefix, “Made in Japan”
• Factory markings: Neck heel pencil dated “5-18-83”

Body Specs:

• Body: Alder
• Pickups: Fender Fullerton USA black bobbin single coil x3
• Harness: Untouched solder, full-sized Japanese pots date to February/March 1983
• Controls: Volume, Tone x2, three-way selector switch
• Hardware: Synchronized Tremolo, jack cup
• Plastics: Three-ply white pickguard (‘Pickup Made in USA’ sticker intact), knobs, yellowed switch tip

The gloss Candy Apple Red finish shows only faint buckle scuffing on the back, largely limited to the trem cavity cover, and a handful of small scuffs and dings on the body as a whole. The gloss on the neck profile is clean, with a few shallow nicks in the spine between frets 7-10.

The original JV-era Fender gigbag is included.