1982 Squier ’57 Vintage Stratocaster (Export) Vintage Series JV sunburst

Very Good condition, 7,5/10, Made in Japan, including original hardcase and tremolo arm and bridge cover, some fret wear in the original frets (still finish over the fret ends), ugly hole in the pickguard by the trussrod (for adjustment without removing the guard), one owner since it was new, some normal wear but very clean, 2-tone sunburst over 3-piece sen body (looks like ash, sometimes called japanese ash), maple neck (also worn at the truss rod nut from adjustment) with pencil date markings 9-12-82 (guessing December 9th 1982?), single ply white pickguard, early version that has the rout between the neck pickup and the neck pocket, low serial JV08xxx so still with unlevelled staggered pole piece USA Alnico pickups with lacquer on each pole piece which is typical for USA pickups (2 red bottom stamped 172582 and 102682 and in the neck position one grey bottom stamped 172382 with black/white plastic wires) but Japanese electronics including the DM30 switch and the 3 pots, more specs: Model Model Number: 26-5010-xxx Model Name: '57 Vintage Strat Series: Vintage Series Body Colors : 2-Color Sunburst (503) , Black (506), White, Fiesta Red (540) (May 83) Body: Sen, Alder or Basswood Neck Neck Shape: “C” Shaped Neck Material: Maple Number of Frets: 21 Fret Size: Vintage Spec Fretboard Radius: 7.25 for most, though a few are 9.5 radius. Fretboard Material: Maple Nut Width: 42mm (51mm at the 12th fret) Scale Length: 25.5” Electronics Pickup Configuration: S/S/S Pickups: 3 Single Coil Fender USA Made Alnico Pick-ups Pickup Switching: 3 way DM-30 switch Controls: Master Volume, Tone1, Tone 2 Hardware Hardware: Chrome (Made in Japan) Tuners: Gotoh Kluson Bridge: Vintage Synchronized Tremolo (Zinc Alloy Tremolo Block) Pickguard: single ply white Miscellaneous Unique Features: Same specs as domestic Fender ST-65 model MSRP: 420.99 (approx) Country of Origin: Japan Introduced: Mid April 1982 Discontinued: Oct 1984