1987 Fender Stratocaster Made in Japan. E-7 Serial number. Very good condition. According to Stratconnection dot com this is a Contemporary Strat, model 27-5700, manufactured at The FUJIGEN Plant, in what appears to be 1987. Great condition, everything works as it should. Nice low action (lowest of all my personal guitars), and neck. The Tremelo is a somewhat Rare Kahler 2520, made specifically for this guitar in1987. According to Wammi-World dot com and Stratconnection dot com, this is a System lll bridge. This tremolo has always worked excellent. Locking nut, locks, and holds tune very well.

I purchased this guitar used, back in 1992 in Dearborn Mi. 

The body appears to be made of Alder, although they also used basswood in that period, which also sounds very nice. I am not a wood expert. I can not tell exactly except from pictures, and as I say, it appears to be Alder.

The neck I believe is Maple with a rosewood finger board. IMHO much warmer tone that the all Maple neck.

Only things not original (that I am aware of) on the guitar are, the Hotrail pickup, pick guard, tremolo bar, and one fine tuner. Originally came with Humbucker. This was before I owned it, I know because the pick guard, that was on the guitar when I bought it, had a cutout for a humbucker in the bridge position. 

This guitar has a nice warm tone. Due to the number of pickups, and the rosewood finger board, It can provide a variety of tones. It can do the classic Blues Strat sound, especially thru a good Fender Deluxe Amp. Also it can do a great Rock, and Metal Tone with the Hotrail, (which is why I originally purchased it back in 1992), warm and beefy.

Couple of good sized chips out go the backside, see pics. Other than that, Paint finish is good and original. 

Comes with original hardshell case in good condition. I recently replaced two of the three hinges, with non factory (as the are un-obtainable) hinges. 

I have had this guitar since 1992, and it has had a couple of good bursts of usage over the years but for the most part has spent its life dry, and safe in my home studio. 

Not sure if I should be selling this guitar, but I have many guitars, and my home studio costs are getting pretty high lol! 

Quote found on Stratconnection dot com, by Leo Fender saying the MIJ Strat is the best built Strat ever.

The Making of the finest guitars every built by Fender even impressed Leo Clarence Fender himself while in an article got caught saying, " the Japanese Fender guitar is built better then any he ever built".  Whether Leo was saying that to slap CBS in the face or really meant it.. and it is this writer's opinion that he did mean it.  Because Japan has always been a leader in quality control in everything from watches to cameras to automobiles.  Their Name has been number one for years from Toyota to Nikon, to Seiko.  In every piece of electronics is the Nippon micro chip from every brand made computer to you name it, even today.  A small Empire built on the Samurai to the Mitsubishi planes that bombed Pearl Harbor and then became a Big Screen TV in the 80's.  They still took over the world only to find devastation in natural catastrophe .  I play a 1980's Fender Japan Stratocaster since my first in 1983 with a SQ Squier that was the best Fender Stratocaster I ever played and owned even though I had early sixties American Strat's with three way switches and C profile necks.  Between the Craftsmanship the D profile neck with the 12 inch radius over the 7.25 and 9.5.  And the Gotoh Alnico Pickups and the boxed in dustless switches.  I find the 1980's Japanese guitars that are still to this day playing while others from the same era are gone.  And then in the mid 1980's with the German made Fender System One Bridge.  There has never and never been a better bridge made.  Not one has out lived it.  Fujigen Gakki with the minimal resorces once again out did them selfs.  This writer's opinion is when you buy a Fender Japanese 80's Strat or Telecaster, you are playing not only a piece of Leo Fender History, But Leo Fender's made pre 65 plugs Fuji modified into a great playing machine.  Thank you for your time...   Rock On     papatom

Website to check out are Stratconnection dot com, and wammiworld dot com (sorry eBay doesn’t allow links)