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'62 Reissue

a) Lovely candle apple red '62. Note the 3 x ply pickguard and the position of the top middle fixing screw which is mid way between neck and middle pickup. Some other models, such as the '72 and Standard,  have it closer to the middle pickup.

b) Note the staggered pole pickups and, 'Fender' stamped string saddles denoting a fully fledged Reissue rather than one of the 'economy' range that were exported. The knobs and pup covers are aged, ie a parchment colour and the pickguard has a slight green tinge.  

c) 62's have a rosewood fretboard on a maple neck. No skunk stripe. Kluson style slotted tuners and a single butterfly type string guide.

Model nos. 027-1000 and 027-1020 (left-handed version) were based on the 1962 pre-CBS model and featured:
  1. 11 screw laminated 3-ply white/black/white scratchplate.
  2. maple neck (no skunk stripe) with 21 fret rosewood fingerboard.
  3. Truss rod adjuster at body end of neck
  4. One string guide.
  5. Vintage Kluson style tuners.
  6. Basswood body- except natural and fotoflame finishes which had alder body with basswood cap.

Note:although the original '62 would have been fitted with a three-position pickup selector switch, reissues (thankfully) have five-position switches.  

When shopping for a used '60s (or 50's) Reissue note that 'economy' versions were exported with unstamped string saddles and non-staggered pole, pickups. 

Bear in mind that this site concentrates on those instruments commonly imported by Fender US into the USA and European markets. Reference to the current Fender Japan site/shop will reveal a mouth watering range of Reissues currently produced but not covered here

 

Are you looking to buy a used Fender Japan guitar? Confused by what you see on Ebay and elsewhere?
 Read my 'buying tips' before commiting yourself. 

..and after doing that go to for the best selection of used non-export Fender Japan 
instruments you will find this side of Tokyo