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One fine day, legendary Kuantan muso Enche' Nodi came a calling, bringing along his latest acquisition; a fine-looking MIJ Squier Stratocaster. He wanted the Strat restored to gigging/recording condition; as he is a working guitar, bass, and oud (gambus) player.
According to Guitar Insite, this guitar was manufactured by FujiGen in either 1990 or 1991. I was also pleased to discover, thanks to Planet Botch and the Squier-Talk Forum; that this guitar was one of the early MIJ Squier Silver Series Strats that "did not have a 'Silver Series' identifier on the headstock." Besides this, I'd managed to determine a number of specs, as shown in the next paragraph.
Torino Red finish
Solid wood body
Zero shielding save for some foil under the pickguard
Individual cavities for each pickup
Gotoh tuning pegs
Vibrato bridge with no branding on the saddles
Ceramic single-coil pickups
Gotoh YM-50 five-way switch
Full-sized 250K pots
Plastic-bodied "Made in Japan" output jack
Truss rod adjustment on the headstock face
Maple neck with "skunk stripe"
7.25" radius rosewood fretboard
21 vintage-size frets
Time and tide had certainly taken their toll on this fine specimen of stratiness; and I knew that I had my job cut out for me. Grime, crud, rust and corrosion were the order of the day; as can be seen in the pics posted here. In Part Two; we'll take a look at what was done to get this Strat back into shape.
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