Back in the 80's when the CBS company contracted FugiGen Gakki to manufacture new FENDER guitars along with Squires.. how did it come about that they usedwhat is called the Fender System One Bridge made by Schaller in Germany...I don't understand how that came about, maybe you do.... And why did they then make and install a less inferior bridge, the Fender System two and three, and then finally re-contract to Floyd Rose. My wife is into it too because she knows it's like going hunting for free money. 1984-87 Fender Contemporary Stratocaster Strat Made in Japan MIJ Something went wrong. None of it affects the playability. I don't have a large headstock Strat in my collection and this one is much nicer than most that are available to me. I only pick the guitars that I think that are prime stuff that I don't mind keeping if something happened with eBay and I had to keep the guitar. Fender "JV" guitars were only. neck plate of the Stratocasters and bass guitars and on the bridges of the Telecasters and other guitar. Fender Japan ST71/ASH Stratocaster (NAT/M) Japanese Electric Guitar (Japan Import) Brand: Fender. The Fender Contemporary models were manufactured from 1984 to 1987 by FujiGen Gakki and these Stratocasters were designed to be Superstrats (Super Strat) with a Floyd Rose like bridge designed by Schaller (and Gotoh) and humbucking pickups. I know what I'm looking for and I will never buy anything I thought was counterfeit. Since 1946, Fender's iconic Stratocasters, Telecasters and Precision & Jazz bass guitars have transformed nearly every music genre. off in the store to see what I'm buying. Guitar is all stock and in and has some very minor surface scratches (none through the paint) and overall it is in excellent shape and plays great. It would be like you going into any old regular thrift store in America and finding walls of used great guitars (not the crap guitars you usually find in American thrift stores: PRESS PAUSE ON BOX BELOW TO VIEW YOUTUBES AND TURN SITE MUSIC OFF, var _nwls=[];if(window.jQuery&&window.jQuery.find){_nwls=jQuery.find(".fw_link_newWindow");}else{if(document.getElementsByClassName){_nwls=document.getElementsByClassName("fw_link_newWindow");}else{if(document.querySelectorAll){_nwls=document.querySelectorAll(".fw_link_newWindow");}else{document.write('<\/scr'+'ipt>');if(window.Sizzle){_nwls=Sizzle(".fw_link_newWindow");}}}}var numlinks=_nwls.length;for(var i=0;i