CBS USA STRATOCASTERS
Stratocaster Line CBS (1981-1983)
Model# 10-0960 (Walnut)
BODY
Wood: American Black Walnut
Lacquer: High Gloss Polyurethane
Shape: Standard Stratocaster
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
Pickup Routing: SSS
Serial: Headstock Front Decal: CC+5-Digits
NECK
Wood: American Black Walnut + Maple Skunk Stripe
Fretboard: Raw Black Walnut (Very few in Ebony)
Fret Markers: White (RW) / Black Dots (Maple)
Neck Finish: Polyurethane
Neck Profile: 50s “U”, Medium D or C-Shape (Selectable on purchase)
Neck Depht .Various (Dependable on neck profile)
Headstock: Standard Small (Matching paint)
Nut Width: 1.650” (41.9 mm +/-) Varies
Nut Material: Bone
Scale: 25.5"
Radius: 12”
#Frets: 21
Fretwire: 6230 Vintage Frets
Trussrod: Heel Adjust
MicroTilt: No
HARDWARE (22-Carat Plated GOLD)
Bridge: 6-Screw Die-Cast High-Mass Gold-plated Brass Tremolo
• Mount Spacing: 2-7/32 (56.4mm)
• String Spacing: 2–7/32 (56.4mm)
Saddle: Gold-plated Brass Die-Cast block style
Block: Solid Brass
Trem Arm: 10-32 All gold arm and Tip
Tuners: Schaller Deluxe Tuners (Gold Plated or Chrome )
String Tree: 2 x Butterfly (Plastic Spacer)
Knobs: All Gold Plated “F” Knobs
Neckplate: 4-Bolt Gold Plated “F”-Stamped
Strap Buttons: Standard Gold Plated
ELECTRONICS
Switch: 5-Way CRL / Gold Plated Tip
Wiring: Standard Selection (N/M/B) + Rotary Modes
Pots: 2 Pots / 1 Rotary
Pickup Config: SSS
Neck Pickup: X-1 Pickups Single Coils
Middle Pickup: X-1 Pickups Single Coils
Bridge Pickup: X-1 Pickups Single Coils
CASE: Classic Tweed Hard Case
Colors:
BRIDGE UPGRADE INFORMATION
Original Specs for the bridge on this guitar is:
American Vintage Spacing
Mount Spacing: 2-7/32 (56.4mm)
String Spacing: 2-7/32 (56.4mm)
Saddles: 11.2mm
These will fit this guitar: (Vintage String Spacing)
FENDER ORIGINAL: 099-2049-000 / 009-4247-049
CALLAHAM: Vintage S Bridge
ABM: 5050
GOTOH: GE101T (And Many More)
This model is standard wide spacing drilled and fittet. You can replace
this bridge with a modern production bridge.
Installing aftermarket parts on your older guitars will devalue it.
For original High-Mass Brass bridge check usedmarket.
These are no longer available new.
Walnut
INFO:
“The Strat” was Fenders attempt to boost sales with a deluxe style Stratocaster. A new tremolo in massive die cast brass fully gold plated, and a rotary loaded wiring for 9 different sounds. All hardware had 22 carat gold plating and a matching painted headstock on most colors.
Gone were the large headstock and 3-screw necks as a reclaim to pre-cbs style build. This was manufactered at a time where CBS was struggling with poor sales.
Much against CBS cost-cutting tacticts that had degraded the Stratocasters quality over time, The company went all in with this model making “The Strat” a very expensive guitar to manufacture. They discontinued it after only 3 years because of high production costs.
Wiring Diagram
Bridge Info
Service Manual
DECAL:
