1986 Fender Japan ST72-70SC Scalloped Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster (Aged White)

1986 Fender Japan ST72-70SC Scalloped Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster (Aged White)Made by the Fujigen factory in 1986, the ST72 70SC was a very early example to the "unofficial" signature model for Yngwie Malmsteen. Designed to his specifications (without explicitly mentioning his name in the catalog), basswood body with a scalloped maple neck (7. 25" radius, 21 frets), weighs 3. 4kg's. Loaded with a Dimarzio HS 3 in the neck and Fender Japan single coils in the middle and bridge along with Gotoh hardware. Good used condition as

with zero fret and BM style position markers

Weighing just 2

Part of Charvel's Japanese catalog from 1986

Very good lightly used condition as pictured

Very clean overall condition as pictured with some wear to the finish and frets

With a '62 reissue neck bolted to an ash body that wears an aftermarket dark turquoise refinish

there is warmth and bloom to the notes that suggests  soft gain stages helping drive the character

they shifted their focus to the revolutionary SG design

and can be shaped with a three-way toggle switch and single volume and tone controls

Upscale appointments include genuine mother of pearl inlays

maple slim 60's neck and a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard

One of apparently only 200 of these models produced