A Fernandes FST-120 manufactured around 1990. FRT-4 tremolo unit was equipped originally, but changed to the original Floyd Rose by a reason I mention below.

In the end 80’s, the production amount of the development type Stratocaster that I call “Neo-Strato” was decreasing year by year. But in such circumstance, only Fernandes seems to have continued making them as much as previous number.  They probably needed to manufacture them because they also produced OEM Floyd Rose to equip on them.

The pickups are Evans known as the late Jeff Healey, a blind guitarist of Canada used them.  Its character is Low noise and low output, orthodox like PAF. Coil tap is possible by tone pod.

FRT-4 tremolo unit have spindle shaped fine tuner on the string fix bolt. It’s very hard to use, so I changed to Floyd Rose.

I can see beautiful two pieces alder grain by translucent finish. Coal-black fingerboard was made of Ebony, flat and helps easy play. Noctilucent spots are dotted on the edge of fingerboard. The position marks are pearl oyster.  Only the neck was finished with lacquer.   The price was 120,000JPY then. 3.51kg(includes strings). (Updated 2016.8.21)