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Snap! Mine's another 83 JV, a '62 model. Its suffered through various ignominies in the 20 years I've had it but I think its looking pretty good right now. The common story is that they shamed the US factoy into upping their standards at the time, though that might be wishful thinking on the part of owners!
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In other news, a bit of detective work reveals the Strat I was sold as an early 80s USA by a scheister who took advantage of a naive 20-year-old is, in fact, an early 1983 JV '57 Squier Stratocaster. So I'm going to remove the now-obviously-dodgy headstock decals that pulled the wool over my eyes all those years ago and replace them with the right ones (as in the picture below).
The irony is, it's probably just as good as the ones Fender were putting out from the US at the time if not better. US-made alnico pickups, cloth covered pickup wires, 250k pots, green 0.1uF ceramic capcitor, Gotoh Kluson-style tuners, etc. The more I read about them, the less disappointed I am.