A piece of vintage Squier heaven: the made in Japan E-Series from the mid 80s. Essentially, these are rebranded Fenders, with Fender parts. Those were made in Japan while Fender was restructuring its USA production. When that was done, the name Fender moved back to the US, and the guitars that were still left were called Squier by Fender. This Contemporary Stratocaster modifies the traditional Strat recipe with Fender's own locking Vibrato unit (the System 1 Tremolo Bridge, made by Schaller), for all your acrobatics. The rest of the guitar is traditional, with three great sounding single coils. As you'd expect, the build quality is great, and it's fantastic to play.