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Fender Lead Series, Common Specs
 Head Stock Shape
• Fender Lead Series headstock shape featured a
return to the smaller, pre-CBS stratocaster
shape.
• It also featured two string guides instead of
one.
• Truss rod adjustments were kept at the heel of
the neck.
• Vintage amber coloring, Polyurethane finish.
• “F” Logo chrome, Schaller tuners.
• Bone nut, 2 1/16” nut width
 Necks
• 21 Vintage style, medium jumbo frets
• Rosewood or Maple boards
• Black or white dot fret markers, sometimes
abalone, or other
• Heavy polyurethane finish
• Four bolt, “F” logo neck attachment plate
• 7 ½” radius
• Fender standard 25 ½” scale
• 2 3/16” width at body route connection
 Body
• Most often, northern ash, sometimes, poplar
• Nearly symetrical, upper and lower bouts
• Strings through body, non tremelo design
although many Floyd Rose mods were made to
the guitar by various custom shops.
• Non tremelo bridges did not use springs, and
saddles were cast, not stamped. Spacing was kept
with a jam nut on the intonation screw.
• Heavy polyurethane finish, often translucent red,
or black, but some custom colors in the last year
of production.
 Electronics
• Lead I, and Lead III featured a special design Seth
Lover humbucker, with adjustable pole pieces, in
black or white.
• Lead II, used the very popular X1 pickup which
was also used on the “Smith” Stratocaster of the
same era.
• 250k ohm pots, 47 uF Cap, Black or white knobs,
top mounted output jack from the pickguard.
Two selector switches, one for coil selection, one
for optional coil configurations.