Hi, I work for Suzuki Europe and I am afraid we may have been mistaken and we think it is one of ours. The ‘SUZUKI’ script is definately the current logo, however the M and shape of the head is slightly different to the current model and threw us a little. It could be an early production of the current model (SST10 WT). We did wonder if it has been played with a little?
Have a look at this review:
http://www.performing-musician.com/pm/jul09/articles/suzukiguitars.htm
Although its not your Standard Strat (‘Superstrat’ reviewed) you can see the logo is almost the same – we added “since 1953” recently though. You can compare the shape of the
you can also see the sst10 here:
http://www.suzukieurope.com/GUITAR/index.html
sadly the photos are not very clear but I will try and get that sorted so you can compare the models.
As it happens my daughter owns a white SST10 and with the exception of the slight difference with the top of the headstock it does look identical.
The ‘M’ on your logo may refer to ‘Manji Suzuki’?