Hardware is standard Epiphone style, but both the tune-o-matic bridge and stud tailpiece stay in place when you go to re-string, hence their LockTone name, while the tuners are really quite vintage in ...
As author Dave Hunter noted in his 2021 book Fender: 75 Years, the company was on an enviable hot streak when it subsequently issued the Telecaster, Precision Bass and Stratocaster in short order.