Fender / Stratocaster / 1959 / Sunburst / Guitar
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Check out this INSANE, lightweight, first-year slab 1959 Fender Stratocaster in superb condition!
Super clean for its age! Has all typical late-59 features:
- 3-tone sunburst with the red fading to almost a 2-tone (red very visible under the pickguard)
- First year rosewood board with clay dots, no date stamp (like all 59 rosewood necks I’ve seen, the rare thing would be for it to actually have a date).
- Body is pencil-dated 10/59 (in the tremolo cavity)
- 11-screw mint-green pickguard & shoulder on control cavity. Some shrinking, obviously.
Very lightweight (3213gr), incredibly resonant.
Guitar is all original except for a replaced tone pot (mid), and a 5-way switch was fitted at some time (3-way switch is back on). There are some marker touchups on a couple dings, I guess they can be polished off. Original finish, no oversprays or anything of the sort. It also has a perfect refret (superb job).
Anyway, there it is, a lovely example. Includes later Fender case. Oh, it does include the original tremolo arm.
Details:
Model: Stratocaster
Year: 1959
Body: Alder
Neck: Maple, "thin D" profile, nitro finish
Weight: 3213gr
Fretboard: Slab rosewood
Radius: 7.25" (184mm)
Frets: 21 (vintage frets)
Scale: 25.5"(648mm)
Nut width: 1.650"(42mm)
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Tuners: Kluson single line
Bridge: Synchronized Tremolo
Pickguard: Original Mint Green
Pickups: Original single coils (black bottoms)
Switching: original 3-way switch
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1.(neck), Tone 2.(middle)
Color: 3-Tone Sunburst
Finish: Nitro
Accessories: Non original HSC (Fender)
Modifications: replaced tone pot, 5-way switch at some point (3-way back on), some very minor marker touchup on a few dings. Pro refret, superb job.
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