Fender / Stratocaster / 1962 / Fiesta Red Refin / Guitar
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Mid 1962 Fender Stratocaster in a superb refin in fiesta red. Compare it with our 62 original fiesta red - it is really good. The refin was probably done a while ago as it backlights and one of the previous owners bought it as an original (ouch!).
Neck has also been refinished and decal replaced. It's been refretted with larger frets and has a new nut. The neck date reads July '62. The tuners are string tree are correct and no bigger tuners have been fitted.
All hardware is correct except the saddles which are good quality, aged repros. All is in excellent condition considering. The plastics too are in excellent condition and are correct.
Electrically, all three pickups are original pre-CBS black bottoms and all three have been rewound with period correct looking windings. Both correct pots are all dated week 34 of 1960. One tone control has been changed however the original is in the case.
As with most of these early 60's Strats, this guitar plays and sounds fantastic. Pickups are wonderfully balanced and deliver a wide spectrum of tones. There is a certain magic to these guitars, like they'd reached a zenith in the manufacturing process, a finesse that is maybe lost in later examples as the process becomes further streamlined to speed up construction.
A bucket list guitar certainty, don't let this one slip away.
ATB Guitars, UK 
Hello we’re ATB Guitars.
We are one of Europes leading sellers of vintage and rare guitars. We only sell vintage Gibson and Fender electric guitars from 1950 until 1975 and have an extensive inventory to browse in our bricks and mortar store in Cheltenham, UK or in our online web store.
Payment and p/x:
All prices are in UK GBP £ Sterling. Payment can be made by Paypal, bank transfer, cash, or money order cashiers cheque etc.
Should you not be absolutely delighted with your purchase you may return it to Cheltenham, at your own expense, within 7 days from the date of delivery for a full refund. The item must not have been altered or tampered with in any way, and it must arrive in the same condition as it left us.
Postage and shipping:
We ship within the UK by Royal Mail Recorded (small items under 2Kg), TNT or UPS and Worldwide by Royal Mail Airmail Signed For (small under 2Kg) Parcelforce, UPS or FedEx. All shipping prices include expert packing, cartons and packing materials but not insurance which is typically around 2% of items value. Currently approx shipping rates for a single guitar are as follows:
UK excluding Northern Ireland and Highlands £29
Most of mainland Europe £49
U.S.A. £129
Asia £149 - £190
Rest of World including S. America £149 - £275
