1960 Fender Stratocaster

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1960 Fender Stratocaster

This guitar's old and very convincing refinish to Olympic White had us taking a good, hard, close look to make sure we weren't getting things wrong! It's got the looks of an original well-worn Olympic White without the yellowing lacquer top-coat, but the non-original solder joints at the output jack and trem-claw are generally tell-tale signs of a refin. All the body contours and edges are right, and the refinish work was done by someone with a lot of experience at it. That being said, this Strat was purchased in 1976 by the fellow who brought it our way, and it looked then as it does today - but with less wear, of course! In 1991 he had some repairwork done to the headstock that involved fixing a crack through the tuner-holes. A nice repair, but a keen eye will notice a very thin maple veneer on the top edge of the headstock covering the dowels used in the glue-up. The back of the headstock is refinished, the front of the headstock and remainder of the neck are lightly professionally over sprayed. Tuners, logo, and string tree are all original. That's it for this guitar's flaws - the rest is pure vintage strat. Completely original wire assembly, including pickups, pots, capacitor, switch, and all solder joints. All the plastic parts are original: back plate, switch tip, covers, pickguard, knobs, and the aluminum shielding plate. All screws, bridge, saddles, jack-plate, strap-buttons, and trem claw are original as well. Brazilian rosewood slab fingerboard with original clay dots and original frets. Original hard shell case, and trem arm, too.
The guitar plays and sounds as good as you can imagine. It is acoustically very resonant, weighing in at 7.5 pounds. Its pickups are strong and balanced, with DC resistances of 5.9, 6.0, and 5.8 (n-m-b). Great neck, level frets with only minor pitting, and no fingernail wear to the board. This is a serious player's Strat at a fraction of the price of an original-finish example.
With original hard shell case
SOLD
1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1960 Fender Stratocaster

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