Fender American Vintage ’65 Stratocaster Custom Shop Aged Relic Target Sunburst

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Fender American Vintage ’65 Stratocaster Custom Shop Aged Relic Target Sunburst:
$1250.00

You are offerding ona 2013 Genuine Original Fender AMERICANVINTAGE \'65 STRATOCASTER® that had its original Olympic white factory finishstripped and refinished by the MJT Custom Shop and refinished in aperiod-correct Aged Relic 3-Tone “Target” Nitro Sunburst. The guitar is 100%genuine with all original factory parts and Case Candy!

This is the ORIGINAL FACTORYBODY that came with the guitar and has been refinished – NOT A replacementbody. I had MJT preserve all of the original Fender factory stamps in the neckpocket and pickup routes. The plastics have also been aged accordingly to matchthe brilliant aged nitro finish, which features realistic wear and checking –see photos.

There\'s even some nice flame on the back of the neck.

Official Spec:

For the guitarist who cravespure vintage Fender style, the American Vintage series presents original-eramodel year guitars built with meticulous attention to accurate detail thatbring Fender history and heritage to authentic and exciting new life.

Relive the sound and spiritof 1965 with the American Vintage ’65 Stratocaster. Smack in the middle of oneof music’s most electrifying decades, the Stratocaster in 1965 was aninstrument on its way to becoming rock’s greatest electric guitar. Built withoriginal tooling and based directly on actual 1965 models we tracked down, thisU.S.-made guitar returns you to a pivotal period when the Strat® was poised tosoar to phenomenal new heights.

Thick maple neck with\"Mid-\'60s C\"-shaped profile

Specially voiced pickups withmodern five-way switch; optional three-way switch included

Three-ply 11-hole whitepickguard

Aged plastic control knobs

PERIOD CORRECT NECK PROFILE

This instrument’s thicker\"Mid-\'60s C\" neck profile (the shape of the neck in cross section) issculpted to the most accurate period-correct spec possible, imparting anauthentic vintage playing feel straight from the individual model year. Idealfor those who play with the thumb on the back or side of the neck.

NEWLY VOICED AMERICAN VINTAGEPICKUPS

American Vintage instrumentsfeature specially voiced pickups meticulously researched and crafted toreproduce the authentic design, voice and performance of specific instrumentsfrom individual model years in the 1950, ’60s and ’70s. Their superior soundand style is one of the defining hallmarks of the American Vintage series.

BONE NUT

A string nut fashioned frombone contributes to superior tone and performance, not to mention being anauthentic original-era Fender design element. Many players consider bone stringnuts more \"organic\" sounding, with tonal quality unmatched by stringnuts made using synthetic materials.

Fender introduced\"round-lam\" (short for round-laminated) rosewood fingerboards in theearly 1960s as a new method of attaching smooth-playing and attractive rosewoodfingerboards—in a thin, rounded veneer-like form—to sturdy maple necks. Inlook, sound and feel, it’s a classic Fender design element still widely usedtoday on many contemporary and vintage-style instruments.

Body Material: Alder

Neck Shape: Mid \'60s\"C\"

Inlays: Pearloid Dot

Fingerboard Radius:7.25\" (184.1 mm)

Nut Width: 1.650\" (42mm)

Weight: 7lb 10oz

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