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Condition: Used, Excellent
SP Luthier Notes: This instrument has been carefully inspected and, if necessary, serviced by our certified luthier to ensure it is in excellent playing condition.
This three-color sunburst Fender Vintage Hot Rod '60s Stratocaster is a remarkable tone machine that perfectly bridges golden-era aesthetics with modern high-performance modifications. Featuring a resonant alder body finished in thin gloss nitrocellulose lacquer, this seven-pound twelve-ounce guitar delivers classic woody resonance with an incredibly comfortable mid-'60s "C" maple neck coated in a fast satin urethane. Unlike a standard vintage reissue, this hot-rodded model features a 7.25" to 12" compound radius rosewood fingerboard and narrow jumbo frets for effortless chordal work and buzz-free string bending. The true genius lies in its versatile electronics layout: it combines a Pure Vintage '59 neck pickup, an American Vintage '56 middle pickup, and a Pure Vintage '65 bridge pickup with an S-1 switch that injects the bridge pickup into positions 3, 4, and 5 for a massive array of expanded tonal combinations. Completed by a striking four-ply tortoiseshell pickguard, vintage-style locking tuners, and its deluxe hardshell case, this exceptional Strat brings an inspiring creative energy to any player's arsenal.
From Fender
For discerning guitarists, the Vintage Hot Rod '60s Stratocaster is the ideal combination of original-era style and present-day power and performance. Classic and contemporary at the same time, it delivers a potent combination of authentic vintage design straight from the 1960s and hot-rodded modern mods demanded by today's guitarists, such as a compound-radius fingerboard and special pickups and circuitry. All together, it's a remarkable performer that gives you the best Strat® sound, style and performance of yesterday and today.
- Body
- Alder
- Body Finish
- Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape
- Stratocaster®
- Bridge
- 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Vintage-Style Stamped Steel Saddles
- Bridge Pickup
- Pure Vintage '65 Gray-Bottom Single-Coil Strat®
- Color
- 3-Color Sunburst
- Commodity Code
- [object Object]
- Configuration
- SSS
- Control Knobs
- Aged White Plastic
- Controls
- Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup)
- Country Of Origin
- [object Object]
- Dimensions
- 6.50x17.00x43.00 IN
- Fingerboard
- Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius
- 7.25" to 12" Compound Radius (184 mm to 305 mm)
- Fret Size
- Narrow Jumbo
- Hardware Finish
- Nickel/Chrome
- Middle Pickup
- American Vintage '56 Single-Coil Strat®
- Model Name
- Vintage Hot Rod '60s Stratocaster®, Rosewood Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst
- Neck Finish
- Satin Urethane
- Neck Material
- Maple
- Neck Pickup
- Pure Vintage '59 Single-Coil Strat®
- Neck Shape
- Mid '60s "C"
- Number of Frets
- 21
- Nut Material
- Bone
- Nut Width
- 1.650" (42 mm)
- Orientation
- Right-Hand
- Pickguard
- 4-Ply Tortoiseshell
- Pickup Configuration
- SSS
- Pickup Switching
- 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
- Position Inlays
- Oversized White Pearloid Dots
- Refinement Neck Material
- Maple
- Refinement Neck Shape
- C Shape
- Refinement Pickups
- Pure Vintage
- Scale Length
- 25.5" (648 mm)
- Series
- American Vintage
- Special Electronics
- S-1™ Switch Adds Bridge Pickup Into Positions 3, 4 and 5
- String Nut
- Bone
- Truss Rods
- Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
- Tuning Machines
- Vintage-Style Locking
- Case
- Deluxe Hardshell
- Weight
- 7lbs 12oz
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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