New item, not in original packaging, comes with hardcase.Special price due to slight chip in headstock (see photos).
The American Vintage 65 Strat in Shoreline Gold with Rosewood neck includes an incredible array of features, specs and the most meticulous level of vintage accuracy from Fender yet. Rather than just replacing the previous models with different ones, Fender have completely and comprehensively re-imagined the entire vintage-reissue concept—restoring original tooling dies, voicing new pickups, reformulating vintage colors and more—based on actual vintage guitars, tracked down to make sure Fender did it right. They did the work, and it shows, because there's pure tonal magic in each new American Vintage instrument.The 1965 Stratocaster® guitar saw the return to a thick "C"-shaped maple neck, this time with a round-laminated rosewood fingerboard and larger pearl dot inlays. That's what players will find on the American Vintage '65 Stratocaster, along with other authentic features including a three-ply white pickguard with 11 holes, lightweight alder body, aged plastic knobs and vintage-accurate pickups, bridge saddles, tuner spacing and more.Body Shape: Stratocaster®Body Material: AlderBody Finish: Fender Flash Coat LacquerNeck Material: MapleNeck Shape: Mid '60s "C"Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)Number of Frets: 21Fret Size: Vintage-StyleNeck Finish: Fender Flash Coat LacquerFingerboard: Round-Laminated RosewoodBridge Pickup: American Vintage '65 Gray-Bottom Single-Coil StratMiddle Pickup: American Vintage '65 Gray Bottom Single-Coil StratNeck Pickup: American Vintage '65 Gray Bottom Single-Coil StratPickup Configuration: SSS