Description

Made in the Corona plant in California, USA, this is a very playable Fender Strat in a ‘hard to find’ semi-translucent candy apple red finish.

This particular Stratocaster was made in ‘96 and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Fender Musical Instrument Company - history in the making. As you can see on the back of the headstock, it still has its gold commemorative sticker on the back of the headstock.

As pictured, there’s a ding noticeable on the top edge behind the input jack and some player wear on the fretboard at frets five and eight. The whammy bar and original case have gone AWOL. It has a plastic hardshell case although much of the lining is now missing.

Of course, as the favourite of countless artists from Knopfler to Vaughan, the Stratocaster really requires no introduction. Strats are famously easy to play, so it’s no wonder that they have been the first ‘proper’ guitar for scores of budding guitarists throughout the ages. The diversity of sound also plays a big part in this, making it suitable for a wide variety of genres at the flick of a switch.

No matter what you usually play, picking up a Stratocaster is like visiting an old friend and this collector’s edition is no exception.

Fender Strat features

• Solid contoured body
• Candy apple red finish
• Three ply white pick guard
• 25½” scale length
• One-piece maple neck, skunk stripe at back
• Maple fretboard with 22 frets
• 4 bolt neck joint
• Three single coil pickups
• 2 tone knobs, one volume knob
• 5-way pickup selector switch
• Commemorative 50th Anniversary sticker on back of headstock
• Fender Stratocaster ‘Made in USA’ logo on front of headstock
• American Schaller tuners with Fender logo
• Two-point floating chrome bridge
• Chrome input jack plate
• Hard shell plastic case

Strat tags

Fender strat