This is one cool Stratocaster, and can track the years it has been through just by looking at it. From replaced machine heads (Schaller F-stamps, probably in the 1970s), the addition of a Dimarzio X2 and new pickguard in the late ’70s, (luckily the middle and neck pickups are still the original), a skinnied down (on both axis – nut width is 38mm), and a re-radiused, re-fretted and refinished neck (very obviously 1980s).
Luckily this guitar dodged a Floyd install, and a bright pink, or Patrick Nagel airbrushed body refin!
It’s a great players grade Stratocaster that has witnessed the end of the Vietnam War, the Wall Street crash, punk, glam, even Hyper Colour t shirts.
It’s light, its resonant, it’s super enjoyable to play. Comes with the original Fender case it shipped with back in ’74, tonnes of mojo… and a great playing vintage Stratocaster for considering the vintage of this piece – not a lot of dough!