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    Fender American Vintage II 1961 Stratocaster® Left-Hand, Rosewood Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst

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    The Fender® American Vintage II series presents a remarkably accurate take on the revolutionary designs that altered the course of musical history. Built with period-accurate bodies, necks and hardware, premium finishes and meticulously voiced, year-specific pickups, each instrument captures the essence of authentic Fender craftsmanship and tone.

    During the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, the popularity of Fender musical instruments flourished, and although the Fender assortment had expanded to include many great new instruments, the Stratocaster® reigned supreme. By 1961, the Stratocaster had taken on a more refined aesthetic, with a 3-Color Sunburst reformulated with a more vibrant red and bolder black edge, topped with a 3-ply pickguard accenting the Strat’s signature curves.

    Featuring a premium alder body, a trio of Pure Vintage ‘61 Stratocaster pickups and a medium “C”-Shaped maple neck mated with a 7.25” radius slab rosewood fingerboard, the American Vintage II 1961 Stratocaster reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original. Other appointments include a vintage-accurate synchronized tremolo with cold rolled steel block and bent steel saddles, single-line “Fender Deluxe” tuners and 3-ply pickguard.

    The instruments in the American Vintage II series are direct descendants of the original Fenders: designed for players with a fine appreciation for vintage Fender tone and feel and built with unmatched quality, down to the last screw. These are Fender electrics in their purest form: Fender American Vintage II, the stuff of legends.

    Specs

    Type

    Solid Body

    Colour

    3-Color Sunburst

    Orientation

    Left Handed

    Number of Strings

    6

    Body Shape

    Stratocaster®

    Body Material

    Alder

    Body Finish

    Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

    Neck Material

    Maple

    Neck Shape

    1961 "C"

    Neck Finish

    Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

    Fretboard Material

    Slab Rosewood

    Number of Frets

    21

    Fretboard Inlays

    Clay Dot with Vintage Clay Side Dots

    Fret Size

    Vintage Tall

    Fretboard Radius

    7.25" (184.1 mm)

    Nut Material

    Bone

    Nut Width

    1.650" (42 mm)

    Bridge Pickup

    Pure Vintage '61 Single-Coil Strat®

    Middle Pickup

    Pure Vintage '61 Single-Coil Strat®

    Neck Pickup

    Pure Vintage '61 Single-Coil Strat®

    Controls

    1 X Master Volume, 1 X Tone (Neck/Middle Pickups), 1 X Tone (Bridge Pickup), 5-Position Pickup Selector

    Pickguard

    3-Ply Mint Green

    Bridge

    Pure Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles (Includes Chrome Bridge Cover)

    Tuners

    Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"

    Strings

    Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406

    Case/ Bag

    Vintage-Style Brown (Orange Interior)