| www.frettedamericana.com This almost like new Candy Apple Red Stratocaster weighs 7.80 lbs. and has a nut width of 1 5/8 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Solid alder body, one-piece maple neck, and veneer rosewood fretboard with 21 frets and pearloid dot position markers. Four-bolt neck plate with serial number between the top two screws. Three single-coil light grey bottom pickups with staggered polepieces and nicely matched outputs of 5.55k, 5.54k, and 5.63k. Three-layer plastic pickguard with mother-of-pearl on underside and eleven screws. Fender "Synchronized Tremolo" combined bridge/tailpiece. The neck is stamped "22 JUN 69 B". There are just four tiny surface chips (three of them slightly larger than a match-head), one on the lower treble edge by the waist, one on the lower treble edge near the strap pin, and two very tiny ones on the lower treble edge near the strap pin. There is some very slight fret-wear to the first three frets only (hardly noticeable on the third) and two small indentations in the fretboard between the first and second frets. With all that miniscule triviality said, this guitar is so mint - it is unbelievable. The color is rich and vibrant and shows no sign of fade whatsoever. By far the finest Candy Apple Red Stratocaster of any year that we have ever seen - A 9.50 rating does not do this guitar justice! Complete with the original tremolo arm, bridge cover, instruction manual with matching serial number, case key etc. This Candy ... |
