1987 Fender Custom Shop American Vintage '62 Stratocaster Blonde Mary Kaye w/ Gold Hardware, Case & Hangtags

Up for sale, a 1987 Fender Custom Shop American Vintage '62 Stratocaster in excellent, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case and hangtags. An extremely unique short run model, Fender's Custom Shop (founded in 1987) produced 1000 "Mary Kaye" Stratocasters between 1987-89, divided into two 500-instrument runs equally split between maple and rosewood fingerboards. Ash body construction and all gold hardware set these Mary Kaye Strats apart from the standard American Vintage line, and while Custom Shop produced, the guitars still retain the V-prefix serialization of the American Vintage instruments.

Weighing 9lbs 5oz, this guitar offers a particularly resonant sonic foundation for the original trio of black bobbin alnico magnet single coils. The pickups highlight the midrange punch and sonic complexity of ash as a tonewood, with the warmth and detail of the rosewood fingerboard introducing even more character to the mix. Via the three-way pickup selector toggle, the guitar delivers bridge pickup spank, thinned-out quack in the "in-between" settings, and sweet, bell-like neck pickup chime. This Mary Kaye Stratocaster benefits from a professional setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Maple
• Shape: Slender C, measuring .815” at 1st fret, .895” at the 12th fret
• Fretboard: Rosewood slab, vintage-spec 7 1/4” radius
• Frets: Slender, no wear
• Scale Length: 25 1/2"
• Nut: 1.650” (42mm), bone
• Tuners: Kluson-style
• Serialization: V-prefix

Body Specs:

• Wood: Ash
• Pickups: American Vintage 57/62 single coil x3
• Harness: Untouched solder, CTS pots date to 1987
• Controls: Volume, Tone x2, three-way pickup selector (five-way switch included)
• Hardware: Synchronized Tremolo, jack cup, ashtray bridge cover
• Plastics: Three-ply white pickguard, aged knobs/pickup covers/switch tip
• Factory markings: Neck heel pencil dated 8-14-87

The subtly translucent gloss Blonde finish exhibits broad horizontal checking with shrinkage into the grain on top and back. Cosmetic wear includes some minor dings on top, with a few small finish chips at the neck heel and on the treble side of the back. The gloss on the neck profile is smooth and clean.

The original tweed hardshell case is included, along with the hangtags and case candy.