This great guitar is brand new with the full factory warranty, and these are actual photos of the one you will get. We are selling it as MINT USED but actually it is new, but we have had it a while. Selling  it as used is the only way we can discount it without getting in trouble from the folks at Fender. Save 20% or over $500.00 on a new guitar just because we want to sell it before the end of the year. 

Serial Number – V2551817

Weight - 8lbs 3.22oz

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 1961 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.

FEATURES

• Alder Body
• Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
• Pure Vintage '61 Single-Coil Strat® pickups
• “C”-Shaped Neck Profile
• Slab Rosewood Fingerboard
• Pure Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles

General

Series

American Vintage II

Orientation

Right-Hand

Color

Shoreline Gold

Country Of Origin

USA

Neck

Headstock

Stratocaster®

Neck Material

Maple

Neck Finish

Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck Shape

1965 "C"

Neck Construction

4-Bolt

Fingerboard Radius

7.25" (184.1 mm)

Fingerboard Material

Round-Laminated Rosewood

Position Inlays

White Pearloid Dot - 7 mm

Number of Frets

21

Truss Rod

Vintage-Style Butt Adjust

String Nut

Bone

Nut Width

1.650" (42 mm)

Nut Material

Bone

Fret Size

Vintage Tall

Scale Length

25.5" (648 mm)

Body

Body

Alder

Body Finish

Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Body Shape

Stratocaster®

Body Material

Alder

Hardware

Bridge

Pure Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles

Pickguard

3-Ply Eggshell

Control Knobs

Vintage White Plastic

Hardware Finish

Chrome/Nickel-Plated Steel

Tuning Machines

Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"

Strings

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

Neck Plate

4-Bolt Vintage-Style

Strap Buttons

Vintage-Style

Electronics

Bridge Pickup

Pure Vintage '65 Gray-Bottom Single-Coil Strat®

Middle Pickup

Pure Vintage '65 Gray-Bottom Single-Coil Strat®

Neck Pickup

Pure Vintage '65 Gray-Bottom Single-Coil Strat®

Pickup Configuration

SSS

Controls

Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup)

Switching

5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup

Measurements

Shipping Dimensions

6.50x17.25x43.75 IN

Shipping Weight

23.50 LB

Shipping Length

43.75 IN

Shipping Height

6.50 IN

Shipping Width

17.25 IN