Fender Aluminum Alloy Stratocaster (Strat) Guitar Body *Rare *Made in USA
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Fender Aluminum Alloy Stratocater Guitar Body. This body was Made in the USA around 1993-1994 for Fender. It has never been used.
This body uses the Fender Tremolo System with 2-3/16 post spacing. The holes have been drilled and tapped for a tremolo, Tremolo springs claw, pickguard and backplate screws.
This is the same body as used on all the Fender Aluminum Alloy Stratocasters. It is also the same body as used on some of the rare Aluminum 40th Anniversary Stratocasters, the Aloha Strats, 35th Anniversary Mustang Stratocaster and the Harley Davidson Stratocasters.
A local music store purchased the remaining/unused bodies and I am assisting them in selling this rare item.
International Buyers: If you are interested in this body and are outside of the USA, contact me for a shipping quote.
SOME INFO ON FENDER ALUMINUM STRATOCASTERS
In 1994, to commemorate their 40th anniversary, Fender produced only 400 aluminum alloy Stratocaster guitars. They have the same aluminum body as the treasured Harley Davidson strats which were built in 1993.
This is the same body as used on all the Fender Aluminum Alloy Stratocasters, including the Aluminum 40th Anniversary Stratocasters, the Aloha Strats, 35th Anniversary Mustang Stratocaster and the Harley Davidson Stratocasters.
From a Vintageguitar.com Magazine article (July, 1997) titled Fender Aluminum: Aluminums Unwrapped, this is what Ward Meeker & Joseph Schneider had to say:
“For some, happiness is an aluminum-bodied Fender. Fender made the aluminum-bodied Harley Davidson Stratocaster in 1993 and later its metal brother, the Freddy Tavares Aloha Stratocaster. Both instruments featured engraved, chrome-plated aluminum bodies.
But in 1994, Fender’s Arizona factory produced a small number of aluminum American Standard Stratocasters and a much smaller number of aluminum American Standard Telecasters in three unique anodized finishes – purple marble, blue marble and red, silver and blue flag – which gave the guitars an indescribably unique appearance to match the singular sound produced by their hollow bodies. They are unlike anything Fender produced before or since.”
Schneider is often asked how the aluminums sound. “Through an amplifier, they sound just as good as any other American Standard Stratocaster or Telecaster. Without an amp, they have a nice, resonant, acoustic quality. The playability is also similar to their wooden counterparts, except aluminums are comfortably lighter.
The Fender aluminums are a rare anomaly that likely will never be reproduced, but they will certainly continue to pique the interest of guitar enthusiasts well into the future.”
THE BOTTOM LINE
If you want to build a one-of-a-kind Stratocaster with the same bloodlines as the unique and classic Fender Aluminum Stratocasters, this is your opportunity. As far as I can tell, there are very few of these never used, like-new aluminum Strat bodies out there.
Not only will it be completely radical and unique looking, but based on the Vintage Guitar magazine review, it will sound just like a Statocaster should . . . and be even more resonant when not plugged in. And it will be lighter than a plain old wooden Stratocaster.
Buy It Now before the price goes up.
Fender Aluminum Alloy Stratocater Guitar Body. This body was Made in the USA around 1993-1994 for Fender. It has never been used.
This body uses the Fender Tremolo System with 2-3/16 post spacing. The holes have been drilled and tapped for a tremolo, Tremolo springs claw, pickguard and backplate screws.
This is the same body as used on all the Fender Aluminum Alloy Stratocasters. It is also the same body as used on some of the rare Aluminum 40th Anniversary Stratocasters, the Aloha Strats, 35th Anniversary Mustang Stratocaster and the Harley Davidson Stratocasters.
A local music store purchased the remaining/unused bodies and I am assisting them in selling this rare item.
International Buyers: If you are interested in this body and are outside of the USA, contact me for a shipping quote.
SOME INFO ON FENDER ALUMINUM STRATOCASTERS
In 1994, to commemorate their 40th anniversary, Fender produced only 400 aluminum alloy Stratocaster guitars. They have the same aluminum body as the treasured Harley Davidson strats which were built in 1993.
This is the same body as used on all the Fender Aluminum Alloy Stratocasters, including the Aluminum 40th Anniversary Stratocasters, the Aloha Strats, 35th Anniversary Mustang Stratocaster and the Harley Davidson Stratocasters.
From a Vintageguitar.com Magazine article (July, 1997) titled Fender Aluminum: Aluminums Unwrapped, this is what Ward Meeker & Joseph Schneider had to say:
“For some, happiness is an aluminum-bodied Fender. Fender made the aluminum-bodied Harley Davidson Stratocaster in 1993 and later its metal brother, the Freddy Tavares Aloha Stratocaster. Both instruments featured engraved, chrome-plated aluminum bodies.
But in 1994, Fender’s Arizona factory produced a small number of aluminum American Standard Stratocasters and a much smaller number of aluminum American Standard Telecasters in three unique anodized finishes – purple marble, blue marble and red, silver and blue flag – which gave the guitars an indescribably unique appearance to match the singular sound produced by their hollow bodies. They are unlike anything Fender produced before or since.”
Schneider is often asked how the aluminums sound. “Through an amplifier, they sound just as good as any other American Standard Stratocaster or Telecaster. Without an amp, they have a nice, resonant, acoustic quality. The playability is also similar to their wooden counterparts, except aluminums are comfortably lighter.
The Fender aluminums are a rare anomaly that likely will never be reproduced, but they will certainly continue to pique the interest of guitar enthusiasts well into the future.”
THE BOTTOM LINE
If you want to build a one-of-a-kind Stratocaster with the same bloodlines as the unique and classic Fender Aluminum Stratocasters, this is your opportunity. As far as I can tell, there are very few of these never used, like-new aluminum Strat bodies out there.
Not only will it be completely radical and unique looking, but based on the Vintage Guitar magazine review, it will sound just like a Statocaster should . . . and be even more resonant when not plugged in. And it will be lighter than a plain old wooden Stratocaster.
Buy It Now before the price goes up.
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