Fender Stratocaster 1956 - Blonde

Enjoyed this baby for a few years, time to move to the next

Inspected in person by Dave Rodgers from Dave's Gutiars

Description and photo included

Blonde, Ash body, The body dates to ’56, The 2/56 date is in the control cavity and not in the tremolo route, This one left the factory as a hardtail and then sent back to Fender in 1959 to have the tremolo installed. We think that Fender also refinished the body when this work was done, You can clearly see the original ground wire hole that would have been underneath the original hardtail bridge, The tremolo plate/block/saddles appear to be period correct, The pots date to the first week of ’59, The pickups do appear to be correct, A newer 5-way switch has been installed, The Maple fingerboard neck dates to ’59, We do believe that this neck was also installed by Fender when the other work was done, The neck finish and headstock decal are original, Different tuners and bushings were installed at one time, Period correct tuners are now on the guitar, The fingerboard was refretted and refinished by our shop many years ago, Single ply pickguard with no extra holes drilled in to the body, The neck thickness is .78′′ at the first and .94′′ at the 12th frets, 8.4 pounds, With a newer Fender tweed hardshell case, Very good