Up for sale, a 2002 Fender Stratocaster ‘72 vintage reissue model ST72-58US in excellent, 100% original condition and in perfect working order. This “Crafted in Japan” Strat was produced exclusively for the Japanese domestic market and is uncommon outside of its country of origin, featuring a set of Fender's American Vintage 57/62 single coil pickups and ‘70s-spec appointments including a large headstock with block logo, three-bolt neck plate, and block saddles. With its gloss Olympic White finish, white pickguard, and black pickup covers/knobs, this particular ST72-58US evokes the look of Ritchie Blackmore’s iconic early ‘70s Strat, various iterations of which he has used extensively throughout his career.

Tonewoods include a basswood body and a one-piece maple neck, and this Strat weighs 7lbs 10oz. The factory-installed American Vintage 57/62 single coil pickups are accurate to vintage spec, featuring black fiber bobbins, staggered alnico magnets, and cloth-covered leads. The neck pickup is full and girthy with a throaty zing, the bridge has great sparkle and snap, and the “in-between” positions on the five-way pickup selector switch yield hollow quack. This Stratocaster has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

-Wood: Maple
-Shape: Medium C, measuring .845” 1st fret, .999” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Maple, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius
-Frets: Slender, faint wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-5
-Scale Length: 25 1/2”
-Nut: 1.650” (42mm), bone
-Tuners: Gotoh
-Serialization: “Crafted in Japan,” P-prefix

Body Specs:

-Wood: Basswood
-Pickups: American Vintage 57/62 single coil x3
-Controls: Volume, Tone x2, Five-way pickup selector
-Hardware: Six-point vibrato with block saddles (vintage-spec, chrome-plated)
-Plastics: Three-ply white pickguard, black knobs/pickup covers

Cosmetic wear on the gloss Olympic White finish includes several minor dings (and one small chip) along the lower bout perimeter and just a handful of additional small marks on the body as a whole. The neck profile retains its smooth gloss, with a few shallow nicks along the profile length (including one on the treble-side of the carve in the upper register) that are not distracting to the palm while fretting.

The original gigbag is included.