1954 Fender Stratocaster - Museum Condition, Owned by Ed King, Attention Collectors! 54 Strat
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Up for sale is the Ed King 1954 Stratocaster. This is a museum quality, 100% first year Strat with full provenance from Ed King's personal collection. Some highlights: Flamed Neck, Featherweight at 6lbs, 14oz!, plus an immaculate center pocket tweed case. It comes with the original sales receipt from the 1950's, a personal letter from Ed King, certificate of authenticity from Walter Carter, PLUS a VIDEO of Ed discussing his ownership and playing this historic instrument. This guitar was also featured in a 2022 vintage guitar calendar.
I bought this from Ed, before his passing, via Christie at Carter Vintage in 2017. Ed King was a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd and co-writer of "Sweet Home Alabama". The entire package is priceless.
Neck:
- TG 10-54 date
- Sublime fat profile, extremely comfortable in-hand
- Original finish and frets
- Original round string tree
- Original nut
- Original "no-line" Kluson tuners
- Minor fix on back side of neck. Work performed by Carter Vintage as per Ed King (see pic)
Body:
- 2-tone original Sunburst finish
- Extremely clean condition on front, worming/minor scratches on back
- Nice grainy ash
- 8/54 in trem spring cavity
- All proper nail holes and tooling marks are clearly visible
Hardware:
- Original bridge, strap buttons, jack cup, neck plate, etc...
- All plastics are original. 3-way switch tip is cracked and repaired (see pic)
- Original trem arm with cracked Bakelite tip
Electronics:
- Original pickups with original winds
- Original solder joints
- 250k pots date 35th week of 1954
Case and Candy:
- Original tweed center pocket case – insanely clean!
- Sales receipt from the 1950's
- Personal letter from Ed King
- Certificate of authenticity - inspected and signed by Walter Carter
- VIDEO of Ed King playing and describing the guitar and his ownership. This is an amazing piece of provenance that will be included with the guitar
- 2022 Vintage guitar calendar - featured in April
Please ask any and all questions. I encourage an in-hand pickup in Seattle, WA.
Thank you!
*Note: other gear in pics, not part of the sale
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| Listed | 9 months ago |
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| Condition | Excellent (Used) Excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care.Learn more |
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