2005 Fender American Deluxe Factory Special Run that was made for dealers. It is a '62 AVRI in ice blue metallic with a matching headstock. This beautiful Stratocaster is in excellent condition and comes with the original G&G case and all the original case candy as shown. This one is truly in excellent condition, no cracks, chips, repairs, etc.

This factory special run was a special issue that is based on a '62 reissue Stratocaster, with a thin skin nitro-cellulose finish, but with three added benefits:

• truss rod adjustment in the headstock (no removing the neck to adjust the neck curvature)
• SCN pickups that were only offered for a limited time
• Fender S-1 switch that provides both the traditional pickup operation as well as bridge/middle and neck/middle is series (like a humbucker) as well as adding a special capacitor that adds more mid range frequencies

In the spirit of full disclosure here are the items that make this guitar different from a brand new one:

• one tiny paint chip in the back that is smaller than the tip of a pencil lead (circled in picture 11)
• the pickguard color has faded and you can see a slight discoloration where the S-1 switch sticker was

The frets are in excellent condition and the guitar plays beautifully. The only reason that I am selling this is that I bought a custom shop version of the same guitar and I don't need two.

Other details:

• 8 pounds, 5 ounces
• C shape neck that is 0.827" thick as the first fret