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Fender American Vintage 59 Stratocaster Aztec Gold MN

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Fender American Vintage 59 Stratocaster Aztec Gold MN
Product no: 9000-0010-0237 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

The American Vintage '59 Stratocaster is a guitar that caters to connoisseurs and this version, with its period-accurate Aztec Gold finish adds to that. It is a guitar that truly shines. Naturally, Fender took great care crafting every vintage detail. This Strat was made by the exact specifications and methods from 1959. The result is an American guitar that doesn't just look like an early Fender, but sounds and plays like one as well. This gold-coloured American Vintage Strat comes with a case (of course), in this case a brown, vintage-style case with yellow plush interior.

American Vintage '59 Aztec Gold: features

This Stratocaster was modelled after the one from late 1959, a transitional model between the earlier one and the Strat of 1962. Its neck has a slender D profile, contrary to the thicker necks from before 1959. The fretboard of this model is made of maple. Its body is made of lightweight Alder, adorned with a marvellous nitrocellulose lacquer, Aztec Gold finish. Its tremolo bridge with 'Pat.Pend' saddles and the single line machine heads are also vintage-modelled. Three specially designed American Vintage single-coils produce the beloved Strat sound in all its glory. The 5-position pickup switch and the dual tone control allow for the essential tone variation.

American Vintage series: more accurate than ever before

The American Vintage series has been around for a while. The current series comprises new, iconic '50s and '60s models that have a minute vintage accuracy. To get to this point, the guitar giant tracked down and studied specs and details of numerous original vintage guitars. Fender even brushed off the tools of the period to make the result as authentic as possible. Every model has been fitted with new pickups, especially wound after the specifications and sound of the vintage reference models. It's for good reason that these models represent Fender's illustrious, 60-year-long musical history.

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Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	21
Number of strings	6
Bridge type	vintage-style tremolo
Pickup configuration	SSS
Pickup type	single-coil (passive)
Neck connection	bolt on
Fretboard wood	maple
Includes cover	no
Includes case	yes
Colour	gold / bronze / brass / copper
Country of origin	USA
Left-handed	no
Body material	alder
Scale length	25.5 inches (648mm)
Body type	ST

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	7,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	111,5 x 44,5 x 16,5 cm

Product specifications

solid-body electric guitar
colour: Aztec Gold
finish: Fender Flash Coat, nitrocellulose lacquer
body: lightweight alder
neck: maple, bolt-on, slender D profile
fretboard: maple
fretboard radius: 7.25 inches (184.1 mm)
frets: 21, vintage-style (low and narrow)
string nut: 42 mm, bone
scale length: 25.5 inches (648 mm)
tuners: Fender Deluxe single line, vintage style
bridge: American Vintage tremolo with 'Pat.Pend.' saddles
hardware: chrome / nickel
pickups: 3x new Fender American Vintage '59 Strat single-coil
electronics: 1x master volume, 2x tone (neck, middle/bridge), 5-position pickup switch
strings: Fender USA Super 250R, NPS .010 - .046

Includes:

luxury vintage style brown case with yellow plush interior
vintage-style black leather guitar strap
vintage-style grey instrument cable
polishing cloth
chrome-plated bridge cover
vintage-style optional 3-position switch + schematics
hex key for bridge saddle adjustment
user manual

Details:

authentic reproduction of the late '59 Stratocaster
hand-made in America according to original vintage specifications
new, specially voiced pickups with staggered magnets
improved dimensions and curves of the body, neck and headstock
new, more accurate hardware: Pat.Pend. on the bridge saddles
narrower neck with a comfortable D profile
full-nitrocellulose lacquer finish for improved tone and resonance
new vintage-correct case
replica case candy: reproductions of the original paperwork and accessories
vintage-style single-line Fender Deluxe tuners,
more accurate distance between the tuners making the strings run straighter down the string nut

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