Fender American Vintage II 1965 Stratocaster RW Shoreline Gold Electric Guitar with Case

General

The entire Fender American Vintage II lines up faithful reissues of some of the most iconic Fender models to have ever existed. Every detail of every example is a close observation of the original antique, so with the American Vintage II 1965 Stratocaster, you get the same solid alder body, the same tasteful high-gloss nitrocellulose lacquered finish, and the same bolt-on maple neck and round-lam rosewood fretboard. The slightly larger 7 millimetre white pearloid position dots complete the throwback foundations and, from there, this electric guitar represents a crucial evolutionary moment in Strat lore: the moment when the headstock got bigger and came stamped with the golden transition logo, signalling the immense change that came with the mid-sixties.

The American Vintage II 1965 Stratocaster

Besides the familiar feel of the body-contouring and the C-shaped neck carve, this '65 Strat has all the comfort of a rounder 7.25 inch fretboard radius and the dependable, tight string tension of a standard 25.5 inch scale length, supporting controlled chord work as well as nimble riffs. To complete the experience, Fender has loaded on the vintage-style hardware, including a six-screw tremolo bridge with bent saddles and a set of six authentically finished Fender Deluxe Pure Vintage Single Line machine heads.

The Sound of the Sixties

So you get the full force of the sound of the decade that changed music forever, this American Vintage II Series Stratocaster comes decked out with three Pure Vintage ’65 Gray Bottom single-coil pickups that lay down an antique-flavoured spectrum of tonal profiles, each as defined and dynamic as the next. Flip through the voicings on offer via the classic control section, which includes a single volume pot, two tone pots and a lightly modern five-way position switch. In true Fender style, this six-string tribute comes pre-wrapped in a vintage-style black case that comes filled with a Vintage '65 Strat guitar strap, a vintage bridge cover and a fistful of extra candy. And, in case you want to go all the way back to where it came from, you also get a period-correct three-way switch thrown in.