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Fender American Vintage 65 Stratocaster Shoreline Gold

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Fender American Vintage 65 Stratocaster Shoreline Gold
Product no: 9000-0005-8842 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

For fans of classic electric guitars, there's nothing quite like a vintage Strat. Unfortunately, prices soared as the demand was bigger than the supply. The closest you can get to an original is a guitar from Fender's American Vintage series. These guitars all feature the same characteristics as the original at a much friendlier price. This American Vintage '65 Stratocaster, for instance, was modelled after a Shoreline Gold Strat from 1965, the year in which the thick necks returned and the rosewood fretboard slabs were replaced with a thin veneer with a radius. Also, the Clay Dot position markers made room for larger mother-of-pearl dots.

American Vintage '65 Stratocaster: features of 1965

Fender paid immense attention to detail when building this guitar. Its three-layer white pickguard now has eleven holes, fully complying with 1965 specifications. This was also the first year that the pickups were fitted with enamel-coated wire coils. These Grey Bottom single coils were named after the distinctive grey plate they were from then on fitted to. The American Vintage '65 Reissue also gained an authentically shaped lightweight alder body and a glorious gold-coloured nitrocellulose lacquer. Other striking details include period-correct Fender Pat. Pend. stamps on the steel bridge saddles, single-line machine heads and the large Fender logo with four patent numbers on the headstock.

American Vintage series: more accurate than ever before

The American Vintage series comprises several iconic Fender models from the '50s, '60s and '70s that are vintage-accurate down to the smallest details. To achieve this vintage accuracy, the specs and details of countless original old Fenders have been carefully studied and examined. Fender even brushed off the tools of the period to make the result as authentic as possible. All of the American Vintage series guitars come with a vintage-style case with replica case candy that includes a guitar strap, an instrument cable, a polishing cloth, instruction booklets and pamphlets of the period.

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Please note: pictures 5 to 8 show the Dakota Red version and are for illustration purposes only. This is, of course, the Shoreline Gold version!

Specifications

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	6,1 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	106,0 x 38,0 x 11,0 cm

Product specifications

Fender electric guitar
series: American vintage
colour: Shoreline Gold
finish: Fender Flash Coat, nitrocellulose lacquer
body: lightweight alder
neck: maple, bolt-on, thick C-profile
fretboard: rosewood, laminated with the radius
position markers: large mother-of-pearl dots
fretboard radius: 7.25-inch (184mm)
frets: 21, vintage-style (low and narrow)
string nut: 42 mm, bone
scale length: 25.5-inch (648mm)
tuners: Fender Deluxe single-line vintage-style
bridge: American vintage tremolo with Pat. Pend. saddles
hardware: chrome / nickel
pickups: 3x new Fender American Vintage '65 Grey Bottom 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 black case with orange plush interior
vintage-style black leather guitar strap
vintage-style grey instrument cable
polishing cloth
chrome-plated bridge cover
optional vintage-style 3-position switch + schematics
hex key for bridge saddle adjustment
user manual

Details:

authentic reproduction of the 1965 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
thick maple neck with comfortable rounded C-profile
full-nitrocellulose lacquer finish for improved tone and resonance
headstock in the same colour
new vintage-correct case
replica 'case candy' (original paperwork and accessories)
vintage-style three layer pickguard with 11 screw holes
aged white knobs and pickup covers
vintage-style single-line Fender Deluxe machine heads
more accurate distance between the tuners making the strings run straighter down the string nut

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