1961 Fender Stratocaster 3-tone sunburst
Now available, an early 1961 Fender Stratocaster in its original 3-tone sunburst finish with slab rosewood fingerboard.
This guitar made its way to Australia from the US only recently, having been purchased from the family of its original owner earlier this year.
Included with the guitar are copies of an old band photo, a local newspaper article, and a single/record from the owner's band 'The Citations'.
As you can see the guitar has been played, having some buckle rash on the back of the body, some wear to the back of the neck, and some light finish checking all over. The guitar has been professionally refretted with vintage tall wire and a new nut. The 7.25" radius has been retained with NO sanding to the fingerboard.
Otherwise the guitar retains nearly all of its original parts including all of the plastics and hardware down to the original screws. The 3x original black bottom pickups are healthy and untouched, as is most of the wiring harness. The original volume and lower tone pot both date to the 4th week of '61, with an exact period replacement tone pot in the centre dating to the 45th week of '61.
A stunning uncirculated example of an original 1961 Fender Stratocaster that plays and sounds as good as it looks!
Includes its clean original brown tolex case, original bridge cover, and tremolo arm.
Joel's Vintage Guitars
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All my guitars are professionally packed outside and inside the case and are shipped express worldwide. Each guitar is fully insured with signature on delivery. Approximately 5 business days international, 2 days interstate.
All instruments shipped within Australia will have a 48-hour approval period/change of mind policy for returns, no questions asked. This means you will get a full refund due to a simple change of mind, minus return shipping costs. This approval period/change of mind policy does not apply to consigned instruments. All guitars are sold as-is with no returns past the approval period above. Any guitar sold not as described is returnable outside this approval period.