Sound Exchange USA Fender American Original ’60s Stratocaster W/ Rosewood Fretboard | Candy Apple Red ELECTRIC GUITAR

If you’re looking for a ’60s-inspired Strat with modern convenience and playability, look no further than the Fender American Original ’60s Stratocaster. This guitar tips its hat to Transition-era Strats of 1965, with a chunky “C” neck profile, a rosewood fingerboard, pearloid dot inlays, and a mint green pickguard. The American Original ’60s Strat’s 9.5″ fingerboard radius will please today’s lead players, while its period-correct Pure Vintage ’65 pickups and contemporary 5-way switching are sure to please tone aficionados. Aged pickup covers and controls give this Strat a classic played-in look.

Chunky “C” neck with a modern fingerboard radius
This Strat’s ’60s-era “C” neck profile is suited for all playing styles. It’s a little chunkier than the modern Fender “C,” but still contoured, for both thumb-behind and thumb-over players. Where the American Original ’60s Strat has the advantage over a classic ’65 is its enlarged 9.5″ (from 7.25″) fingerboard radius, which allows for upper-register leads and bends with less risk of fretting out.

Pure Vintage ’65 pickups
This Strat’s Pure Vintage ’65 gray bottom single-coils are as period correct as they come, from the fiber bobbins and Alnico V magnets right down to the enamel-coated coil wire and cloth-covered output wires. Wax potting keeps feedback and icepicks to a minimum, while contemporary 5-way switching unlocks in-between tones that are impossible on a true ’65.

Classic nitro-finished alder body
This Strat’s lightweight, resonant alder body retains its full tonal characteristics thanks to a nitrocellulose lacquer finish. This is just another reason why, for classic inspiration and modern playability, it’s hard to top the Fender American Original ’60s Strat from Sweetwater.

Fender American Original ’60s Stratocaster Features:

Tribute to a 1965 Stratocaster
Pure Vintage ’65 pickups are painstakingly period correct
Modern 5-way switching unlocks in-between tones
’60s-era “C” maple neck suits all playing styles
Modern 9.5″ fingerboard radius minimizes fretting out
Rosewood fretboard subtly warms leads and thickens chords
Resonant alder body with breathable nitrocellulose lacquer finish
6-saddle synchronized tremolo bridge
Sustain-enhancing bone nut
Aged white knobs, pickup covers, and switch tip
3-ply mint green pickguard
Kluson-style vintage tuning machines

Tech Specs
Body Type: Solidbody
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
Number of Strings: 6
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Color: Candy Apple Red
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Thick C
Radius: 9.5″
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Inlay: Pearloid Dots
Number of Frets: 21, Vintage Dots
Scale Length: 25.5″
Nut Width: 1.650″
Nut Material: Bone
Bridge/Tailpiece: 6-Saddle Pure Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Tuners: Pure Vintage
Neck Pickup: ’65 Pure Vintage Single-coil
Middle Pickup: ’65 Pure Vintage Single-coil
Bridge Pickup: ’65 Pure Vintage Single-coil
Controls: 1 x volume, 2 x tone, 5-way blade pickup switch
Strings: Fender USA, .010-.046
Case Included: Vintage-Style Hardshell Case
Manufacturer Part Number: 0110120809