Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar

Handed down to me from my dad. A 1963 Fender Strat (Cream).

Fender did a great thing when they decided to use Japan to build guitars in 1982. The JV series is now one of the most collectible from the early 1980s. Mine came to me used, with the decal already sanded off. These guitars came with USA pickups. An amazing guitar.

I Got This Strat About 1 Month Ago. My Older Brother Brought This Home From College And Gave It To Me As A Gift.

Fender strat with fender locking tuners, fender vintage style nut, Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups, switchcraft input jack, strap locks, foam on springs and knobs, cts pots, braided pushback wire, pushback wire,vintage tremblock, Limited Production Callaham Narrow Strat Bridge Assemblies, string tree

I couldn't tell you what wood it's made of, where it originally came from, or how old it is, but I have a fender (80% certain it actually IS a fender) strat with a super heavy body that's been repainted from white to cream, unknown pickups, and a later model (but still pre-70's) fender neck with the logo flaking off the rather small headstock. It was inherited after a blues jam with my friend's drunken step-dad who bought it at a pawn shop somewhere in the American South as he was making his way back west after the Vietnam war. One man's trash is most certainly another man's treasure, and this thing is absolutely treasured trash.

Black, maple neck. One of my favorite guitars I own. I love this era of guitars with the swimming pool route because it has been the perfect test bed for all sorts of pickup configurations.

I am the only owner. I saved my paper route money when I was 15 to buy this guitar. I've played it ever since.

The tone and volume knobs can get a bit sensitive over time, but the rest of the guitar is fine

The guitar that Hendrix and Buddy Holly made famous. This guitar just fits right and is functional and reliable, it's well balanced, and there are so many refinements to the Stratocaster that people mostly either ignore or don't know about, and they look at it and think that it is too plain, then you have people like Yngwie Malmsteen totally blow that overgeneralized stereotypical thought away. My only complaint is most Strats could use some upgraded pickups, maybe a better bridge and tuners but on most Mexican and American Strats the tuners and bridge are good.

After two decades of synths, I decided to try my hand at playing guitar. I bought this Fender Strat on Craigslist, and beyond it being Mexican-made and black, I have no real details about it. I'm a terrible guitarist but it's sure fun to play around.