Fender American Vintage Reissue ‘57 Stratocaster in two tone sunburst, maple neck and finished in nitro cellulose lacquer.

The guitar is in very good condition, and comes with original case (also very good condition) and case candy, including all hang tags, booklets, spare trem springs, Allen key, case keys and ashtray cover.

This beautiful AVRI Stratocaster was manufactured in 2000, is all original and has the 5-way pickup selector switch fitted. The neck is date stamped April 28th 2000, the neck pocket is date stamped Mar 23rd 2000, the 5-way switch is dated from late 2000 (probably fitted post-production) and the pots are dated from late 1999.

This appears to be one of these ‘under the bed’ type guitars that has never left the house and not played very much. The lacquer finish is still in very good condition with the only blemish being on the edge of the body (pictured) where it appears to have reacted with the rubber from a guitar stand. It’s very minor and looks worse in the photo. The water slide decal has slight wear on the ‘f’ but otherwise intact. The nut appears to have been replaced at some point.

The two piece body is extremely resonant and sounds very loud and clear when played acoustically. The back of the neck is very smooth and plays fast - the nitro has dried over the years and is not ‘sticky’ like newer models. The 7.25” radius fingerboard is immaculate with minimal fret wear and is very smooth and comfortable on the hand.

Plugged in, the guitar chimes like a vintage strat should and has a lovely clear and full sound in every position. I’ve owned many AVRI ‘57 Stratocasters over the years and this is one of the finest sounding and looking that I’ve come across in a long time, a pretty rare find, especially for one this age.

The guitar has been set up with a very low action and is very easy to play, with string bends being very effortless high up the fretboard. The frets have just been polished and the neck and body have had a good clean. A new set of D’Addario EXL 10-46 strings has also been fitted. An extremely nice guitar and case altogether! I have priced this lovely guitar sensibly and fairly for its age, and condition.

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