1974 FENDER STRATOCASTER CUSTOM GENUINE MILD RELIC

               BUILD WITH ALL PERSONALLY HAND SELECTED HIGH END

                 PERIOD CORRECT PARTS, WITH NO EXPENSE SPARED !!

I HAVE BEEN A MID 70'S STRATOCASTER LOVER SINCE I PURCHASED MY FIRST 1974 BRAND NEW IN 1975 & SO MOST OF MY GUITARS ARE 1974 FENDER STRATOCASTERS.

I ALSO HAVE COLLECTED SEVERAL ONE OF A KIND PARTS OVER THE YEARS WITH THE PLANS ON BUILDING A COUPLE GUITARS TO MY PERSONAL LIKING, SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS ONE ALONG WITH ONE OTHER ONE I WILL BE SELLING ARE MY PERSONAL GUITARS I BUILT AND THEY ARE NOT GUITARS THAT WERE CHEAPLY SLAPPED TOGETHER & BUILT WITH CHEAP INFERIOR PARTS TO SIMPLY RE-SELL AS THEY ALL ARE A PART OF ME.....WITH THIS SAID I HOPE & FEEL LIKE YOU WILL BE VERY IMPRESSED WITH MY GUITAR. I ALSO KNOW THAT RELIC GUITARS HAVE BECOME MORE AND MORE POPULAR THESE DAYS BUT IN MY OPINION THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR GENUINE AUTHENTIC QUALITY RELIC PARTS VS MOST OF THE NEW RELIC PARTS LIKE NECKS ETC. THAT REALLY LOOK AS FAKE AS THEY REALLY ARE, AND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TURN OFF TO ME. SO IF YOUR ON THE SAME PAGE AS ME, THEN YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TRYING TO CONVEY & BUILDING A SUPER NICE HIGH END PERIOD CORRECT AUTHENTIC 70'S FENDER RELIC IS VERY COSTLY AND THAT IS WHY YOU WILL NOT SEE MANY ON THE MARKET !!

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTUAL BUILD :

THE NECK IS A ORIGINAL UNALTERED 1977 FENDER STRATOCASTER CBS ERA WITH ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL WITH 1 OF KIND PATINA WHICH I HAVE POSSESSED FOR DECADES, AND AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE OF, BESIDES THE HEADSTOCK WATERSLIDE DECAL WITH THE SERIAL NUMBER, IT IS THE EXACT SAME BULLET TRUSS NECK THAT WAS USED IN 1974. THIS BEAUTIFULLY NATURAL AGED YELLOW TINTED HEADSTOCK IS SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT ALONG WITH THE NATURAL WORN FINGER MARKED FRET BOARD. MAYBE I AM JUST BEING PARTIAL, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER NECK AS COOL AS THIS ONE EVER.....

THE "F" TUNERS ARE ALSO ORIGINAL 1ST GEN 1966-1968 THAT ARE IN AMAZING ORIG. CONDITION AS THEY ARE JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE SCARCE & VALUE OF THESE ALONE AS THEY SELL FOR AN AVERAGE OF $500 FOR OLD RUSTY ONES UNLIKE MINE AND I CANNOT EVEN FIND SET IN THIS CONDITION.(SEE PICS)  IT ALSO HAS ALL OF THE ORIG.1974 STRING TREE'S.

THE OLYMPIC WHITE BODY LOOKS FANTASTIC AND THE ONLY ROUTING WAS THE BRIDGE PICKUP POCKET FOR A HUMBUCKER (SEE PIC) AS SOMEONE DID  A NICE CLEAN JOB ON IT YEARS AGO AND WHOEVER PAINTED IT ALSO DID A VERY NICE JOB AS WELL AS IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS FACTORY PAINTED & THE NECK PLATE IS ORIGINAL TO THE BODY. I HAD PLANNED ON AGING IT FOR THE BUILD, BUT AFTER I ASSEMBLED IT, I REALLY LIKED IT AS IS, AS IT FLOWS SO VERY NICELY, SO I WILL LEAVE THIS UP TO THE DESIRE OF IT'S NEW OWNER.... ALSO THE NECK PLATE, PICK GUARD, PICKGUARD SCREWS, ALL MATCHING POTENTIOMETER'S " POTS ",  STAGGERED PICKUPS ( ORIGINAL MINT ALL MATCHING SET - NECK 5.63 OHMS - MIDDLE 5.63 OHMS & BRIDGE 5.53 OHMS) ALONG WITH THE COVERS, SCREWS & SPRINGS, ALONG WITH THE TREMELO ASSEMBLY, JACK COVER AND ASSEMBLY & COVER SCREWS ARE ALL 1974. THE ONLY SMALL ITEMS THAT ARE NOT, ARE THE BACKSIDE TREM COVER, THE SADDLES WHICH ARE EXACT DUPLICATES JUST NOT STAMPED ON THERE BACKSIDE & THE 5-WAY 1977 ERA SWITCH UPGRADE. I AM ALSO INCLUDING A FENDER GUITAR STRAP ALONG WITH A NICE TWEED GUITAR CASE WITH THE KEYS.

LIKE ALL GUITARS AS FAR AS THE ACTION IS CONCERNED, YOU MAY PREFER TO HAVE IT SETUP TO YOUR DESIRED PLAYING, AS I PERSONALLY LIKE MY ACTION ON THE LOWER SIDE, AS THIS SOUNDS AND PLAYS GREAT EXACTLY TO MY LIKING WITH NO ISSUES OR FRET BUZZ ETC. !!

SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NICE 1 OF A KIND LIGHT RELIC GENUINE VINTAGE FENDER STRATOCASTER, I HOPE THIS ONE GET A LOVING OWNER LIKE MYSELF AS I AM OLD AND SIMPLY LIQUIDATING MY ENTIRE COLLECTION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHATEVER MY LAST GUITAR IS THAT I HAVE LEFT, AS I PLAN ON KEEPING JUST ONE FOR THERAPY, TO KEEP MY FINGERS LIMBER...

THIS IS A GREAT BUY AND YOU WILL NOT BUILD ONE THIS SPECIAL FOR THE MONEY.  ALSO I DO WELCOME IN PERSON CASH ON PICKUP OR IF SHIPPED IT WILL BE INSURED WITH SIGNATURE REQUIRED.  

                    THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY LISTING AND I                                                  WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE 

ALL ITEMS SOLD AS IS / NO WARRANTY / NO RETURNS