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Stratocaster
Stratocaster Guitar
Stratocaster Guitar
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 Fender (CBS)
Stratocaster Series
U.S.A.
Available 1965 to 1981
Standard Colors: Three Tone Sunburst, Black, Blond.
Custom Colors: Shoreline Gold, Inca Silver, Sherwood Green, (Sea) Foam Green, Surf Green, Lake Placid Blue, Daphne Blue, Sonic Blue, Fiesta Red, Dakota Red, Shell Pink, Olympic White, Burgundy Mist, Various Other Colors.
Pick Ups: 3 Single-Coil Alnico
Staggered Height Poles.
Body: Alder.
Neck: 2 Piece Maple.
Fingerboard: Rosewood.
Number of Frets: 21.
Scale Length: 25 ½ inches.
Options: Triple Ply White Pickguard with 11 Screws
Gold "Transitional" Logo
4 Bolt Neck Mount
Truss Rod Adjustment At Body
Six-saddle Bridge
Nickel-Plated Steel Saddles
Spring-Loaded Floating Tremolo
Inertia Block
Nickel Plated Double Line Kluson Tuning Keys
One Master Volume Knob
Two Tone Knobs (Neck and Middle Pickups)
Three Position Pickup Selector Switch

1966 Changes:
Fender "Transitional" Logo Appears

1967 Changes:
Laminated Maple Fingerboard Option
Chrome Fender "F" Tuning Keys

1968 Changes:
Black Logo On Headstock (June)
Nitrocellulose Finish Replaced With Polyester Finish

1971 Changes:
Single Piece Maple Fingerboard Option
Tilt Neck Adjustment Introduced
Three Bolt Neck
Chrome-Plated Die Cast Saddles
Die Cast Inertia Block

1974 Changes:
Flush Pickup Polepieces

1975 Changes:
Triple Ply Black Pickguard with 11 Screws

1977 Changes:
Five Position Pickup Selector Switch

1980 Changes:
Hotter "X-1" Pickup added to Bridge Position

1981 Changes:
4 Bolt Neck Replaced Tilt Neck Adjustment
Original List Price: 281.50
Stratocaster Guitar

Columbia Broadcast Systems, Inc.- or CBS- became the owners of Fender on January 5, 1965. Most consider this the beginning of the dark age of Fender. It did not happen overnight, but gradually; a little bit here, a little bit there. Changes started the first year, with the backplate and the reverse "F" appearing about mid-year. By the end of the year, the large headstock was in full production.
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