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35 years of Fender Stratocaster

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Just as it had already happened for the 25th anniversary of 1979, during the CBS era, also the new management of Fender decided to celebrate with a new Anniversary Stratocaster the thirty-five years of its flagship guitar.
The 1989 ​35th Anniversary Stratocaster was made by the newborn Custom Shop and was inspired by the Strat Plus and the Elite: in fact the new guitar had Lace Sensor Silver pickups, locking tuning machines, TBX and MDX.
A mini switch put between the two tone knobs allowed to select the active electronic or the passive one (just like that of the very first models/prototypes of the Clapton and which the guitarist rejected at the last moment).
The bridge was the typical 2-pivot with block saddles.
The woods had been selected to make the anniversary Stratocaster unique. The twenty-two frets bird’s eyes neck was paired with an ebony fretboard with abalone fret-markers; the body featured a figured maple top (curly o quilted) Antique Sunburst finished, yet very thick because Fender did not specialize in top bending.
The original nut, the Wilkinson Roller Nut, was almost immediately replaced with a Teflon one.
500 units, all numbered on the back of the headstock, were sold between 1989 and 1990. The guitar, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, would have been the “base” for the future Strat Ultra, another obvious sign of the intense collaboration between the Custom Shop and the Research & Development department of Fender.
Antonio Calvosa

35th anniversary Stratocaster
35th anniversary Stratocaster

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