MODEL NUMBER
10-0100-(Color#)
10-0120-(Color#): left hand model (7/1998-2009; 2012)
017-0156-(897): FSR American Vintage '62 Stratocaster, Tropical Turquoise Finish (2011 only)
BODY
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dots; Wide spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage style
Skunk Stripe: No
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small headstock
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Original ’57/’62 Single-Coil Strat Pickup, Alnico Magnet Pole Pieces Staggered, Beveled
Middle Pickup: Original ’57/’62 Single-Coil Strat Pickup, Alnico Magnet Pole Pieces Staggered, Beveled
Neck Pickup: Original ’57/’62 Single-Coil Strat Pickup, Alnico Magnet Pole Pieces Staggered, Beveled
Middle Pickup RWRP: No
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 3-Position Blade (5-Way Switch Kit Included)
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with “Ash Tray” Bridge Cover
Saddles: Vintage style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" reverse direction
Tuning Machines: Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Tuning Machines
String Tree: Wing
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: Mint Green, 3-Ply, 11 Hole (Config. Vintage); Listed as Aged White on Frontlines and Price Lists
Control Knobs: Aged White
Switch Tip: Aged White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial "V"
COLORS
(800) 3-Color Sunburst, 7/1998-8/2012
(805) Olympic White, 7/1998-8/2012
(806) Black, 7/1998-12/2009
(808) Ocean Turquoise, 1/2002-12/2009
(809) Candy Apple Red, 7/1998-12/2001
(824) Inca Silver, 1/2001-1/2003
(840) Fiesta Red, 7/1998-12/2001
(846) Sherwood Metallic, 7/1998-12/2001
(854) Dakota Red, 1/2001-1/2003
(857) Surf Green, 1/2002-12/2009
(883) Ice Blue Metallic, 1/2001-12/2009
LEFET HANDED COLORS
(800) 3-Color Sunburst
(805) Olympic White, Until 12/2000
(806) Black, Until 12/2000
(809) Candy Apple Red, Until 12/2000
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010 - .046
Saddle Height Wrench: .050" Hex (Allen) Wrench
ACCESSORIES
Tweed Case (until early 2000s)
Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case (since early 2000s)
5-Position Switch Update Kit
COMMENTS
Replaces '62 Stratocaster - Vintage Series
Replaced by American Vintage '65 Stratocaster
FENDER SAYS
1962 was another watershed year for the Strat guitar. The culmination of five more years of experimentation, the ’62 now sports an alder body, a capped rosewood fingerboard, three-ply aged White pickguard, and unique ’57/’62 pickups.
10-0100-(Color#)
10-0120-(Color#): left hand model (7/1998-2009; 2012)
017-0156-(897): FSR American Vintage '62 Stratocaster, Tropical Turquoise Finish (2011 only)
BODY
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dots; Wide spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage style
Skunk Stripe: No
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small headstock
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Original ’57/’62 Single-Coil Strat Pickup, Alnico Magnet Pole Pieces Staggered, Beveled
Middle Pickup: Original ’57/’62 Single-Coil Strat Pickup, Alnico Magnet Pole Pieces Staggered, Beveled
Neck Pickup: Original ’57/’62 Single-Coil Strat Pickup, Alnico Magnet Pole Pieces Staggered, Beveled
Middle Pickup RWRP: No
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 3-Position Blade (5-Way Switch Kit Included)
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with “Ash Tray” Bridge Cover
Saddles: Vintage style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" reverse direction
Tuning Machines: Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Tuning Machines
String Tree: Wing
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: Mint Green, 3-Ply, 11 Hole (Config. Vintage); Listed as Aged White on Frontlines and Price Lists
Control Knobs: Aged White
Switch Tip: Aged White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial "V"
COLORS
(800) 3-Color Sunburst, 7/1998-8/2012
(805) Olympic White, 7/1998-8/2012
(806) Black, 7/1998-12/2009
(808) Ocean Turquoise, 1/2002-12/2009
(809) Candy Apple Red, 7/1998-12/2001
(824) Inca Silver, 1/2001-1/2003
(840) Fiesta Red, 7/1998-12/2001
(846) Sherwood Metallic, 7/1998-12/2001
(854) Dakota Red, 1/2001-1/2003
(857) Surf Green, 1/2002-12/2009
(883) Ice Blue Metallic, 1/2001-12/2009
LEFET HANDED COLORS
(800) 3-Color Sunburst
(805) Olympic White, Until 12/2000
(806) Black, Until 12/2000
(809) Candy Apple Red, Until 12/2000
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010 - .046
Saddle Height Wrench: .050" Hex (Allen) Wrench
ACCESSORIES
Tweed Case (until early 2000s)
Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case (since early 2000s)
5-Position Switch Update Kit
COMMENTS
Replaces '62 Stratocaster - Vintage Series
Replaced by American Vintage '65 Stratocaster
FENDER SAYS
1962 was another watershed year for the Strat guitar. The culmination of five more years of experimentation, the ’62 now sports an alder body, a capped rosewood fingerboard, three-ply aged White pickguard, and unique ’57/’62 pickups.
ENG: The Vintage Series and The American Vintage Series
ITA: La nascita delle Vintage Reissue e la nascita dell'American Vintage Series
ITA: La nascita delle Vintage Reissue e la nascita dell'American Vintage Series
'62 American Vintage Fiesta Red, 2001. Note the new headstock and the dots spacing at 12th frets, different from the old Vintage Series (reverb.com)
'62 American Vintage (reverb.com)
2011 FSR American Vintage '62 Stratocaster, Tropical Turquoise Finish (Courtesy of Reverb)
2012 American Vintage, Straplocks not original (Courtesy of Reverb)
