1961 FENDER STRATOCASTER PRE-CBS SLAB BOARD
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What can be said that hasn’t already been said about a Stratocaster pre-CBS?
Definitely, still today, Fender builds top quality guitars, but for a lover of the history of this brand, to own a Stratocaster from the golden years is a dream come true. I like entertaining the idea that even Leo Fender himself held it in his own hands. The very moment I lift the jack plate or back plate, I can smell that antique smell that takes me back to the early '60s. After having spent a long time in the United States, this Stratocaster arrived at the home of a prominent Italian collector and from the end of 2018 it is my main guitar.
Slab fretboard in Brazilian rosewood, clay dots, “Single Line” Kluson machine heads, “FENDER”/”PAT.PEND.” bridge saddles. The alder body is finished in a two-tone sunburst. It was either originally made like this at the specific request of a guitarist or the red simply faded, as used to frequently occur with the earliest 3-Color Sunburst strats.
PICKUPS
Bridge: 5.75k
Middle: 5.70k
Neck: 5.59k
Definitely, still today, Fender builds top quality guitars, but for a lover of the history of this brand, to own a Stratocaster from the golden years is a dream come true. I like entertaining the idea that even Leo Fender himself held it in his own hands. The very moment I lift the jack plate or back plate, I can smell that antique smell that takes me back to the early '60s. After having spent a long time in the United States, this Stratocaster arrived at the home of a prominent Italian collector and from the end of 2018 it is my main guitar.
Slab fretboard in Brazilian rosewood, clay dots, “Single Line” Kluson machine heads, “FENDER”/”PAT.PEND.” bridge saddles. The alder body is finished in a two-tone sunburst. It was either originally made like this at the specific request of a guitarist or the red simply faded, as used to frequently occur with the earliest 3-Color Sunburst strats.
PICKUPS
Bridge: 5.75k
Middle: 5.70k
Neck: 5.59k
