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STRATOCASTER: SPECS AND SERIES

1955 Stratocaster

BODY
Body Material: Ash
Body Finish: Lacquer
Body Shape: Deep Contoured Stratocaster
 
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style
Position Inlays: Black Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
 
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti, without Patent Numbers
 
ELECTRONICS
Pickups: Alnico 3 Single Coil, Black Bottom
Poles: Staggered
Magnet Wire: Formvar
Middle Pickup RWRP: No
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 3-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
 
HARDWARE
Bridge: Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Kluson, Without Logo
String Tree: Button
Pickguard: ABS 1-Ply White, 8 Holes
Control Knobs: White Polystyrene
Pickup covers: White Polystyrene
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial
 
COLORS
2-Tone Sunburst

​NOTE
These are only general specs, but there are many exceptions. Indeed, since its birth in 1954, the Stratocaster has undergone many changes that have taken place gradually, without marked boundary lines.
ENG: Evolution of the Stratocaster 1954-1987 in details
ITA: L'evoluzione della Stratocaster vintage nel dettaglio (1954-1987)
Evolution of the Stratocaster

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1955 Stratocaster front
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1955 Stratocaster Body front

1955 Stratocaster Body front
1955 Stratocaster Body Rear
1955 Stratocaster Body Back
1955 Stratocaster Body Back
1955 Stratocaster Body Detail
1955 Stratocaster Body Detail
1955 Stratocaster Headstock front
1954 Stratocaster Headstock Rear
1955 Stratocaster Decals
1955 Stratocaster Decals
1955 Stratocaster Body Detail
1955 Stratocaster Bridge
1955 Stratocaster Bridge
1955 Stratocaster dates

1955 Stratocaster Neck Plate

1955 Stratocaster Bridge

1955 Stratocaster Bridge

1955 Stratocaster Bridge
1955 Stratocaster Neck Plate
1955 Stratocaster Neck Pocket
1955 Stratocaster Neck Pocket

1955 Stratocaster Under the Hood

1955 Stratocaster Under the Hood

1955 Stratocaster Under the Hood

1955 Stratocaster Under the Hood

1955 Stratocaster Under the Hood

1955 Stratocaster Under the Hood
1955 Stratocaster Nail Hole
1955 Stratocaster Nail Hole
1955 Stratocaster Nail Hole
1955 Stratocaster Nail Hole
1955 Stratocaster Electronics
1955 Stratocaster Electronics
1955 Stratocaster Electronics
1955 Stratocaster Electronics
1955 Stratocaster Electronics
1955 Stratocaster Electronics
1955 Stratocaster Electronics
1955 Stratocaster Electronics
1955 Stratocaster Electronics
1955 Stratocaster Electronics
1955 Stratocaster Pickups
1955 Stratocaster Detail
1955 Stratocaster Detail
1955 Stratocaster Tuning Machines
1955 Stratocaster Tuning Machines
1955 Stratocaster Headstock Back
1955 Stratocaster Headstock Back
1955 Stratocaster Tuning Machines
1955 Stratocaster Tuning Machines
1955 Stratocaster Body
1955 Stratocaster Body

1955 Stratocaster Detail

1955 Stratocaster Detail
1955 strat neck
1955 Stratocaster Pickups
1955 Stratocaster Pickups
1955 Stratocaster Pickups
1955 Stratocaster Pickups

1955 Stratocaster Detail
1955 Stratocaster Pickups
1955 Stratocaster Pickups
1955 Stratocaster Knobs
1955 Stratocaster Knobs
1955 Stratocaster Knobs
1955 Stratocaster Detail
1955 Stratocaster Detail
1955 Stratocaster Detail

1955 Stratocaster Body

1955 Stratocaster Body
1955 Stratocaster Case
1955 Stratocaster Case
1955 Stratocaster Case
1955 Stratocaster Case
1955 Stratocaster Case
Stratocaster serial number 8123, neck date 8/55, body date 7/55, pot dates 17th week '55. Figured ash body, very thin, contoured and light. Original two tone sunburst original finish. All plastics in pseudo-bakelite are original and in good condition. Both the original tremolo arm and the spring cavity cover are present.
Kluson "no line" tuners with Pat. Appld. and patent number.
Perfect tweed case, all closures work and everything is intact inside and out. As illustrated in detail in a photo, a second string tree was added on the headstock.
The guitar was restored in 2007 by Fender Custom Shop "master luthier" J.W. Black. The original frets are kept in the case, as the pickups rubber tubing, which had vulcanized and no longer "elastic". Also 4 of the small screws of the bridge saddles were replaced because they no longer worked well, and are still kept in the case. Courtesy of Nino Fazio,  realvintage.it. 
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