BODY
Body Material: Alder; Ash only blonde finish
Body Finish: Lacquer
Body Shape: "Medium Contoured" Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round Lam Rosewood (rarely Brazilian)
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style
Position Inlays: Pearl Dots, Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: Transition with Patent Numbers
ELECTRONICS
Pickups: Alnico 5 Single Coil, Black or Grey Bottom
Poles: Staggered
Magnet Wire: Plain Enamel
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, "KLUSON DELUXE" double line
String Tree: Wing
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Holes (config. modern)
Control Knobs: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial
COLORS
3-Tone Sunburst, Blonde, Custom Colors
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.
Body Material: Alder; Ash only blonde finish
Body Finish: Lacquer
Body Shape: "Medium Contoured" Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round Lam Rosewood (rarely Brazilian)
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style
Position Inlays: Pearl Dots, Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: Transition with Patent Numbers
ELECTRONICS
Pickups: Alnico 5 Single Coil, Black or Grey Bottom
Poles: Staggered
Magnet Wire: Plain Enamel
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, "KLUSON DELUXE" double line
String Tree: Wing
Pickguard: 3-Ply White, 11 Holes (config. modern)
Control Knobs: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial
COLORS
3-Tone Sunburst, Blonde, Custom Colors
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)
ITA: L'evoluzione della Stratocaster vintage nel dettaglio (1954-1987)
Ringrazio Lucio Belli per le foto di questa Stratocaster dell'estate del '66. Ormai il palettone è presente in tutte le Stratocaster, ma l'impatto della CBS sulle chitarre non è ancora così evidente: le meccaniche sono ancora le Kluson, il ponte è il vecchio Syncronyzed Tremolo con inertia bar separata dal base plate e il poliestere non viene ancora utilizzato. In queste foto si può apprezzare la differenza tra il sunburst esposto e ingiallito e quello protetto dal battipenna.
