The American Vintage series introduces an all-new lineup of original-era model year guitars that bring Fender history and heritage to authentic and exciting new life. With key features and pivotal design elements spanning the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, new American Vintage series instruments delve deep into Fender’s roots‰ÛÓexpertly preserving an innovative U.S. guitar-making legacy and vividly demonstrating like never before that Fender not only knows where it’s going, but also remembers where it came from.

The American Vintage Series has long presented some of Fender’s best selling guitars (their early-’80s introduction, in fact, was one of the first signs that Fender was “back” as the CBS era ended). Today, Fender has boldly cleared the slate to make way for a fresh American Vintage series with new features, new specs and the most meticulous level of vintage accuracy yet. Rather than just replacing the previous models with different ones, we’ve completely and comprehensively re-imagined the entire vintage-reissue concept‰ÛÓrestoring original tooling dies, voicing new pickups, reformulating vintage colors and more‰ÛÓbased on actual vintage guitars we tracked down to make sure we had it right. We did the work, and it shows, because there’s pure tonal magic in each new American Vintage instrument.

The American Vintage ’59 Stratocasterå¨ guitar presents two versions of that year’s pivotal transitional model; one from early 1959 and one from later 1959. Both have the slim-profile “D”-shaped maple neck of that year, with the earlier version featuring a maple fingerboard and single-ply white pickguard with eight holes; the later version featuring a rosewood slab fingerboard and three-ply mint green pickguard with 10 holes and vintage-style edge bevels. Both also feature a lightweight alder body, aged plastic knobs and vintage-accurate pickups, bridge saddles, tuner spacing and more.

Features:åÊ

• Slim-profile neck with 1959 ‰ÛÏD‰۝-shaped profile
• Maple (early 1959 model) and ‰ÛÏslab‰۝ rosewood (later 1959 model) fingerboards
• Vintage-accurate pickups with modern five-way switch; optional three-way switch included
• Single-ply eight-hole white pickguard (early 1959 model) and 10-hole three-ply mint green pickguard with beveled edges (later 1959 model)
• Aged plastic control knobs
• Vintage-accurate bridge saddles, tuner spacing and more
• Flash-coat lacquer finish
• Newly voiced American Vintage pickups
• Period-correct neck profile
• Period-correct case and ephemera
• Warranty Included

Specifications:

• Body Finish: Fender Flash Coat Lacquer
• Body Material: Alder
• Body Shape: Stratocasterå¨
• Bridge Pickup: American Vintage ’59 Single-Coil Strat
• Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
• Case/Gig Bag: Updated Deluxe Vintage Brown
• Color: Sherwood Green Metallic
• Configuration: SSS
• Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup)
• Fingerboard Material: Slab Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25″ (184.1 mm)
• Fret Size: Vintage-Style
• Hardware Finish: Chrome/Nickel-Plated Steel
• Included Accessories: Vintage ’59 Strat Strap, Cable, and Cloth; Vintage 3-Position Switch, ’50s Strat Information Kit, Bridge Cover, Owner’s Manual, Saddle Height Wrench
• Middle Pickup: American Vintage ’59 Single-Coil Strat
• Neck Finish: Fender Flash Coat Lacquer
• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Pickup: American Vintage ’59 Single-Coil Strat
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style
• Neck Shape: “D” Shape
• Number of Frets: 21
• Nut Material: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Other Features: Early-1959 model in faded Three-color Sunburst has slim-profile D-shaped maple neck and single-ply white pickguard with eight holes; Later 1959 model in faded Three-color Sunburst, Black and limited faded Sonic Blue has slim-profile D-shaped maple neck, dark rosewood slab fingerboard and three-ply mint green pickguard with 10 holes; All-new pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound; Vintage-accurate bridge saddles and tuner spacing
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green with Vintage Bevel
• Position Inlays: Pearloid Dot
• Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
• Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
• Strings: Fenderå¨ USA 250R NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
• Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
• Tuning Machines: Single Line “Fender Deluxe” Vintage Style

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