1958 Fender® -

$4,500.00

  • Year: 1958
  • Manufacturer: Fender®
  • Model: -
  • Case: Hard
  • Color: sunburst lacquer
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Description: Fender® Electric Violin (1958), made in Fullerton, California, sunburst lacquer finish, ash body, maple neck, black tolex hard shell case. One of the rarest 1950's Fender® instruments, Leo's Electric Violin was built in extremely small numbers. Originally designed for Bob Wills' Western swing sound, for whatever reason the violin never caught on with Fender® customers, despite being a very good design. The body has hollow pockets but is closed with no soundholes, with a proprietary pickup mounted under the bridge. The neck is the standard '50's Fender® construction, solid one-piece maple with a maple fingerboard and single-sided headstock. A great sounding electric fiddle, and an amazing Fender® collectible.Overall length is 25 in. (63.5 cm.), 8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 13 in. (330 mm.). Width of nut is 7/8 in. (22 mm.). 100% original, very fine overall; some clean repairs to the body edges at the seams and a few finish chips, otherwise little signs of use. Two "dinks" in the Fender® logo decal, the larger on the "F". Excellent Condition.