1963 Fender Stratocaster 3-tone sunburst
Now available on consignment, a stunning early pre-L series 1963 Fender Stratocaster in its original clean 3-tone sunburst finish!
This particular example made its way to Australia from Nashville fairly recently, having been professionally refretted and sold by Gruhn's Guitars to a well known Nashville session player.
The guitar features the earlier wider dot inlay spacing at the 12th fret, and a centre screw hole nitrate celluloid pickguard both of which change slightly later in this year. All of the hardware remains correct as well as its original plastics (knobs, pickup covers, switch tip and backplate). The original finish does not have any touchup or overspray, however there is some play wear and buckle rash as shown in the photos.
The neck pickup was professionally rewound by Slider Pickups in Sydney with correct 42 gauge formvar wire just recently. The solder at the bobbin was disturbed for the rewind, however the wiring harness is untouched otherwise. The visible pot dates are the 15th week of '63, which is consistent with a neck date of March and a body date of May. The original pickups are healthy and have the following outputs (ohms):
B: 5.7k
M: 6.0k
N: 5.8k
Weighs just over 3.4kgs
Comes in its original brown tolex case with original strap, bridge cover, tremolo arm, and a period early 60s hangtag.
Joel's Vintage Guitars
- Card Payment (1.5% fee is calculated onto the final sale price) - Paypal (3.5% fee is calculated onto the final sale price including shipping costs) - Bank wire transfer via invoice I also offer layby as an option as well, please contact me for details.
All my guitars are professionally packed outside and inside the case and are shipped express worldwide. Each guitar is fully insured with signature on delivery. Approximately 5 business days international, 2 days interstate.
All instruments shipped within Australia will have a 48-hour approval period/change of mind policy for returns, no questions asked. This means you will get a full refund due to a simple change of mind, minus return shipping costs. This approval period/change of mind policy does not apply to consigned instruments. All guitars are sold as-is with no returns past the approval period above. Any guitar sold not as described is returnable outside this approval period.