1963 Fender Stratocaster Sunburst

1963 Fender Stratocaster Sunburst

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If you are looking for a clean investment collector grade pre CBS Fender Stratocaster you have just found it. This is probably one of the cleanest we have had through the shop and it comes with its equally clean Fender tolex case along with its original tremolo arm, bridge cover and matching serial # hang tag. It weighs a a perfect 7 lbs 7 oz or 3.5 kg and although very clean, it has seen some use but clearly looked after extremely well over the years. The original neck finish has dulled somewhat giving a lovely feel which players will appreciate. The original body finish has light checking commiserate with 59 years of light use with no major dings worth mentioning. The pictures tell the story. Electrically its as it left Fender in 1963 other than we had to repair the neck pickup which had gone open circuit due to the windings corroding against the ferrous magnets. A fate that will surely fall to all old Fender pickups due to their inherent construction. Matt from Monty’s pickups did a skilful seamless repair for us by taking the pickup from the loom thus preserving all virgin solder joints and avoiding disturbing the factory masking tape ties. Its a beautiful undetectable job and sounds perfect. We just watched a lesser example sell for £29k at auction making this guitar incredible future proof value.

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