Description
OVERVIEW
The Fender® American Vintage II series presents a remarkably accurate take on the revolutionary designs that altered the course of musical history. Built with period-accurate bodies, necks and hardware, premium finishes and meticulously voiced, year-specific pickups, each instrument captures the essence of authentic Fender craftsmanship and tone.
With its alluring curves, sparkling sounds and groundbreaking tremolo bridge, Fender’s new 1954 Stratocaster® was a phenomenon, unlike anything the world had ever seen. By 1957, the Stratocaster had crystallized into a mid-century masterpiece.
Featuring a trio of Pure Vintage ’57 Stratocaster pickups, sweeping body contours and a supremely comfortable “V”-shape neck with a 7.25” radius maple fingerboard, the American Vintage II 1957 Stratocaster reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original. Other appointments include a vintage-accurate synchronized tremolo with cold rolled steel block and bent steel saddles, single-line “Fender Deluxe” tuners and a single-ply pickguard.
Offered in three stunning nitrocellulose lacquer finishes – 2-Color Sunburst and Sea Foam Green over alder and Vintage Blonde over ash – the American Vintage II 1957 Stratocaster celebrates a true icon of Fender instrument design.
The instruments in the American Vintage II series are direct descendants of the original Fenders: designed for players with a fine appreciation for vintage Fender tone and feel and built with unmatched quality, down to the last screw. These are Fender electrics in their purest form: Fender American Vintage II, the stuff of legends.
General
SERIES – American Vintage II
ORIENTATION – Right-Hand
COLOR – 2-Color Sunburst
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – US
Neck
HEADSTOCK – Stratocaster®
NECK MATERIAL – 1-Piece Maple
NECK FINISH – Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE – 1957 “V”
NECK CONSTRUCTION – 4-Bolt
FINGERBOARD RADIUS – 7.25″ (184.1 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL – Maple
POSITION INLAYS – Black Dot
SIDE DOTS – Black
NUMBER OF FRETS – 21
TRUSS ROD – Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
TRUSS ROD NUT – Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
STRING NUT – Bone
NUT WIDTH – 1.650″ (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL – Bone
Body
BODY – Alder
BODY FINISH – Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE – Stratocaster®
BODY MATERIAL – Alder
Hardware
BRIDGE – Pure Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles
BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE – Includes Chrome Bridge Cover
BRIDGE MOUNTING – 6-Screw Vintage-Style
TREMOLO BLOCK – Cold Rolled Steel
PICKGUARD – 1-Ply Parchment
PICKUP COVERS – Aged White
CONTROL KNOBS – Aged White
SWITCH TIP – Aged White
HARDWARE FINISH – Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES – Pure Vintage Single Line “Fender Deluxe”
STRING TREES – Butterfly
STRINGS – Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
TREMOLO ARM – Screw-In
NECK PLATE – 4-Bolt Serialized
STRAP BUTTONS – Vintage-Style
Electronics
BRIDGE PICKUP – Pure Vintage ’57 Single-Coil Strat®
MIDDLE PICKUP – Pure Vintage ’57 Single-Coil Strat®
NECK PICKUP – Pure Vintage ’57 Single-Coil Strat®
PICKUP CONFIGURATION – SSS
CONTROLS – Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
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
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