USED - Fender 2006 Classic series 60's Stratocaster, Lake Placid Blue (with noiseless pickups)

Good condition with upgraded Fender Hot noiseless pickups, one slight dink on top horn. frets. in good shape & nicely setup.

In a time when musicians were altering, mutilating, incinerating, and flat-out evoking sounds never imagined, Leo Fender and his original team of designers and builders first introduced the Stratocaster. After that, rock truly came into its own, and the Strat eventually became a symbol of the 1960s counter-culture. A rosewood fingerboard, multi-ply Mint Green pickguard, and vintage hardware capture another colorful chapter in Fender history.

Fender Classic '60s Stratocaster at a Glance:

• Straight from the Time Machine
• That trademark Strat sound
• Historically accurate maple neck with rosewood fingerboard

Straight from the Time Machine

While the Telecaster (and the single pickup version, the Esquire) had success, Leo Fender listened to players who were looking for an instrument that was a step up from the "plain vanilla" Tele. The company had moved into a new factory and now had the ability to build an upscale solidbody electric. In 1954, the Fender Stratocaster made its debut, and a true American icon was born. But by the 1960s, the Strat had begun to evolve. A 2-color sunburst gave way to the more colorful 3-color 'burst when new custom colors were introduced. And finally, players had a choice of rosewood or maple fingerboards.

The '60s Strat looks like it came straight from the Time Machine. Its sleek, stylish lines didn't change much from the original 1954 design, but subtle, yet important design changes and new options (like the rosewood fingerboard) made the '60s Strat an important instrument. This re-creation features the popular custom color Lake Placid Blue with a polyester finish over a select alder body. It also sports a multi-ply Mint Green pickguard and a vintage-style synchronized tremolo.

That trademark Strat sound

Good looks are just part of the story. The '60s Strat also sounds faithful to the original, thanks to three vintage-style single-coil Strat pickups with staggered Alnico magnet pole pieces. This delivers all the spank and sparkle you'd expect, but unlike those early Strats (which came with a simple three-position pickup selector switch), the '60s Strat comes with the more versatile five-position blade selector switch. This allows you to quickly access the popular, glossy "out-of-phase" sound (which really wasn't) produced by combining the bridge and middle or middle and neck pickups. In the '50s and '60s, players had to carefully place their switches in the in-between positions to achieve those sounds.

Historically accurate maple neck with rosewood fingerboard

Leo Fender wasn't afraid to think outside the box when it came to guitar designs. In the 1950s, the blonde, natural maple neck turned more than a few heads and became almost synonymous with Fender guitars. But by the 1960s, rosewood fingerboards became an option. The '60s Strat comes with a 1-piece maple neck and rosewood fingerboard with the fast-playing, classic C-shape and a gloss polyurethane finish.

Fender Classic '60s Stratocaster Features:

• Lake Placid Blue color
• Solidbody electric
• Polyester finish
• Maple neck
• C-shape neck with 7.25" radius
• Select alder body wood
• Fender/Ping vintage-style tuning machines
• Rosewood fingerboard
• 21 frets
• Pearloid dot inlays
• upgraded 3 Hot noiseless single-coil Strat pickups
• Master volume and 2 tone control (neck and middle pickups)
• Vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge
• 5-position blade switch
• Chrome hardware
• 25.5" scale length