Fender® 011-1602-800 American Vintage 59 Stratocaster® - 3 Color Sunburst

The American Vintage series introduces an all-new lineup of original-era model year guitars that bring Fender® history and heritage to authentic and exciting new life. With key features and pivotal design elements spanning the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, new American Vintage series instruments delve deep into Fender's roots-expertly preserving an innovative U.S. guitar-making legacy and vividly demonstrating like never before that Fender® not only knows where it's going, but also remembers where it came from.

1959 was an important and highly evolutionary year for the Stratocaster® because that's when slimmer necks, rosewood fingerboards and multi-ply laminated pickguards first appeared. The American Vintage '59 Stratocaster® presents two versions of that year's pivotal transitional model; one from early 1959 and one from later 1959. Both have the slim-profile D-shaped maple neck of that year, with the earlier version featuring a maple fingerboard, faded Three-color Sunburst finish and single-ply White pickguard with eight holes; the later version (in faded Three-color Sunburst, Black and limited faded Sonic Blue finishes) featuring a dark rosewood slab fingerboard and three-ply mint green pickguard with 10 holes and vintage-style edge bevels. Both also feature a lightweight alder body, aged plastic knobs and vintage-accurate pickups, Bridge saddles, Tuner spacing and more.

Body: Alder

Neck Material: Maple

Neck Shape: "D" Shape

Fretboard: Maple

Number of Frets: 21

Fret Size: Vintage Style Frets

Fretboard Radius: 7.25" (18.41 cm)

Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)

Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)

Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust

Pickup Configuration: S/S/S

Bridge Pickup: New American Vintage '59 Strat™ Single-Coil Pickup (Bridge)

Middle Pickup: New American Vintage '59 Strat® Single-Coil Pickup (Middle)

Neck Pickup: New American Vintage '59 Strat™ Single-Coil Pickup (Neck)

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

Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup)

Hardware: Chrome

Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo

String Nut: Bone

Tuning Machines: Single Line "Fender® Deluxe" Vintage Style

Unique Features: Slim-profile D-shaped maple neck, dark rosewood slab fingerboard and three-ply mint green pickguard with 10 holes; All-new pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound; Vintage-accurate bridge saddles and tuner spacing

Pickguards: 1-Ply White

Control Knobs: New White Strat