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Here we have a beautiful pre owned Fender American Vintage II ’61 Stratocaster electric guitar. Made in the USA in 2024.   Olympic White nitro finish. The AVII series is the perfect way to get a vintage feeling guitar but in todays real world.  The AVII ’61 features an Alder body, Maple neck, and a nice dark Rosewood fingerboard.   21- frets with a vintage 7.25″ fingerboard radius.  3- Pure Vintage 61 single coil pickups.  Controls are Volume, Tone, Tone, with a 5- way blade switch.  This guitar weighs 8lbs 3oz. It comes with its original brown hard shell case, tremolo arm, and all paperwork.  The outside of the case has some scuffs on it.
This guitar has just been setup and plays beautifully.  It is strung with D’Addario 10-46’s.  The neck is straight and the truss rod is working perfectly with good travel in both directions.  The frets are in excellent shape with very minimal signs of wear.  The guitar plays cleanly up and down the fingerboard with ease.
Cosmetically. this guitar is in very good to excellent condition. There are no dings or dents.  There are some discoloration marks on the nitro finish.  Some are from the case itself and there is one strap mark across the inside of the upper horn.  There was a strap left in the case and it reacted with the nitro to form the line. It smooth to the touch and just a discoloration.  There is also some discoloration at the very bottom of the guitar near the strap button.  
All in all, this AVII is setup and ready for a new home.  It plays and sounds great just like a good Strat should.   Good weight and playability.  Add this one to your collection today. Thanks for looking and happy buying!

From Fender site….

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.

During the late ’50s and early ’60s, the popularity of Fender musical instruments flourished, and although the Fender assortment had expanded to include many great new instruments, the Stratocaster® reigned supreme. By 1961, the Stratocaster had taken on a more refined aesthetic, with a 3-Color Sunburst reformulated with a more vibrant red and bolder black edge, topped with a 3-ply pickguard accenting the Strat’s signature curves.

Featuring a premium alder body, a trio of Pure Vintage 1961 Stratocaster pickups and a medium “C”-Shaped maple neck mated with a 7.25″ radius slab rosewood fingerboard, the American Vintage II 1961 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 3-ply pickguard.

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.

  • Body Material Alder 
    Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer 
    Body Shape Stratocaster® 

  • Neck Material Maple 
    Neck Construction 4-Bolt 
    Neck Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer 
    Neck Shape 1961 “C” 
    Scale Length 25.5″ (64.77 cm) 
    Fingerboard Material Slab Rosewood 
    Fingerboard Radius 7.25″ (184.1 mm) 
    Number of Frets 21 
    Fret Size Vintage Tall 
    Nut Material Bone 
    Nut Width 1.650″ (42 mm) 
    Position Inlays Clay Dot 
    Side Dots Vintage Clay 
    Truss Rod Vintage-Style Butt Adjust 
    Truss Rod Nut Vintage-Style Butt Adjust 

  • Bridge Pickup Pure Vintage ’61 Single-Coil Strat® 
    Middle Pickup Pure Vintage ’61 Single-Coil Strat® 
    Neck Pickup Pure Vintage ’61 Single-Coil Strat® 
    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 
  • Configuration SSS 

  • Bridge Pure Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles 
    Hardware Finish Nickel/Chrome 
    Tuning Machines Pure Vintage Single Line “Fender Deluxe” 
    Pickguard 3-Ply Mint Green 
    Control Knobs Aged White 
    Switch Tip Aged White 
    Neck Plate 4-Bolt Serialized 
    Bridge Cover/Tailpiece includes Chrome Bridge Cover

                       We ship via Fedex ground, UPS, or USPS and insurance is always included in shipping.  

Sales tax will be collected for all New York residents. Due to new laws in effect, other states are now collecting tax as well. Please note that this is out of our hands. If your state collects sales tax, it will be added to the sale total.  

 Payments must be made within 48 hours of Sale/Auction’s end.

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