Fender American Vintage II 61 Stratocaster RW OWT
Product information "Fender American Vintage II 61 Stratocaster RW OWT"
In the late 50s and early 60s, Fender musical instruments enjoyed steadily growing popularity. Although there were already several Fender models in the range at the time, the Stratocaster® was - and still is - the queen. As early as 1958 it was given a new 3-colour sunburst with a more vivid red and wider black edges to emphasise the famous Strat curves, in 1959 the one-piece maple neck was replaced by a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard and in 1961 there was a more stable, three-ply pickguard.
- Body Material: Alder
- Body Shape: ST-Style
- Body finish: High Gloss
- Bridge / Tremolo: Fender Pure Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles
- Bridge Pickup: Fender Pure Vintage '61 Single-Coil Strat®
- Color/ Finish: Olympic White
- Colour: White
- Controls: 1x volume, 2x tone
- Country of Origin: USA
- Custom shop: no
- Factory Stringing: Fender Nickel Plated Steel
- Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Fretboard Inlays: Clay Dots
- Fretboard radius: 7,25"
- Fret material: Nickel silver
- Frets: 21
- Fret size: Narrow Tall
- Hardware: Nickel / Chrome
- Includes: Fender Vintage-Style Brown Tolex Case with orange lining, Chrome Bridge Cover
- Middle Pickup: Fender Pure Vintage '61 Single-Coil Strat®
- Neck: Maple
- Neck Pickup: Fender Pure Vintage '61 Single-Coil Strat®
- Neck Profile: 1961 "C"
- Neck construction: Bolt on neck
- Neck finish: High Gloss
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Nut material: Bone
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
- Pickup Configuration: S-S-S (3x Single Coil)
- Pickup Cover: Aged White
- Pickup Selector Switch: 5-Way Bladeswitch
- Pickup type: passive
- Pot Caps: Aged White Soft Touch Knobs
- Scale: 25" (635 - 659 mm)
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Signature Model: no
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Technology: Solid Body
- Tuning Machines: Fender Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"
To make a Fender instrument available to everyone, they are offered in different price ranges. The subsidiary Squier sells affordable, Far East-made models built to original specifications with Fender know-how in the background. An affordable, "real" Fender can be found in the series made in Mexico. The classic original Fender instruments, such as the American Pro series, are made in the USA. For lovers of hand-built instruments and guitars with vintage flair there is the Fender Custom Shop, where you can even have a guitar built completely to your own specifications.
But Fender is not only known and appreciated for its instruments, it is also famous for various amplifiers such as the Deluxe Reverb, the Princeton, the Champion, the Blues Junior and the Fender Rumble bass amp range. Fender now also offers a wide range of guitar accessories like strings, picks, cables, straps, cases, tuners and care products, as well as spare parts and pickups, plus accessories and merchandising. You can of course find all of this at the music shop you trust – session in Frankfurt and Walldorf!
