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2021 Fender American Original Stratocaster, Shell Pink

Regular price £1,495.00
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2021 Fender American Original Stratocaster, Shell Pink

Regular price £1,495.00
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2021 Fender American Original Stratocaster, Shell Pink

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A superb 2021 Fender American Original ’60s Stratocaster, finished in Shell Pink and combining some of the best mid-’60s Fender features with a few sensible concessions to modern playability.

The American Original series was pitched nicely between a strict vintage reissue and a modern Strat. This model takes much of its inspiration from the transition-era Stratocasters of around 1965, with an alder body, rosewood fingerboard, mint green guard and aged white plastics, all finished off with a particularly good-looking Shell Pink nitrocellulose lacquer finish.

The neck is a gloss nitro-finished maple neck with Fender’s substantial ’60s-style “C” profile. It has a round-laminated rosewood fingerboard, but rather than sticking rigidly to a vintage 7.25” radius, Fender used a more forgiving 9.5” radius with 21 Vintage Tall frets. It retains the vintage feel in the hand, but bends and general playability are noticeably easier. A bone nut measures 1.650” / 42mm wide.

The vintage theme continues with vintage-style tuners and a six-saddle synchronized tremolo, while the 5-way switch is another welcome modern touch compared with the original 3-way arrangement.

A set of Pure Vintage ’65 grey-bottom Strat pickups sits at the heart of the guitar. Built with Alnico V magnets, enamel-coated coil wire and vintage-style fibre bobbins, they have plenty of that classic mid-’60s Strat character: bright and articulate with a crisp attack, plenty of chime and those familiar hollow, glassy sounds in positions two and four.

It’s a really well-judged Strat package. You get the look, nitro finish and feel of a vintage-inspired Fender without some of the compromises that can come with a completely period-correct reissue. The chunky neck, 9.5” radius and Vintage Tall frets make it particularly enjoyable to play, while Shell Pink against the rosewood board and mint guard is about as good a Strat colour combination as it gets.

A great choice for anyone after a high-quality US-made Strat with genuine ’60s flavour, excellent pickups and just enough modern practicality to make it an easy everyday guitar.

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