Fender USA Stratocaster Firestorm Red Strat Ultra

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Fender USA Stratocaster Strat Ultra

Firestorm Red

https://i.imgur.com/BimHIDA.jpg

Built in Fender’s Corona factory in 1991

Only production Stratocaster to have an ebony fingerboard with regular scale length.

Photos avaliable here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5uamdfxzrnry1b5/AABOGPuP3Wtwyyg6vRgSjr8oa?dl=0 ;

Abalone fret markers

Chrome Locking tuners

Chrome Wilkinson roller nut

Chrome Bridge

Lace Sensor Pickups

Hipshot Trem-setter

Like-for-like Lace Sensors replaced originals due to text fading by previous owner. Original Fender Lace Sensors included in this sale.

£1650

Those are the basic details regarding this exemplary example of Fender’s top of the range production Stratocaster from the early nineties. If you’re still reading this, then you are probably aware that Strat Ultras don’t often pop up for sale. They were essentially Stratocasters which had the ability and versatility to range from Tele tones to traditional Strat tones to hard rock tones courtesy of the Lace Sensor pickups which offered hum free performance. As this was the top of the range model, it comes with blue, gold and dual red Lace Sensors; a three way toggle switch allowing a choice of the dual red sensors to be selected alongside the traditional five-way blade switch. As its an earlier model in the Ultra series, it also sports a Wilkinson roller nut, rather than the later LSR nut.

The colour of this particular instrument is very rare; ‘Firestorm Red’ being unlisted in Fender’s catalogues of the time, but was produced on about 200 instruments – Teles, Strat Pluses and Strat Ultras. This was a special paint finish involving the use of aluminium foil. Legend has it that only one man at Fender did all of these, but when he left they stopped making them. This is also the actual Strat Ultra featured on the Xhefri Guitars website http://xhefriguitars.com/page4.html . I currently have the trem blocked off and no longer have the trem bar. However, these are easily available online.

Also included in the sale is a Postal Monkey hard case, which is in good working order, and the original Fender Lace Sensors which came with the instrument when new. No other case candy or hang tags are included.

If you have any questions relating to the guitar, please feel free to contact me.

I am also not interested in trades of any kind.

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Bump

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Weekend bump with extra photo added.

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Bump. 

DLM

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Like-for-like Lace Sensors replaced originals due to text fading by previous owner.

That's worth a LOL! Cool guitar, would look great onstage!

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Due to the way they were painted, each one is unique. The expert on these guitars is a guy called Xhefri. This one actually features on his website. He told me mine is a particularly fine example. I wouldn't be selling if it weren't for an episode of GAS! 

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Bump. Open to offers.

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Bump

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Bump. Open to serious offers. 

hassleham

Where are you based?

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I'm in Northern Ireland.

hassleham

Ah okay 

Hustler

PM'd.  Still available?

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On hold. 

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Back on sale  

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Blast from the past bump. 

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Would consider trades with cash for a Tom Anderson WHY? 

sunshinewelly

ohh that is nice - would be all over it if i did not own one (not as nice as yours though)

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sunshinewelly said:

ohh that is nice - would be all over it if i did not own one (not as nice as yours though)

I can't fault it, but I just fancy a change - the curse of GAS I'm afraid

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New Year bump

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Here's a 'something of interest has just popped up and I'd like to make a swop' bump. Cash sale only at the moment.