SOLD -FS/FT - 2015 Fender Vintage Hot Rod 60's Stratocaster in Olympic White (AVRI)

jimkehoe

SOLD - FOR SALE - Collection only from near Dorking in Surrey.

TRADES:

I will consider trades for the following:

• PRS DGT - Must be 7.5 lbs or less.
• Tele - Rosewood board with slim neck and less than 7.5 pounds.
• Suhr or Tom Anderson Tele type - Again rosewood board, slim neck and less than 7.5 lbs.

£1550.   £1350.

I recently acquired this gorgeous Stratocaster in a trade. It truly is a great guitar and ticks all the boxes of what most people, myself included, would desire in a top level Strat. I am selling because I predominantly play acoustic these days and on the odd occasion I pick up an electric I have an old Jap Tele and a Cabronita which are my comfort zone electric guitars and I now realise I don’t need any other guitars ( Heresy ! Burn that man!)
 
In particular:
The compound radius, narrow jumbo frets, and mid 60’s profile neck make it a joy to play along it’s entire length.  
The bone nut, 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Vintage-Style Stamped Steel Saddles and the vintage style locking machine heads ensure that it stays in perfect tune even with Jeff Beck style use of the tremolo, which is currently set up as floating.
The American vintage pick ups combined with the discrete S1 switching mean that every type of vintage and modern style strat sounds are all there and sweet as a nut.
It is an ideal weight – Just under 7.5 pounds, has a gorgeous Olympic white nitrocellulose finish and is in tip top as new condition.It also comes with case candy as a new one. This is a 2015 made model bought in 2016 from Guitar Village in Farnham. I don't have a case for it. 
Originally it came with a tortoiseshell pickguard but this has been changed for a 3 ply mint green replacement which in my opinion looks much better.
It is difficult to show the colour properly in the photos. Although it is described as Olympic White it has a blonde tinge to it ( probably from the nitro aging I guess?). These were available for a short run between 2013 and 2015 I believe and have a solid reputation.

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Fender Blurb:

Fender introduces revamped Vintage Hot Rod series. Fender Vintage Hot Rod ’60s Stratocaster premium features include an alder body; maple neck with mid-’60s “C”-shaped profile, vintage-style heel-end truss rod adjustment, and satin back finish; and a compound-radius (7.25”-12”) rosewood fingerboard with 21 6105 frets, oversize white pearloid dot inlays and a bone nut. Singing tone comes from American Vintage single-coil ’59 Stratocaster (neck), ’65 gray-bottom Stratocaster (middle) and single-coil ’56 Stratocaster (bridge) pickups.

Fender’s Vintage Hot Rod ’60s Stratocaster gives you the best Strat tone, style and performance of both eras — authentically vintage-style design touches straight from the 1960s and hot-rodded modern mods ideal for today’s players.

FENDER VINTAGE HOT ROD 60’S STRATOCASTER FEATURES:

·      Series: Vintage Hot Rod

·      Body Material: Alder

·      Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

·      Body Shape: Stratocaster®

·      Neck Material: Maple

·      Neck Shape: Mid ’60s “C”

·      Scale Length: 25.5″(64.8 cm)

·      Fingerboard: Rosewood

·      Number of Frets: 21

·      Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo

·      String Nut: Bone

·      Nut Width: 1.650″(42 mm)

·      Position Inlays: Oversized White Pearloid Dots

·      Bridge Pickup: American Vintage ’56 Single-Coil Strat

·      Middle Pickup: American Vintage ’65 Grey Bottom Single-Coil Strat

·      Neck Pickup: American Vintage ’59 Single-Coil Strat

·      Controls: Master Volume (with S-1™ Switch), Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)

·      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

·      Pickup Configuration: SSS

·      Special Electronics: S-1™ Switch Adds Bridge Pickup Into Positions 3, 4 and 5

·      Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Vintage-Style Stamped Steel Saddles

·      Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

·      Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Locking

·      Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic

·      Colors: Olympic White, 3-Tone Sunburst

McToot

Oof - that ticks pretty  much every box I have available...

[looks down the back of sofa, beofre checking the kids' piggy banks]

horsehead

This was always my "I WANT!" guitar...till I got the others. GLWTS

jimkehoe

Monday morning Bump.

jimkehoe

I have had quite a number of enquires regarding sending this Strat.

I do not have the original case and regardless I wouldn’t trust it to a courier company.

The only time I have used a courier company for decent music equipment they damaged it and despite supposedly insuring it properly when it came down to it the small print excluded it. .....In the words of Ian Hunter “Once bitten, Twice shy.”

I live in a beautiful part of the country - Just outside a village in The Surrey Hills and I’m always up for a chat and numerous coffees. 

Worth the trip for such a great guitar.

jimkehoe

 Bump.

Funkfingers

Looks like all of the best features of my AVRI '65 and Seymourised AVRI '62 combined into one guitar PLUS a compound radius fingerboard.

McToot

I'm so tempted to at least swing by and cop a feel, as it were... It is a lovely part of the world as I found out when my sat nav took me the scenic route to the forum jam at Woking last Saturday. I passed through Ockley, Gomshall, Abinger Hammer etc. I'm guessing that's close...

jimkehoe

McToot said:

I'm so tempted to at least swing by and cop a feel, as it were... It is a lovely part of the world as I found out when my sat nav took me the scenic route to the forum jam at Woking last Saturday. I passed through Ockley, Gomshall, Abinger Hammer etc. I'm guessing that's close...

Just outside Holmbury St Mary. A beautiful place. You're more than welcome. No commitment and coffees are free.

jimkehoe

Bump for a Beauty.

rivercider

GLWTS because that's beautiful!

jimkehoe

Thanks

jimkehoe

I'm surprised no-one has snapped this beauty up.

McToot

jimkehoe said:

McToot said:

I'm so tempted to at least swing by and cop a feel, as it were... It is a lovely part of the world as I found out when my sat nav took me the scenic route to the forum jam at Woking last Saturday. I passed through Ockley, Gomshall, Abinger Hammer etc. I'm guessing that's close...

Just outside Holmbury St Mary. A beautiful place. You're more than welcome. No commitment and coffees are free.

jimkehoe said:

I'm surprised no-one has snapped this beauty up.

Hi Jim. Just realised I didn't reply to your invitation for coffee and no obligation strums - very rude of me. It is a lovely guitar and they're not exactly in plentiful supply, but I'm erring towards something a bit more 'worn in' either naturally or artificially. That doesn't stop me coming back to oggle this one, though. 

jimkehoe

McToot said:

jimkehoe said:

McToot said:

I'm so tempted to at least swing by and cop a feel, as it were... It is a lovely part of the world as I found out when my sat nav took me the scenic route to the forum jam at Woking last Saturday. I passed through Ockley, Gomshall, Abinger Hammer etc. I'm guessing that's close...

Just outside Holmbury St Mary. A beautiful place. You're more than welcome. No commitment and coffees are free.

jimkehoe said:

I'm surprised no-one has snapped this beauty up.

Hi Jim. Just realised I didn't reply to your invitation for coffee and no obligation strums - very rude of me. It is a lovely guitar and they're not exactly in plentiful supply, but I'm erring towards something a bit more 'worn in' either naturally or artificially. That doesn't stop me coming back to oggle this one, though. 

No problem. Good luck in your search.

jimkehoe

Still available.

WayfarersAll

If you put this next to a cucumber it would still be the coolest.

jimkehoe

WayfarersAll said:

If you put this next to a cucumber it would still be the coolest.

True.

jimkehoe

Bumpety.........

Voxman

Almost makes me wish I needed another Strat...But sadly it's a 72 thinline Tele that's my next target. 

jimkehoe

Still available.