SOLD - 1970 Stratocaster - Reduced to 7450 £

Janusromanus

Hi guys,

My feedback first --> https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/190703/

I have this on Reverb also.

Incredible 1970 Stratocaster in Original Sunburst color, I put a video to try to describe the beautiful sound of this guitar, killer sound. I will deliver the guitar in person to the European Union so the buyer can inspect by himself the guitar after payment. The guitar looks 100% original to me except new frets as normal use after 52 years.

• Neck: Original specs 1969 neck with pearl side dots, stamp indicates week 21 of 1970, at that time Fender liquidating stock and preparing to move to 3 bolt, this must be one of the last ones with the "good" specs.

• Body: Original 1970 body with correct routings and correct original colour.

• Tuners: Original tuners, correct router pin.

• Bridge: Original bridge and saddles with "Pat Pend" + tooling marks.

• Pots: Original potentiometers matching neck week, 21 of 1970

• Pickups: Original Dark Grey pickups, with correct grey and white wire, date indicates week 16 of 1971, I understand it would be assembled on that date, probably one of the last Strato's with 4 screws.

• Switch: NON Original 5 way switch.

• Pickguard: Original "pearl" pickguard from the 1969-1971 period.

• Solder joints: Rear solder looks original but I'm not 100% sure.

• Case: Original Italian market "Polverini" case of the correct period.

• Strap: Original strap correct

• Bridge cover and Trem arm I am not sure, they look correct and original but I don't have the knowledge to be 100% sure.

• Cable that looks like from the 70's.

Please feel free to ask any question. I will travel to London in March and May this year in case local collection after payment. 

Video: https://youtu.be/JgGfEr1WbrE

Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/7dSH77f

Alex

Janusromanus

Bump!

Janusromanus

Bump!

Janusromanus

Bump!

Hattigol

If the pickups are from 1971 and are the originals, wouldn't that make it a 1971?

Janusromanus

Hattigol said:

If the pickups are from 1971 and are the originals, wouldn't that make it a 1971?

Hi, in fact the serial number is from 1969, and the neck specs is from 1969, but you are right, being the pickups of 1971 the Strat should be from 1971:

the thing is that there are no strats from 1971 with four screws, so this is probably the last one?

any advice here is welcome.

regards.

Alex

Zoonyboy

I had a 4 bolt maple neck strat ages ago, and the neck had a 1971 date on it. Big neck, walnut strip down the back, so they definitely made at least one.

chris78

71 was the transition year. Both 3 and 4 bolt necks in 71

coffeehouse

The Strat I have owned since the 1990s is a four bolt 71 Strat dated May of that year.

Svartmetall

Those clean tones are just fantastic  

Janusromanus

Reduced to 7900 £

Janusromanus

Bump

Janusromanus

Reduced to 7450 £

Janusromanus

Bump!

Lebarque

Aynsley Lister and Mick from TPS like that era of strat. Wave it under their noses.

Mbarnez

Lovely demo video