Removed from sale - 1971 Fender Stratocaster (Four Bolt)

bgmartinsbridge

I've been offered a trade/ swap on this outside the forum but thought I'd put it on here to see if anyone fancies this.

It's one of the last four bolt strats made before they moved to the dodgy three bolt necks. And it's pretty rare being a hardtail.

It's a refin and has a very old heel repair (guessing twenty years or more).

Parts wise, it's 100% original - Aug 71 neck, pups and pots all stack up date wise. 3 way switch. Plastics/ knobs are all original. And the body is spot on apart from the white refin. 

Lovely patina on the front of the headstock (dirty nitro on the head face, with poly on the back of the neck).  And a really nice dark board. 

Frets are fairly new, no donks are marks, and they're a decent size and this bends to the bottom.

May take a px if it helps. 

Loads of pics - 
https://imgur.com/gallery/MoHdBUw

Looking for £5k.

May take a custom shop strat or tele in part trade. 

Delaware_123

Sweet looking guitar 

Wazmeister

DrCornelius

By far the best colour for a rosewood boarded Strat imho !  Gorgeous looking thing 

CMW335

Great era for Strats, good luck with the sale @bgmartinsbridge ;

THR1LLHAU5

Absolutely gorgeous. Well beyond my means but a treat to look at. Good luck with the sale!

Voxman

Looks very nice in white. I have a '69 hardtail which still had the pat pend bridge saddles which I believe they stopped fitting around mid 71, so yours must have just missed them.  I had my 3-way changed for a 5-way when I first got it around 1976. I thought I still had the 3-way switch somewhere but it must have got lost, which is a shame.   

bgmartinsbridge

Spot on, the block saddles came in mid 71.
Mine is an Aug 71 neck. 

The original pups, pots and three way switch have never been unsoldered, which seems a bit of a rarity.
I think most people went to a five way and either left it or tried to revert to claim originality.
Also, you hear the stories about putting the switch in mid positions with bits of fag packets etc - this one can be gently put in the mid positions and will stay with no issues.

bgmartinsbridge

Quick bump 

Eric_C

Lovely looking guitar 

tone1

Birth year beauty 

Wazmeister

Drop dead gorgeous. 

ziggynugget

Really nice, man............ is it a poly finish on the body?

bgmartinsbridge

@ziggynugget - thanks, it's a peach.
it's a nitro refin.

bgmartinsbridge

May take a Lazy J in trade