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1963 Fender Stratocaster

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Status
Sold
Brand
Fender
Product Year
1963
Model
Stratocaster
Serial #
L00188
New/Preowned
Preowned
SKU
TMP2005
Condition
Gone over by our repair staff. Neck & middle pups, tone pots, neck screws replaced. Pickguard replaced by custom made/relic'd by our repair folks, who also refretted. Trem bar replaced, as are two trem springs. Past refinish, possibly in 1970s, worn through in various places. Play wear along body and sides of neck, some finish crackling around tuners. Tuners are period correct and so possibly original, but larger bushing impressions indicate other tuners had been installed at some point.
Body Type(s)
Medium, Strat-style, Solid Body
Back & Sides
Alder
Top
Alder
Neck Wood
Maple
Neck Profile
C
Arm Bevel
Yes
Bridge
Adjustable
Rosette
None
Top Trim
None
Fingerboard
Rosewood - Brazilian
Fingerboard Bindings
None
Fret Markers
Clay Dots
Frets to Body
17
Headplate
None
Headstock Bindings
None
Headstock Inlay
Builder Logo
Instrument Finish
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Bindings
None
Tuners
Kluson
Tuner Finish
Nickel
Cutaway
Double Cutaway
Pickguard
Yes
Pickup
Single Coil
Pickup (Y/N)
Yes
Body Length
15.5 in
Upper Bout
10.5 in
Lower Bout
12.75 in
Body Depth Heel
1.75 in
Body Depth Tail
1.75 in
Scale Length
25.5 in
Scale Length (mm)
647 mm
Nut Width
1.625 in
Nut Width (mm)
42 mm
String Spacing
2.188 in
String Spacing (mm)
54 mm
Weight
7 lb. 6 oz.
Case
Hardshell
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Here’s a potent brew of elbow grease, vintage tone, and honest play wear. This 1963 Fender Strat has seen some miles, and then some, in its almost 60 years of music-making. The finish appears refinished in the 1970s and now quite worn, and the neck has a lovely combination of velvety finish at the back and worn smoothly down to the wood on the sides. Our repair folks have gone over this one with a fine tooth comb, in the process replacing the frets as well as fabricating a new pickguard from scratch and relic’ing it to perfectly match the Alder body’s play wear and patina.
It plays like vintage, grass-fed butter, with juicy tones to match

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Now this is fun! Stevie Ray Vaughan played a Strat that was from 1962-1963, and this one looks as if Stevie had it for decades. Honest wear, incredible feel and the real deal tone. Magic.
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Scale Length 25.5 in
Nut Width 1.625 in
String Spacing 2.188 in
Woods Alder, Alder

Here’s a potent brew of elbow grease, vintage tone, and honest play wear. This 1963 Fender Strat has seen some miles, and then some, in its almost 60 years of music-making

Now this is fun. Stevie Ray Vaughan played a Strat that was from 1962-1963, and this one looks as if Stevie had it for decades
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