Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- electric guitars
Series name:
Dates of manufacture:
1954 to 1959
The deluxe version of the 1957 Stratocaster had gold plated hardware and blonde finish: this model is sometimes nicknamed the Mary Kaye model, because Mary Kaye posed with the deluxe model in the 1957 Fender catalog supplement.
Specifications (21)
Body
Body material | alder body, ash body |
Body shape features | double cutaway |
Body style | Stratocaster style |
Pickguard material | 3-ply pickguard, metal pickguard, white pickguard |
Hardware
Bridge | strings-through bridge, tremolo bridge |
Hardware color | gold hardware, nickel hardware |
Tuners | Kluson tuners |
Fretboard
Fingerboard material | maple fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
General
Finish colors | black finish, blonde finish, blue finish, gold finish, red finish, white finish |
Finish effects | sunburst finish |
Finish material | nitrocellulose finish |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Neck
Neck joint | bolt on neck |
Neck material | maple neck |
Number of frets | 21 fret |
Tuner layout | six-in-a-row tuners |
Controls
Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
Tone controls | 2 tone controls |
Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
Pickups configuration | 3 single coil pickups |