No image yet | FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH)Read more |
FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985)The 1983 - 1985 American Standard Stratocaster was the last in the Fender CBS era.This variation on the Stratocaster was designed to reduce production and retail costs: it had a single tone control, 3-position pickup selector, the newly designed Freeflyte vibrato system (surface mounted without a tremolo cavity - less routing required!) and a basic output jack that was flush with the pickguard. The remodelled ‘Comfort Contour’ body had deeper forearm and waist contours, similar to the early 1960s strats. | |
No image yet | FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959)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. |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964)Fender introduced the rosewood fingerboard option for the stratocaster in 1959. The rosewood board had the clay dot position markers. These earliest rosewood fingerboards were slab boards - flat across the bottom. In 1962 Fender changed to using veneer rosewood fingerboards - these were thinner and curved across the bottom and used less of the precious rosewood supplies. Around the same time this model was introduced in 1959 the Stratocaster pickguard was changed from single ply to the three-ply celluloid than often aged to a minty green color. | |
No image yet | FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980)Read more |
No image yet | FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971)We all know that Jimi Hendrix and David Gilmore played that Strat style. But, did you know Jimi Hendrix's first guitar was a Danelectro. |
Specifications:
Model | Image | Finish colors | Finish effects | Finish material | Number of strings | Made in | Scale length |
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FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH) | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - | - |
FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985) 1983 to 1985 | black finish, brown finish, ivory finish | sunburst finish | polyurethane finish | 6 strings | - | - | |
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959) 1954 to 1959 | No image yet | black finish, blonde finish, blue finish, gold finish, red finish, white finish | sunburst finish | nitrocellulose finish | 6 strings | - | - |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964) 1959 to 1964 | Three tone sunburst, blue finish, green finish, pink finish, red finish, silver finish | - | - | 6 strings | USA | 25.5 inches scale-length | |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980) 1971 to 1980 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - | - |
FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971) 1964 to 1970 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Model | Body material | Body shape features | Body style | Pickguard material |
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FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH) | - | - | - | - |
FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985) 1983 to 1985 | alder body | double cutaway | Stratocaster style | white pickguard |
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959) 1954 to 1959 | alder body, ash body | double cutaway | Stratocaster style | 3-ply pickguard, metal pickguard, white pickguard |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964) 1959 to 1964 | alder body, ash body | - | Stratocaster style | 3-ply pickguard, tortoiseshell pickguard, white pickguard |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980) 1971 to 1980 | - | - | - | - |
FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971) 1964 to 1970 | - | - | - | - |
Model | Bridge | Hardware color | Tuners |
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FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH) | - | - | - |
FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985) 1983 to 1985 | Freeflyte vibrato | chrome hardware | - |
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959) 1954 to 1959 | strings-through bridge, tremolo bridge | gold hardware, nickel hardware | Kluson tuners |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964) 1959 to 1964 | tremolo bridge | - | Kluson tuners |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980) 1971 to 1980 | - | - | - |
FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971) 1964 to 1970 | - | - | - |
Model | Fingerboard inlay material | Fingerboard material | Fingerboard position markers |
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FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH) | - | - | - |
FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985) 1983 to 1985 | pearl fingerboard inlay material | maple fingerboard, rosewood fingerboard | dot fingerboard position markers |
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959) 1954 to 1959 | - | maple fingerboard | dot fingerboard position markers |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964) 1959 to 1964 | pearl fingerboard inlay material | rosewood fingerboard | dot fingerboard position markers |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980) 1971 to 1980 | - | - | - |
FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971) 1964 to 1970 | - | - | - |
Model | Neck joint | Number of frets | Tuner layout | Neck material |
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FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH) | - | - | - | - |
FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985) 1983 to 1985 | bolt on neck | 21 fret | six-per-side tuners | - |
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959) 1954 to 1959 | bolt on neck | 21 fret | six-in-a-row tuners | maple neck |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964) 1959 to 1964 | bolt on neck | 21 fret | - | maple neck |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980) 1971 to 1980 | - | - | - | - |
FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971) 1964 to 1970 | - | - | - | - |
Model | Pickup selector controls | Tone controls | Volume controls |
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FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH) | - | - | - |
FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985) 1983 to 1985 | 3-way selector switch | 1 tone control | 1 volume control |
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959) 1954 to 1959 | 3-way selector switch | 2 tone controls | 1 volume control |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964) 1959 to 1964 | 3-way selector switch | 2 tone controls | 1 volume control |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980) 1971 to 1980 | - | - | - |
FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971) 1964 to 1970 | - | - | - |
Model | Pickups configuration |
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FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH) | - |
FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985) 1983 to 1985 | 3 single coil pickups |
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959) 1954 to 1959 | 3 single coil pickups |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964) 1959 to 1964 | 3 single coil pickups |
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980) 1971 to 1980 | - |
FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971) 1964 to 1970 | - |