FENDER Stratocaster: Standard (made between 1954-1985)

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FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980)

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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.

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Specifications:

ModelImageFinish colorsFinish effectsFinish materialNumber of stringsMade inScale length
FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH)
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FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985)
1983 to 1985
black finish, brown finish, ivory finishsunburst finishpolyurethane finish6 strings--
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959)
1954 to 1959
No image yetblack finish, blonde finish, blue finish, gold finish, red finish, white finishsunburst finishnitrocellulose finish6 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 stringsUSA25.5 inches scale-length
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980)
1971 to 1980
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FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971)
1964 to 1970
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ModelBody materialBody shape featuresBody stylePickguard material
FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH)
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FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985)
1983 to 1985
alder bodydouble cutawayStratocaster stylewhite pickguard
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959)
1954 to 1959
alder body, ash bodydouble cutawayStratocaster style3-ply pickguard, metal pickguard, white pickguard
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964)
1959 to 1964
alder body, ash body-Stratocaster style3-ply pickguard, tortoiseshell pickguard, white pickguard
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980)
1971 to 1980
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FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971)
1964 to 1970
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ModelBridgeHardware colorTuners
FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH)
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FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985)
1983 to 1985
Freeflyte vibratochrome hardware-
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959)
1954 to 1959
strings-through bridge, tremolo bridgegold hardware, nickel hardwareKluson 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
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FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971)
1964 to 1970
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ModelFingerboard inlay materialFingerboard materialFingerboard position markers
FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH)
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FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985)
1983 to 1985
pearl fingerboard inlay materialmaple fingerboard, rosewood fingerboarddot fingerboard position markers
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959)
1954 to 1959
-maple fingerboarddot fingerboard position markers
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964)
1959 to 1964
pearl fingerboard inlay materialrosewood fingerboarddot fingerboard position markers
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980)
1971 to 1980
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FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971)
1964 to 1970
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ModelNeck jointNumber of fretsTuner layoutNeck material
FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH)
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FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985)
1983 to 1985
bolt on neck21 fretsix-per-side tuners-
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959)
1954 to 1959
bolt on neck21 fretsix-in-a-row tunersmaple neck
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964)
1959 to 1964
bolt on neck21 fret-maple neck
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980)
1971 to 1980
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FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971)
1964 to 1970
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ModelPickup selector controlsTone controlsVolume controls
FENDER BOWLING BALL STRATOCASTER (MARBLE FINISH)
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FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER (1983-1985)
1983 to 1985
3-way selector switch1 tone control1 volume control
FENDER STRATOCASTER (1954-1959)
1954 to 1959
3-way selector switch2 tone controls1 volume control
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD (1959-1964)
1959 to 1964
3-way selector switch2 tone controls1 volume control
FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH TILTED NECK AND BULLET HEADSTOCK (CBS MODELS 1971-1980)
1971 to 1980
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FENDER STRATOCASTER without TILTED NECK (CBS MODELS 1965-1971)
1964 to 1970
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