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Hi, I am the guy who write on Fuzzfaced. I mean that Olympic White finish was avalable only with rosewood fretboard. As @SpeedKing said, not every guitar made at the factory matched the catalogue specs.

No, I don't know how they did it. However, I read that rumors about the whole Original Series was discontinued are true.

There are a lot of guitar brands which make different guitars. Maybe those guitar are better in a "luthieristic" point of view: better action, neck-though or set-neck, better bridge, nut, frets or inclination of the headstock. Great guitars. But I love the strat sound. Not the "perfect" guitar...

I think it is still an iconic guitar. I don' know if your doubts come from what we said a few days ago about finishes. For me those finishes don't affect the sound. Furthermore they were used since the new 1985 FMIC was born and also few years before. I also think that Fender improved factory...

1997 was a transition year for the American Standard Series. Probably you can find the new Delta Tone System but still the swimmig pool. https://www.fuzzfaced.net/stratocaster-american-standard.html

Yes, there’s s lot of different finish terms that Fender uses. The only one that has a sense is the "flash coat lacquer". When you read "thin nitrocellulose", maybe they mean a thin top nitro layer, but you can find something else under the top coat, Custom Shop model included. Maybe cheaper...

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When Fender wrote Nitrocellulose finish, it means that the clear coat (and maybe color coat) is nitro. Usually there is a poly undercoat. Only when Fender released Road Worn guitars (not Vintera Road Worn), they said 100 % nitro. It seemed so strange to me, so I wrote to Customer Service and...

Hi @Baelzebub, thanks for contacting me. First of all I am sorry for my bad English, I hope I will not be misunderstood. @Intune I don't work for Fender and I don't sell any guitar, and I don't have any interest in writing something that I know it's not true. I only love guitars, and history of...

I am a big fan of Fender Stratocaster, but I love Les Paul, too. If I had to choose, I prefer clean and soft overdriven tones of the Stratocaster, or the right combination Strat/fuzz/amp. But Les Paul are great guitars and their tones are too different from that of Strat and I like to play both...

I don't know. Even if you bought it new, the music store could have changed them before you bought it... maybe with pickups from a vintage series, who knows? Or it is just for chance that your guitar had staggered poles (it would not be the first time that Fender made strange things) because...

Yes, the late '80s and '90s American Standard Strats had flat poles pickups.

Hi, these is only the page of the specs of the HSS Boxer strats. If you want to have more info about Japanese superstrats, you can give a look at: https://www.fuzzfaced.net/superstrat-hm-strat-contemporary.html

Deluxe Super Strat (Fall 1997-6/2004) Deluxe Players Strat (7/2004-2016)

https://www.fuzzfaced.net/60-stratocaster-mij.html

Thanks, now it works

74 years ago one of the greatest guitarist was born. Let's see his guitar and the replica. https://www.fuzzfaced.net/rory-gallagher-strat.html

Hi, I bought an ExTrad Strats directly from TC Gakki, Japan. Shipment was fast. They told me pickups were not original. Case also was not original. Hence it costed a little bit less than other similiar models.This was the second time I bought a guitar online. It costed 2307 euros plus 513...

You are right, but only Mexican Cray Strats are equipped with flat poles bridge pickup, not the Custom Shop model

Thanks John! However, it's only a "general" page about those guitars. I suggest the following chapter because it's more detailed and consider almost all exceptions about Fender Stratocaster evolution through the years 1954-1987: Stratocaster Evolution 1954-1987

Hi, check this one: Rosewood Neck Stratocaster

Ho, unfortunately this is not an anniversary model. Evert factory Stratocaster made in 1994 had this neck plate and the commemorative medallion on the headstock. In 1994 there were two Custom Shop Anniversary models, one US factory Anniversary model (but completely different from this) and 4...

Two friends of mine worked at Fujigen for Fender. One is the guy ho made the Custom Edition team in Japan. They told me that MIJ and CIJ are related to different factories just by chance. Sam Sekihara, Managing Director of Fender Japan, approached Fujigen with the idea to change the "Made in...

@Baelzebub My friend at Fender send me a message: it was tulip/yellow poplar. The luthier in Italy was right.

I've just emailed to a friend that was warking as luthier at Fender in late '70s and early '80s and I asked him about "poplar".