1965 Vintage Stratocaster Guitar-Mint Green Guard!
Killer player, tone for days and true, real vibe!
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USD 9,249.00 |
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 |
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Soquel, CA |
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The Sound of Rock n Roll and Electric Blues 1965 Stratocaster made between the first and third month of 1965. CBS bought Leo's business on January 3, 1965, this guitar is from that month, WELL before CBS started to make any of their now infamous changes towards the end of 1965. It is an L series #L66883. This is one of THE finest playing and mojoed guitars I have ever owned, or played, I have owned it since 1987. Due to current financial issues I must part ways with my Black Beauty, lucky for me I have a couple other fine guitars. This guitar is not for the strict "collector" who wants an "unmolested, purely original guitar", although it is a solid investment with recoverable value. It is for the player who wants/needs the real deal on stage and who wont have to be afraid to take it out to gigs in smoky bars, coz this Strat has lived in dives, bars and night clubs all its life. In the almost 22 years its been mine there have been more than a thousand+ performances plus recording sessions added to it's history. I am offering it at what I think, is a very reasonable price due to time constraints I must deal with. Here's what is "not correct", and "correct", and what changes have happened over the years: BODY-FINISH: It started life as a three tone Sunburst, yes, it's a black REFIN. It shows wear from since it was done, gigs, gigs, the refin has lots of real and NOT "relicized", mojo/feel, the refin is over 22 years old. The refin was done some time before I bought it. The guitar is lightweight, I haven't weighed it, if you need me too, ask. I estimate it to be around 6.5lb. After my 1962 was stolen out the back of my car in 1986 after a gig, I went shopping, I ended up one day at a Vintage Guitar show in San Jose CA. I was just walking down the aisles feeling the necks on every guitar I passed, that I could, when my hand wrapped on this one I had to make a deal. It was bought from Guitar Showcase's Vintage department, they had gotten it from the second owner, I'm third. It looks to me that the body was stripped before the refin as I can see the old wood at a screw hole or two, original body. I was told that the original finish was beat so bad the previous owner just went ahead with the refin. He liked black, so do I. NECK: The peghead had a repair, as you can see in the images. The repair was done to stop any issues resulting from an install of Shaller tuners without pre drilling new screw holes. This was a precautionary repair and there was never any damage to the neck. Check the images. The repair done to it required three small dowels inserted from the top, you almost can't see them. The neck has always been stable and without issues since I have owned it. My tech at the time of purchase said he could make them invisible but I didn't care and didn't want to lose gigging time with it. You can see where the old (new tuners) screw holes have been repaired, see the images. Also at the heel there are three very tiny holes about 1mm deep max and looking at them with a loupe they look octagonal as though they were made with very small nails/tacks. I presume they are there for hanging or propping up the neck during the repair. Once again, I never covered them up. This is THE best neck I have ever had my hands on; it's fairly thin, the way I prefer them and I would say it's more of a D shape than C to my hands. Rolled fretboard edges, super fast B neck, 7 1/4" radius and 1 5/8" nut. Frets in good condition; the last fret job was in 1990 and the only one I have ever done. No buzzing, low and clean action, I would have a pro do a fret job on it some time. Original frets as far as I can tell. Great looking wood on the fret board, straight as an arrow. Original tuners were reinstalled, idiot, for changing them in the first place! Transitional decal from later in the year, guitar must have been in the factory for a few months. Neck date: 2 JAN65 B PUP SWITCH, POTS & TONE: Selector switch was changed some time before I bought it to a 5 way, I don't have the original. I changed the 5 way recently to a new 5 way since the one it had was toast. Pots are all original and dated: 137 6501. Selector tip original. Wiring intact original except for the switch of course, and the leads to the jack & term block. I installed a new jack because of grounding issues, the old jack comes with it. Did I mention TONE? What do you expect from a guitar like this? I will answer the question for you; TONE, TONE, and lots of it, YES it has it, like the angels singing on high. Except of course if you crank your amp then... well you know. BRIDGE & SADDLES: Bridge original, I installed new Fender-Fender saddles recently because I didn't want to twist on the original hex screws that hard. The original Fender-PatPend saddles come with it. Comes with re-issue black tip trem arm. PUPS, PICKGUARD and KNOBS: All pups, knobs and Mint Green (semi rare by this time!) pickguard completely original. Pups are all matching dates and have date and inspectors name hand written on them, hi Milli! Pickguard has "old" style full aluminum shield with factory stamp on it, it is also one of the last of the Nitro Mint Green guards. This is accurate to my eye and my tech. It's an old guard, and as you can see in the images from where hands have been, it's mint green. Screws original too. CASE: I bought it with a red plush reissue Fender tweed case, that case will come with it to you. Please do not bid on this if you are not serious and ready to pay for it immediately! I am pricing it at a level lower than most people would who might own it, since I am interested in a fast sale. The price partly reflects that it's being sold as a "non-all original" vintage Strat, with a repair. Feel free to make an offer, I'll take a look at it and let you know, but if you are looking at this you know what even the parts are worth so don't insult me with low offers, ok? *Purchase and Shipping Information * Payment: Initial immediate payment of $1000 via PayPal to lock the deal, then the remainder in my account within 3 days via Bank Transfer/Wire(Bank of America), cashiers check or postal money order. Anyone who has an account with Bank of America will find inter-bank transfers are free. If not a Bank Wire/Transfer, the payment will be sent via UPS, or over night, two day USPS service so you and I do not have to wait to ship, and I/we do NOT have to pay fees! Insurance required! Any questions email me. Payment International - Anyone in the world can buy this, but you will have to wire the money to my account first, It will then ship after I see all is well. As you know, if you wire money it takes about 2-3 days to show in an account, so this is your timeline for the shipping process to start. Returns: This is an old vintage Fender Strat of 43 years age, I have represented it accurately and without exaggeration, it is in perfect working and playing order. When it goes in a box it will be that way. Sale is final, make sure you want what I have described before you commit with payment. Shipping: USA shipping - See calculated shipping via USPS Priority Package. Current cost to ship to say Nevada from Soquel, CA. is $43.00, this includes $10,000 worth of insurance. Insurance is mandatory for this purchase. If the calculator is not working email me and I will forward total cost to your destination. International Payment & Shipping - I will ship the guitar anywhere in the world, AFTER payment has cleared, that payment would be bank wire to my "Bank of America" account. Anyone who has an account with Bank of America will find inter-bank transfers are free, a plus! International shipping: Shipping via DHL 2 day express with USD$10,000 worth of insurance to the UK for example, is USD$399.00. If you prefer a slower method of shipping or different carrier let me know and I will find the cost for you. US Postal Service offer less expensive 6 to 20 day service however they will insure only up to USD$650.00 Thanks for checking this instrument out and good luck if you are bidding, or offering! Rock on, or... Shuffle on with de Blues! Below shows the peghead repair Below shows the back side and why the repair Rear, you can see where the changed tuner holes were repaired Below, the three tiny 1mm deep holes. Can't see them here or in the top images I have a few more images if you need to see, email me and I will see if I can accommodate you.
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