{"product_id":"vintage-fender-stratocaster-usa-1970","title":"Vintage Fender Stratocaster – USA 1970","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xjWQH-Ksvjs?si=FgRcHdB4uJQB-dHw\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eFrom Guitar.com:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":1,\"335551620\":1,\"335559685\":0,\"335559737\":0,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e‘There are many well-travelled vintage guitar myths that don’t stand up to scrutiny and are not supported by any concrete evidence. One of the most frequently repeated among these is the notion that 1965 was some sort of corporate ‘year zero’ for Fender and nothing was ever the same again. The truth is far from that.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":1,\"335551620\":1,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eFirstly, Leo Fender stayed on as a consultant after he sold the company to CBS, and even helped to develop new Fender models. And from a Strat-specific perspective, many of the features we associate with the pre-CBS era lingered on into the 1970s – the 1970 Stratocaster we have here exhibits several of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":1,\"335551620\":1,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eWe can point to the four-bolt neck join, the pressed steel saddles with a patent application that was still pending, and the steel vibrato block held to the bridge plate by three hefty screws. Although Fender was using machine-wound plain enamel magnet wire and grey flatwork by 1970, the staggered alnico magnets survived – albeit without their hand-bevelled edges.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":1,\"335551620\":1,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":1,\"335551620\":1,\"335559685\":0,\"335559737\":0,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eBrand: Fender\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eModel: Stratocaster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eFinish: Sunburst\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eWeight: 7.75 lbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eFrets: 21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eInlays: Pearl Dot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eBody Material: Ash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eNeck: Maple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eFingerboard: Rosewood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eFingerboard Radius: 7.25”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eNut: 1 5\/8”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eScale Length: 25.5”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eNeck Profile: C\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eBridge Pickup: Late 70s DiMarzio PAF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eMiddle Pickup: Original Fender (Dated 1970)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eNeck Pickup: Original Fender (Dated 1970) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eSwitch: 5-way - Replaced\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eControls: One Volume, Two Tone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eTuners: Original Fender\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eBridge: Original Fender\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ePickguard: 3-ply Original\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eThe two hardest year \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eStrats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e to find are 1967 and 1970 Hendrix era because the production #s were very low, making this guitar a real find.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eThis 1970 Fender Strat has had a life, it’s been played to death and for good reason, it’s an absolute beaut! As displayed by its battle scars and bruises, this guitar has seen more than a few stages, playing many a solo over its 52 years of existence. There are scratches and dings in the finish, the chrome hardware is tarnished and the pickguard has faded to a dark cream with splashes of light brown. The headstock is a highlight, looking like it’s had a spray tan - it looks exceptionally cool.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eIts Sunburst finish has a very \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003ewell-played\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003ein patina, its “4-Bolt” Rose neck is what makes this Strat so special \u0026amp; is green ink stamped w\/a single string tree, its White pickg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eard has the typical white 60’s “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003epearloid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e” bottom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003elamination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eThe pickups sound great, with huge Strat tones; chimey and bell-like. The neck has a few small dings, but nothing to fuss over and the frets are still in good condition. The guitar has new strap pins that look the goods and a new 5-way switch. The internal of the neck displays the ‘green ink date stamp’ which Fender used at the time, confirming its authenticity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eThe pot codes all date to the 32nd week of 1969, factory tremolo, this is one of the last late 60’s 4-bolt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eStrats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e made prior to the beginning of the 3-bolt era, its worn cool, has all late 60’s traits \u0026amp; is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eultra-lightweight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eThis Strat is unique and stands on its own. It would suit a player looking for an excellent playing and sounding guitar that has a genuine relic job - one that took 52 years to complete!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eComes in its original hard-shell case in good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reemes Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53839013970239,"sku":"RMC-MUS-G53181814","price":5999.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/7535\/9039\/files\/Vintage_Fender_Stratocaster_USA_1970.jpg?v=1782094951","url":"https:\/\/www.reemesmusic.com\/products\/vintage-fender-stratocaster-usa-1970","provider":"Reemes Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}