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1954 ORIG FENDER STRATOCASTER SER # 0352 WELL READ UP, LEARN, AND TAKE IT ALL IN. NOT MANY IN THIS WORLD WILL EVER OWN SOMETHING LIKE THIS
THIS IS A RARE EARLY 1954 PROTYPE FENDER STRATOCASTER
NECK DATE 5-54
BODY 6-54
NECK PLATE 0352
NON ORIG PARTS ARE TUNERS, PICKGUARD, KNOBS, TREM ARM. BODY OLD REFIN. THE KNOBS AND TREM ARM ARE LATE 1950s. PICKUP COVERS AND TIP ARE BAKE LITE. NECK PICKUP REWOUND BY LINDY FRALIN, OTHER 2 ARE ORIG WINDINGS. POTS ARE 1955, AS WAS ADDED BY OWNER TO GET TO AS CLOSE AS ORIG AS COULD. YOU WILL NEVER EVER FIND A MATCHING SET 1954 POTS
RIGHT OFF THE TOP, I WILL SAY, THIS IS BEST SOUNDING FENDER STRATOCASTER I EVER HAD TO OFFER. I HAVE SOLD ALOT OF AWESOME ONE OF A KIND STRATS IN MY DAY, THIS IS FAMOUS PRO PLAYER MATERIAL. I SWEAR, THIS IS BEST BELL TONE YOU CAN GET IN THIS WORLD!
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GET A PROTO TYPE STRAT EVERY DAY, OR LIFE TIME. LOOK AT THE NECK AND PUP COVERS, YOU THINK THE STRAT ROCKS????
LEO MADE HIS FIRST STRAT IN MARCH 54, THIS WAS STARTED 2 MONTHS AFTER THAT.
MARCH 54-SEPT 54 ALL THE STRATS BUILT WERE PROTOTYPES. STRATS SER #;S STARTED WITH 0100, THIS IS 0352
MANY STRAT BODIES "DID NOT" HAS A WORM ROUTE,AS THIS DOES NOT. IT HAS CORRECT NAIL HOLES AND ROUNDER MARKS. MOST FIRST STRAT WERE HEAVIER BODIES, AS THIS ON IS LITTLE OVER 4-1/2lbs.
FIRST TREM BLOCKS MADE HAD REAL SHALLOW HOLES FOR STRINGS, AS THE PICTURE WITH THE SILVER BULLET STRING SHOWS.
FIRST STRAT NECKS HAD ROUNDER EDGES, IN 1955 THEY HAD MORE SHARPER EDGE.
3 PAT# ON 3-WAY
THE FIRST STRAT PICKGUARDS HAD MATTED FINISH ON BACK, THEN FENDER CAME UP WITH DIFFERENT MATERIAL, AND HAD SHINNY GLOSS ON BACK. THIS HAS MATTED BACKING AND IS .060 THICK, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS CORRECT GUARD
BASICALLY, STRAT THAT WERE MADE BEFORE OCT 13, 1954 WERE PRE PRODUCTION SAMPLES, OR ARTIST MODELS. SOLD DIRECTLY TO MUSICIANS FROM THE FENDER FACTORY. YES FENDER WAS MAKING OTHER GUITARS BEFORE 1954, BUT NOT STRATS.
THIS STRAT IS LIKE A PERSON TO ME WHEN I PLAY IT. I LOVE STRATS AS MUCH AS THE NEXT STRAT NUT. I NEED REHAB MYSELF. IT IS NEVER ENDING. BEST PART FOR ME IS I BUY, SELL, DRIVE, FLY BUYING ALL THE TIME. I FEEL GUILTY CALLING THIS WORK. (Praise God). BUT THIS PIECE HAS MOjO. PICKUPS ARE STRONG, QUIET, TONE'FULL. BRIDGE READS 6.26k, MIDDLE 6.21k, NECK (rewound by Lindy) 6.07k. IT WEIGHS 7.875 lbs WITH STRINGS AND TREM ARM IN IT. THE FRETS ON IT HAVE TONS A MEAT LEFT, IT PLAYS AND STAYS IN TUNE LIKE NO OTHER STRAT DOES. ALL SET UP WITH TREM BAR ACTION. THIS STRAT SOUNDS GREAT ON ALL LEVELS OF VOL. EVEN ON 2, IT HAS BELL TONE. 3-WAY WORKS NICE AND SOLID
ONE LAST TIME. THE STRAT HAS MOjo!
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