Fender American Vintage II 1957 Stratocaster, Maple Fingerboard, Black Overview
The Fender® American Vintage II series presents a remarkably accurate take on the revolutionary designs that altered the course of musical history. Built with period-accurate bodies, necks and hardware, premium finishes and meticulously voiced, year-specific pickups, each instrument captures the essence of authentic Fender craftsmanship and tone.
With its alluring curves, sparkling sounds and groundbreaking tremolo bridge, Fender's new 1954 Stratocaster® was a phenomenon, unlike anything the world had ever seen. By 1957, the Stratocaster had crystallized into a mid-century masterpiece.
Featuring a trio of Pure Vintage '57 Stratocaster pickups, sweeping body contours and a supremely comfortable "V"-shape neck with a 7.25" radius maple fingerboard, the American Vintage II 1957 Stratocaster reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original. Other appointments include a vintage-accurate synchronized tremolo with cold rolled steel block and bent steel saddles, single-line "Fender Deluxe" tuners and a single-ply pickguard.
The instruments in the American Vintage II series are direct descendants of the original Fenders: designed for players with a fine appreciation for vintage Fender tone and feel and built with unmatched quality, down to the last screw. These are Fender electrics in their purest form: Fender American Vintage II, the stuff of legends.
- Body Finish : Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Material : Alder
- Body Shape : Stratocaster®
- Bridge Cover/Tailpiece : Includes Chrome Bridge Cover
- Bridge Mounting : 6-Screw Vintage-Style
- Bridge Pickup : Pure Vintage '57 Single-Coil Strat®
- Bridge : Pure Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles
- Case/Gig Bag : Vintage-Style Tweed (Crushed Red Interior)
- Color : Black
- Configuration : SSS
- Control Knobs : Aged White
- Controls : Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
- Fingerboard Material : Maple
- Fingerboard Radius : 7.25" (184.1 mm)
- Fret Size : Vintage Tall
- Hardware Finish : Nickel/Chrome
- Headstock : Stratocaster®
- Middle Pickup : Pure Vintage '57 Single-Coil Strat®
- Neck Finish : Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Material : 1-Piece Maple
- Neck Pickup : Pure Vintage '57 Single-Coil Strat®
- Neck Plate : 4-Bolt Serialized
- Neck Shape : 1957 "V"
- Number of Frets : 21
- Nut Material : Bone
- Nut Width : 1.650" (42 mm)
- Orientation : Right-Hand
- Pickguard : 1-Ply Parchment
- Position Inlays : Black Dot
- Strings : Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
- Style : 3 Single-Coil
- Switching : 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
- Tremolo Arm : Screw-In
- Tremolo Block : Cold Rolled Steel
- Truss Rod Nut : Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
- Truss Rod : Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
- Tuning Machines : Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"