Fender Ash Rosewood Electric Guitar

$4,800.00

Model# Stratocaster

Vintage 1972 Hendrix Era 4 big bolt ash rosewood headstock strat
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This Fender Stratocaster Guitar built new in 1972 was made during the factory change over, it is one of the rarest Strats you will ever see with both a 1967 neck and body however the tuning keys and other items like volume knobs are from the up and coming 1968 model, my four bolt plate has nothing on it when both the 1968 & 1969 plate had logos.

I grew up with this guitar, it taught me to play and with some serious playwear it still the finest playing guitar out their and it is just a work horse. Except for a 5-way switch knob, a double coil Humbucker replacement and the (stay in tune) whammy bar change out this is still an all original Stratocaster with R&R improvements.
A few years later I had a pro-re-fret and a Whammy bar swap out to a dual piece set ~ string Locking Tremolo system, you could not use that original whammy and stay in tune, please - I‘m not a collector I‘m a musician and this was my favorite tool at work, I consider all this to be an upgraded improvement. Recently the end piece on the switch broke in half, just old and well used.

This guitar has the desired 60s specs neck date = March 1967, the large headstock still has the old Fender "transition" logo. All 3 pots are stamped 137.66.08, all of the solder joints are still untouched. The guitar is adjusted for low action and thanks to the taller medium-jumbo frets the playability is great. Comes in it’s original Tweed Fender Case with Gold Plush Interior.

I bought this guitar and it looked just like the picture on the top right of this page, well my mom bought it for me in 1972. I was in 10th grade, and at that time it was a used guitar, the guy who owned it at that time had got it brand new and was not using it at all. He was going to learn to play it, but he could not play. He seen me playing around the neighborhood with my old $50 Harmony Rocket and wanted to encourage me to keep improving my playing. So he got with my mom about buying the Strat. for me. So I got me a new cool ass Stratocaster for $300.00, but it had bad feedback when turned-up.

I had the Jimi Hendrix lead shield treatment done to the original pickups in the late 1970s. You can feel the added weight when you hold it, but it still did not sound right and I wanted the Humbucker added every one was doing it where I grew up in Detroit. I used to turn the treble all the way up when I played leads later on in life I found that lots of wattage and no treble is the sweeter sound.

After I moved to Florida in the early 1980s I had the slanted treble pickup replaced with the Humbucker you see in the picture below today. in the later 1980s I had the Humbucker lead treatment done and no more feedback in my four cabinet 1,200w Marshall rig. I had the neck stock cleaned, new frets and the intonation redone. All this work was preformed from the world renown guitar technician Kevin Kaufman.

Kevin had suggested I get the Floyd Rose setup with the locking nut because he was having troubles with the intonation being perfect and it would solve the guitar going out of tune when the whammy was used, this was a brand new idea at that time, so I agreed with the expert and that was the best decision I could have made because now I can whammy all the time and the guitar stays in tune. And no feedback squealing when I turned it up loud.

The new whammy only pushes down so no wood was routed out of the body of the guitar. This guitar became totally awesome. I still can’t believe how lucky I have been to have such a great instrument in my possession. If I were to keep any of my solid body guitars this would be the one, but I just don’t play it anymore. I don’t use it at gigs because of the constant threat of someone stealing it when I'm on break. So it stays locked up all the time, and that sucks. I know… not using it is a crime so it is up for sale. I think this is what they mean by “it sucks getting old”.

If I was to describe to you what this guitar sounds like, I would tell you “just give Stevie Ray Vaughan’s recordings a listen” you’ll hear exactly what this guitar sounds like.
I now use a Gibson Blues King and a Martin Nub X in my performances, and yes… I’m still playing!
Used – Very Cool