dmn23
Duller than cardboard
NO LONGER FOR SALE. I doubled down and just ordered a new set of pickups for this guitar. It's going to be staying a while.
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I don't need two Strats and I prefer the much thicker neck of my '62 Hot Rod. The guitar will be advertised locally on Craigslist for $700, but for you goofballs — special bargain! $600 plus shipping.
@jaxn slim — you expressed interest in this guitar when I bought it and I said I'd let you know if I ever wanted to sell.
History:
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I don't need two Strats and I prefer the much thicker neck of my '62 Hot Rod. The guitar will be advertised locally on Craigslist for $700, but for you goofballs — special bargain! $600 plus shipping.
@jaxn slim — you expressed interest in this guitar when I bought it and I said I'd let you know if I ever wanted to sell.
History:
Manufactured from 1997 to 1998 by Fender, the California Series guitars were a joint effort between the company's factories in Corona (California, USA) and Ensenada (Baja California, Mexico). The body and neck parts were made in the United States while the finishing and painting was done in Mexico before their final assembly and quality control in the US.
General features
Vintage style "C" profile neck with a 9½" radius.
21 medium jumbo frets.
Vintage tremolo, tuners and 4 bolt neck plate.
3 Ply WBW pickguard.
25½" scale length.
The Fender California Series Stratocaster guitars have USA vintage style tremolos and tuners and other hardware.The tremolo bridge spacing is the same as the Fender USA vintage bridge spacing of 2 3/16". The Fender California Series Stratocaster bodies are routed for a single neck/single middle/bridge humbucking pickup configuration and have a polyurathane paint finish. The pickup configuration could also be routed for a single neck/ single middle/single bridge. They do not have the infamous "swimming pool" rout. The single coil pickups used on this Stratocaster model are Fender pickups, in the usual 3-single coil arrangement, or the 2-single coil and 1-humbucker in the bridge position ("Fat Strat") arrangement.
The serial numbers are in an AMXN + 6 digits format while the first digit represents the year of production. AMXN7***** means the guitar was manufactured in 1997.
All Fender California Series have "Made in USA" on the headstock.
Important stuff:General features
Vintage style "C" profile neck with a 9½" radius.
21 medium jumbo frets.
Vintage tremolo, tuners and 4 bolt neck plate.
3 Ply WBW pickguard.
25½" scale length.
The Fender California Series Stratocaster guitars have USA vintage style tremolos and tuners and other hardware.The tremolo bridge spacing is the same as the Fender USA vintage bridge spacing of 2 3/16". The Fender California Series Stratocaster bodies are routed for a single neck/single middle/bridge humbucking pickup configuration and have a polyurathane paint finish. The pickup configuration could also be routed for a single neck/ single middle/single bridge. They do not have the infamous "swimming pool" rout. The single coil pickups used on this Stratocaster model are Fender pickups, in the usual 3-single coil arrangement, or the 2-single coil and 1-humbucker in the bridge position ("Fat Strat") arrangement.
The serial numbers are in an AMXN + 6 digits format while the first digit represents the year of production. AMXN7***** means the guitar was manufactured in 1997.
All Fender California Series have "Made in USA" on the headstock.
- There are finish cracks at the neck joint — please see the photos. These are not stress cracks in the body.
- There are a few dings. Again, please look at the photos.
- A blender pot to mix the bridge and neck pickup is installed. There is a master tone knob.
- Truss rod works fine
- I'm told the pickups are from an American Standard Strat
- I do not have the original pickups
- I do have the trem bar and back plate
- A nice padded soft case is included
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