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 period-voiced, meticulously tailored pickups, every instrument captures the essence of authentic Fender craftsmanship and tone.
By 1973, the now-classic CBS-era design features had become the standard and were widely used by rock, funk, fusion and prog musicians across the globe. Weekly late-night musical television shows like Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, In Concert and Midnight Special gave Fender instruments unprecedented exposure, cementing the Stratocaster’s dominance as a pop-culture phenomenon. The American Vintage II 1973 Stratocaster® exudes the spirit of the era and is outfitted with a trio of Pure Vintage '73 staggered-pole pickups, a large headstock with two string trees, a convenient Bullet-style truss rod nut and a 3-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt™ mechanism. The "C"-shaped maple neck plays like a dream with a 7.25"-radius rosewood or maple fingerboard and vintage-tall frets. The guitar is offered in three classic colors over an ash body: Aged Natural, Lake Placid Blue, and Mocha, the latter being the first custom color to feature a black pickguard on a Strat®. It also features "F"-stamped vintage-style tuners and a synchronized tremolo with bent steel saddles and cold-rolled steel block.
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: the Fender American Vintage II, the stuff of legends.
Features:
Ash body
Gloss polyurethane finish
Pure Vintage '73 Single-Coil Strat® pickups
"C"-shaped neck profile
Pure Vintage synchronized tremolo with bent steel saddles Fender® "F"-stamped vintage-style tuners