Fender Strat

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I will ship to the 48 USA states for $27:
 
I will ship to Canada for $34.
 
I may ship to other location please email me first.
 
100% stock original parts.
 
I have used this Fender for 25 years and it is a pleasure to play.
 
It has a very slim neck and plays great.
 
I can get any tone I need for Jazz Rock Blues and Bluegrass
 
This is a players guitar with some wear and lots and lots of age cracks.
 
The neck and frets the truss rod and all parts are fine working condition.
 
I have the original hardshell case with it but the keys were lost and the latches were broken to get in.
 
 

• Lead II, 1979–1982: Two specially designed X-1 single coil pickups, one at the neck, and the other at the bridge. The X-1 pickup was also used in the bridge position on the "Strat" and the "Dan Smith Stratocaster" models. Three-position pickup selector switch (neck, neck and bridge, bridge), two-position phase shift switch (in phase, out of phase) which operates only when both pickups are selected (middle position). Master volume and tone controls.

• Manufactured Fall 1979 through 1982.


• Vintage style “Soft C” profile neck with a 7¼" (184 mm) radius.


• Neck width at nut 1.60" (40.64 mm), plus applied finish thickness on 1981 models.


• Truss rod adjustment at the heel of the neck.


• 2 vintage style string trees.


• 21 medium frets.


• "F" tuners (West German-manufactured), and "F" 4 bolt neck plate.


• 3 Ply BWB through 1981 and WBW through 1982 pickguard with foil backing.


• White plastic nut.


• 25½ scale length.


• Bridge uses a string spacing of 0.404" (10 mm).


• Hardtail through-body mounted strings.


• The saddle screws used lock nuts, not springs.


• Comes with a tolex or moulded plastic case.

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Manufactured between 1979 and 1982 by the Fender Musical Equipment Co. under the direction of Gregg Wilson and Freddie Tavares. Gregg Wilson was succeeded by John Page, who eventually headed the Fender Custom Shop. The Lead Series have elements of the Stratocaster and Telecaster in their design with a body that is slightly smaller and with a slightly different shape than the Stratocaster, a Stratocaster-like neck (and headstock), and hardtail bridge with Telecaster-like string ferrules on the back of the body.

The Lead Series headstock was smaller than that of the then Stratocaster models and similar though not identical to the 1954 Stratocaster design. The Stratocaster models at the time of the Lead Series release in late 1979 were still using the larger headstock design until the introduction of the Dan Smith Stratocaster in 1981. At some point during 1982 the lower bout of the headstock was shifted towards the body giving the headstock a more elongated look.