qblue
April 23rd, 2011, 11:03 PM
I called Fender many years ago and they told me this Fender Stratocaster was a 1971. But since the internet I've found that it has features of '69 thru '71. My question is can anyone help me identify the version of the pickups installed.
I've heard of custom '69 pickups, but with CBS controlling Fender, anything could happen, esp.if a change would save money; and still they ran it to near bankruptcy.
Here it is, before the new medium jumbo fret replacements, the only modification I made(because it needed it); the luthier changed the nut to match the fret height:
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss171/qblue_1/IMG_1226.jpg
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss171/qblue_1/IMG_1227.jpg
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss171/qblue_1/IMG_1236.jpg
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss171/qblue_1/IMG_1231.jpg
I've heard of custom '69 pickups, but with CBS controlling Fender, anything could happen, esp.if a change would save money; and still they ran it to near bankruptcy.
Here it is, before the new medium jumbo fret replacements, the only modification I made(because it needed it); the luthier changed the nut to match the fret height:
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss171/qblue_1/IMG_1226.jpg
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss171/qblue_1/IMG_1227.jpg
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss171/qblue_1/IMG_1236.jpg
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss171/qblue_1/IMG_1231.jpg
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