youngneil1
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What year did Fender manufacture the first hardtail Strat with rosewood board?
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Probably, 59....What year did Fender manufacture the first hardtail Strat with rosewood board?
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Mid 59. They started rosewood boards with a slab of brazilian rosewood that summer. You'll come across hard tail's here and there from 59. Hard tailed Strats are my absolute favorite guitar. Especially hard tail's from the pre cbs era.What year did Fender manufacture the first hardtail Strat with rosewood board?
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Yup, I owned and played an original 1959 hardtail Strat for several decades. Sunburst finish. Serial number 38953, body date 8/59. No neck date. Very light weight, thick Brazilian slab board, birdseye maple back of the neck. A wonderful instrument! I currently have an SVL ‘61 Reserve hardtail Strat. Slab board, Aged Olympic White finish. It actually plays better than my old ‘59 hardtail and sounds pretty darn good too! :saludeMid 59. They started rosewood boards with a slab of brazilian rosewood that summer. You'll come across hard tail's here and there from 59. Hard tailed Strats are my absolute favorite guitar. Especially hard tail's from the pre cbs era.
Yup, I owned and played an original 1959 hardtail Strat for several decades. Sunburst finish. Serial number 38953, body date 8/59. No neck date. Very light weight, thick Brazilian slab board, birdseye maple back of the neck. A wonderful instrument! I currently have an SVL ‘61 Reserve hardtail Strat. Slab board, Aged Olympic White finish. It actually plays better than my old ‘59 hardtail and sounds pretty darn good too! :salude
I currently have an SVL ‘61 Reserve hardtail Strat. Slab board, Aged Olympic White finish. It actually plays better than my old ‘59 hardtail and sounds pretty darn good too! :salude
You just can't beat those old slab board strats. Amazing stuff. I had an all original 62 slab board. Wasn't a hard tail though. Once I went with a hard tail I can't play anything else.Yup, I owned and played an original 1959 hardtail Strat for several decades. Sunburst finish. Serial number 38953, body date 8/59. No neck date. Very light weight, thick Brazilian slab board, birdseye maple back of the neck. A wonderful instrument! I currently have an SVL ‘61 Reserve hardtail Strat. Slab board, Aged Olympic White finish. It actually plays better than my old ‘59 hardtail and sounds pretty darn good too! :salude
i think this is an early 59. has the single layer pickguard. the guy got it for a graduation gift along with the amp in 59.Mid 59. They started rosewood boards with a slab of brazilian rosewood that summer. You'll come across hard tail's here and there from 59. Hard tailed Strats are my absolute favorite guitar. Especially hard tail's from the pre cbs era.
rab i,m curius i have seen a couple pre cbs strats with heavy birdseye necks a 59 and a 60 and both were original yet semed to have a heavey kind of thick shiney finish on the back of the neck, did your 59 have a shiney finsish over the birdseye? also heard of a third one the same way. was fender spraying the figured necks differently? wonderingYup, I owned and played an original 1959 hardtail Strat for several decades. Sunburst finish. Serial number 38953, body date 8/59. No neck date. Very light weight, thick Brazilian slab board, birdseye maple back of the neck. A wonderful instrument! I currently have an SVL ‘61 Reserve hardtail Strat. Slab board, Aged Olympic White finish. It actually plays better than my old ‘59 hardtail and sounds pretty darn good too! :salude
I've had Strats where I had to remove the low E saddle spring, in order to get the saddle further back for better intonation. But at some point the saddle actually begins to pinch the string..Very nice.
Note the gap between the bridge plate and the scratchplate. At some point after CBS took over, they started fitting them (and trems) with that gap removed, ie, closer to the neck, even though the scratchplate and neck stayed the same. As a result, if you use anything heavier than a 42 and a reasonable action, it's impossible to intonate the low E. I have three post 79 Fender Strats here with a 46 low E where the intonation is off from around the 5th fret up.
Same here. I ended up replacing the saddles with ones with a 'longer hole' for the string.I've had Strats where I had to remove the low E saddle spring, in order to get the saddle further back for better intonation. But at some point the saddle actually begins to pinch the string..