Up for sale, a 1999 Fender Stratocaster ‘57 vintage reissue model ST57-70TX in 100% original condition and in perfect working order. This upper-tiered “Crafted in Japan” model was produced exclusively for the Japanese domestic market and is uncommon outside of its country of origin, featuring a trio of USA-made Fender Texas Special pickups.

Tonewoods include an alder body and a one-piece maple neck, ensuring a clear, balanced platform for the Texas Specials pickups. These Fender single coils match vintage spec with black fiber bobbins, cloth-covered leads and staggered alnico magnets, delivering a bevy of sparkling classic Strat tonalities with a slightly aggressive overwound snap. The bridge pickup is sparkling and chewy and the neck has a full, bell-like bark, with hollow quack at the in-between positions on the five-way pickup selector switch. This Strat weighs 8lbs, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and spot-on intonation.

Neck Specs:

-Wood: Maple
-Shape: Medium C, measuring .840” 1st fret, .945” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Maple, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius, faint finger wear into the gloss behind frets 1-4
-Frets: Slender, no wear
-Scale Length: 25 1/2”
-Nut: 1.650” (42mm), bone
-Tuners: Kluson-style, Gotoh
-Serialization: “Crafted in Japan” script, O-prefix

Body Specs:

-Wood: Alder
-Pickups: Fender Texas Special single coil x3
-Controls: Volume, Tone x2, Five-way pickup selector
-Hardware: Six-point vibrato (vintage-style), jack cup
-Plastics: One-ply white pickguard, aged knobs/pickup covers

Cosmetic wear on the gloss Black finish includes a few touched-up finish chips along the lower bout perimeter and a few additional finish scratches and minor marks on the body as a whole. The ambered gloss on the neck profile is clean and smooth with a couple tiny nicks on the profile length.

A gigbag is included.