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2021 Fender Heritage '50s Stratocaster White Blonde Lacquer, Japan MIJ

$1,399.99

+ shipping

Up for sale, a 2021 Fender Heritage ‘50s Stratocaster, near-mint and in perfect working order. This Stratocaster has been outfitted with a replacement single-ply gold plexi pickguard and a set of Fender's Player Stratocaster pickups with Alnico V magnets and a RWRP middle pickup.

The Heritage instruments were designed in conjunction with Fender Custom Shop Master Builder Mark Kendrick, using profiling data from Fender USA for vintage-spec body and neck profile carves. A top-tier “Made in Japan” model that easily rivals the American Vintage and Original lines, this Heritage ‘50s Strat is designed to evoke the iconic “Mary Kaye” Strat, featuring an ash body with a gloss White Blonde nitro lacquer finish, vintage spec hardware, and a substantial V-shaped neck profile carve.

This Strat has a chiming, resonant natural acoustic quality, and the set of Fender's "Player" Strat pickups have beveled Alnico V magnets, wound hot and metering between 7.5k-8.5k ohms. Weighing 7lbs 13oz, this Heritage ‘50s Stratocaster has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

-Wood: Maple
-Shape: Substantial soft V, measuring .935” 1st fret, 1.010” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Maple, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius
-Frets: Vintage (narrow/tall), flawless
-Scale Length: 25 1/2”
-Nut: 1.615" (41.02 mm), bone
-Tuners: Pure Vintage Kluson-style no-lines
-Serialization: “Made in Japan,” JD21-prefix

Body Specs:

-Wood: Ash
-Pickups: Player Stratocaster single coil x3 (replaced, middle pickup RWRP)
-Harness: CTS pots date to 2022, one replacement pot at second Tone knob, Jensen tone cap (upgraded)
-Controls: Volume, Tone x2, Five-way pickup selector
-Hardware: Six-saddle synchronized tremolo, jack cup
-Plastics: One-ply gold plexi pickguard (replacement), eggshell knobs/pickup covers

The gloss White Blonde nitro lacquer finish has just enough transparency to highlight the grain in the ash body, and there's barely a mark on the body. The smooth nitro gloss on the neck profile is flawless.

The original gigbag is included.