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1975 Fender Stratocaster black
Made in USA
Very Good condition, 7,5/10, Made in USA, very light body, celebrity owned and has been used on 3 solos on the 2022 John Norum solo album "Gone to Stay", large headstock with the classic burn mark a´la Clapton by the E6 tuner (yes kids, this is the rock star way to hold you cigarette during a crazy solo..), maple neck, no routes under the pickguard, including non-original plastic Fender hardcase, missing back plate, the neck stamp is hard to read but seems to be 0903 035x (last digit can´t be read), the numbers mean 09=Stratocaster 03=maple neck 03=week 3 and 5=1975, the neck pocket looks good with all the regular QC stamps, the neck has been worn all along the thumb side and even has some flame in the maple, all original parts except for 1L the pots (dated 1377824, which means 24th week of 1978), 2: the tuners which have been replaced with S-marked Schaller tuners with exactly the same footprint as the original F-tuners (also made by Schaller) so no extra holes and 3: also the bridge pickup which has been replaced with a DiMarzio FS-1 model DP110WU with the number 107171 on the sticker, all 3 pickups have the original white covers which are worn and now almost grey, the other 2 pickups are grey bottom pickups dated 1974, the original 3-way has also been replaced with a 5-way switch, has been refretted with medium jumbo 6150 a while back so they are already very worn