Key Features
- Immaculate '73 style and sounds
- Reproduce the sonics of the '70s through Pure Vintage pickups with staggered pole pieces
- Instantly recognisable overlarge headstock with dual string trees for authenticity
- Delightful retro playing feel delivered by a "C" shape maple neck with a 7.25" radius fretboard
Fender American Vintage II 1973 Stratocaster, Aged Natural Overview
The Fender American Vintage II 1973 Stratocaster pays homage to the instruments that dominated the classic music scene. Recreated with loving accuracy by Fender, it features many appointments to give you that old-school vibe and swagger. Beginning with a trio of Pure Vintage '73 pickups with staggered pole pieces, the American Vintage II boasts the smooth articulation and crisp chimes of those era-defining guitars.
Together with its retro voicing, the '73 Strat serves up the sought-after vintage feel through a '73 "C" shaped neck and 7.25" fretboard. Smooth and responsive, it plays like a dream! Complemented by a bullet-style truss rod nut and a neck plate with a Micro-Tilt mechanism, it offers exceptional stability and total period accuracy. Complete with a CBS seventies style large headstock with dual string trees, vintage style tremolo bridge and a genuine bone nut, the American Vintage II 1973 Strat puts unmatched quality into your hands.
Product Ref: 238904
Full Description
View Full DescriptionDirect descendant from the '70s
The American Vintage II is decorated in several period-accurate appointments to make it identical to an original. Most noticeably, there's the large headstock with dual string trees adorned with vintage-style "F" stamped tuners for an elegant appearance.
This feeds down to a bullet-style truss rod nut and a neck plate with the Micro-Tilt adjustment mechanism for complete accuracy and stability.
Classic single coil sounds
Loaded with a trio of Pure Vintage '73 single coil pickups, the unmistakable classic Stratocaster voicings are instantly available to you on the American Vintage II. Fender have tuned these to replicate seventies sonics by using period-correct materials, windings, and pole pieces.
You can expect an even, balanced response across the three pickups, with tonnes of chime and clear articulation. Thick bass notes flow from the neck position, while the bridge supplies the airy, bright cut and quack that lead players love. Selectable through a 5-way switch, you can access a broad range of dynamics to suit almost any musical genre.
A sublime playing feel
It looks classic, it feels authentic. You'll find it hard to put the American Vintage II '73 Strat down, because the original "C" shaped neck and gloss polyurethane finish slot so easily into your palm. Smooth and sleek, it'll feel wonderful to manoeuvre around the scales.
Topped by a 7.25" maple fretboard for a vintage vibe, you'll find thumb-over styles effortless, and quick chording a breeze.
Complete with premium Stratocaster appointments
Every component adds to the authenticity. The American Vintage II Stratocaster hosts a series of hardware that helps capture the essence of Fender tone and character. From its correct vintage style tuners that keep a tight grip on your strings, to its synchronised tremolo bridge with bent steel saddles, every part boasts unmatched quality.
In unison, the bridge, bone nut and vintage-style tuners deliver a pristine resonance, letting each note ring out clearly with sustain and clarity to give your playing peak definition. And what's more, these premium appointments are set into an original-style ash body for the nimble, lightweight, and comfortable Strat attack.
Hardshell case included
Suitable protection for a prized instrument. The American Vintage II includes a vintage-style hard case to keep this top-spec guitar pristine when you're on the road.
Specifications
- Product Name: Fender American Vintage II 1973 Stratocaster, Aged Natural
- Product Colour: 0110270834
- Series: American Vintage II
Body
- Body: Ash
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Body Shape: Stratocaster®
- Body Material: Ash
Neck & Fretboard
- Headstock: Large '70s Style
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Neck Shape: 1973 "C"
- Neck Construction: 3-Bolt
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 Mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood
- Position Inlays: White Pearloid Dot - 7mm
- Side Dots: White
- Number Of Frets: 21
- Truss Rod: Bullet Style
- Truss Rod Nut: Bullet Style
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 Mm)
- Nut Material: Bone
Hardware
- Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo With “Ash Tray” Bridge Cover
- Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Includes Chrome Bridge Cover
- Bridge Mounting: 6-Screw Vintage-Style
- Tremolo Block: Cold Rolled Steel
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
- Pickup Covers: Aged White
- Control Knobs: Aged White
- Switch Tip: Aged White
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Fender® “F” Stamped
- String Trees: Dual-Wing
- Strings: Fender® Usa 250r Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), Pn 0730250406
- Tremolo Arm: Screw-In
- Neck Plate: 3-Bolt “F” Stamped With Micro-Tilt™, Serialized
- Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Pure Vintage '73 Single-Coil Strat®
- Middle Pickup: Pure Vintage '73 Single-Coil Strat®
- Neck Pickup: Pure Vintage '73 Single-Coil Strat®
- Pickup Configuration: Sss
- Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
- Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle And Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
Miscellaneous
- Case: Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior)
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