Fender Stratocaster

Please read all of the information that I have outlined here thoroughly as there is a lot of information that is included on this particular guitar.

This is a Fullerton Made 1982 '57 Reissue Stratocaster that I purchased that was not exactly as advertised by the seller, my mistake. The original sales receipt indicates that the guitar was purchased on 2-24-1983. The guitar was on a layaway type of payment plan and the receipts that were included with the guitar are very faded out and hard to read, and I have to take my magnifying glass to properly read the information that is on them. It will be very hard to see the information from the scans, but I can assure you that it is there, and the guitar was originally purchased from a store in Aurora Colorado. The serial number on the neck plate is V019287, and that is also the serial number that is on the sales receipt from 2-24-1983. The pencil date information on the neck end I believe is, 8-16-82, and the potentiometer date codes are 1378226 - indicating (CTS) 137 (1982) 82 (26th Week) 26
The guitar also includes the "Instruction Manual" that came with the guitar. Please look at all the pics provided and you can see everything that I have outlined in this description. When I received the guitar the neck frets were so worn that the guitar was in a unplayable state. I had the guitar sent to The Music Gallery in Highland Park, IL for an assessment. It turned out that the neck fret board needed a level, and it needed a complete re-fret. The necessary repairs were made, and I will include all the paperwork from that as well, I also had them install a new bone nut. The fret board was re-sprayed with nitro to maintain the original look and feel of the neck, and vintage fret wire was installed as well. I also had them do a "Plek" on the guitar. I also had them "block" down the tremolo to the body, as I do not use tremolo. As you can see from the scans of the receipt, this work alone was $512.96 Another aspect of the guitar that I was not aware of was the original owner had scribed his name on the neck plate, and the back of the guitar right under the tremolo spring cover. At some time the name was unsuccessfully removed from those two places, If it were me I would have just left it alone. Since I had to remove the strings from the guitar for the pics, no strings will be put back on, and you can make the choice of what you prefer to restring with. It also appears that the bridge pickup cavity has had some work, but I cannot verify that it is factory or not. Again, please look closely at all the pics and scans. The back of the neck has a couple of what appear to be burn spots that are visible, but other than seeing them, cannot be felt at all, not even a little bit . These apparent "burn" looking spots are actually from the guitar being placed into a music stand and the nitro paint reacting to the material from the stand. The guitar has a soft "V" type of neck as is very comfortable. The guitar is now in beautiful playing shape, and sounds wonderful. I think I have mentioned everything I can think of with the guitar, but please ask any questions that you might have. The guitar does not include the original tweed case, or a tremolo bar, and it will come in an older Fender molded case. The guitar will be packed very well for shipping in the Fender case as described earlier, and placed in a Fender shipping box. The guitar itself weighs in at 7.5 Lbs on my trusty bathroom scale, total shipping weight is 21 lbs boxed up. Shipping will be determined by using the shipping calculator, and the guitar must be fully insured, adult signature required, for the sale price.

                                                                                       THE FINE PRINT 

                                         Shipping is to be determined by your zip code and using the shipping calculator.

                                          Shipping is to a CONFIRMED UNITED STATES PAYPAL ADDRESS ONLY

                                                       I will require payment immediately upon completion of auction.

                                                               Payment options are as follows: PAYPAL ONLY.

                                                                                      ALL SALES ARE FINAL.