1965 Stratocaster

Colors:

STANDARD:

Blonde
Sunburst (No upcharge)

CUSTOM:

Lake Placid Blue Metallic
Ocean Tuquoise Metallic
Blue Ice Metallic
Teal Green Metallic
Sonic Blue
Firemist Gold Metallic
Charcoal Frost Metallic

Seafoam Green
Firemist Silver
Candy Apple Red Metallic
Olympic White
Dakota Red
Black
Fiesta Red

Model# Not Implemented

BODY

Wood: Alder or Ash

Lacquer: Nitrocellulose

Shape: Standard Stratocaster

Contours: Standard Moderate

Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green Celluloid or 3-Ply White ABS Plastic

Serial: Neckplate | L+5 Digits Or 6-Digits (CBS)

NECK

Wood: Maple + Skunk Stripe

Fretboard:

Brazillian or Indian Rosewood (standard)
2-Piece Maple w/no Skunk Stripe (on request)

Inlay: Plastic Pearloid Dots

Side Inlay: Plastic Pearloid Dots

Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose

Neck Profile: Standard “C”

Neck Thickness .800 - .960 (Varies)

Headstock: Standard ’54 / CBS Large Profile (12/1965-)

Nut Width: 1.650” (41.9 mm +/-)

Nut Material: Bone

Scale: 25.5"

Radius: 7.25”

#Frets: 21

Fretwire: 6230 Vintage Frets

Trussrod: Heel Adjust Single-Action

MicroTilt: No

Heel Stamps: Large Date Stamp (Ex: 2NOV65B)

HARDWARE

Bridge: 6-Screw Synchronized Tremolo

• Mount Spacing: 2-7/32 (56.4mm)

• String Spacing: 2–7/32 (56.4mm)

Saddle: Bent Steel Pat.Pend Saddles

Block: Milled Steel

Trem Arm: 10-32

Tuners: Kluson USA Split Shaft (Double Line)

String Tree: 1 x Butterfly (Plastic Spacer)

Knobs: White ABS Knobs

Neckplate: Chrome 4-Bolt “F” + Serial

Strap Buttons: Standard

ELECTRONICS

Switch: 3-Way CRL-1452 / White Tip

Wiring: Standard Selection (N/M/B)

Pots: 3 Pots

1 x CTS 250k Master Volume
2 x CTS 250k Tone (#1 for Neck #2 Middle)

Treble Bleed: Ceramic Dime 1.0mfd

Pickup Config: SSS

Neck Pickup: Grey Bobbin Staggered Pole Single-coil

Middle Pickup: Grey Bobbin Staggered Pole Single-coil

Bridge Pickup: Grey Bobbin Staggered Pole Single-coil

ACCESSORIES & INFO

CASE: Black Tolex Case with Orange Interior (Optional)

INFO:

On January 5, 1965, CBS took over. This was pivotal year for Fender. we could see many changes done trough that year already:

Fall 1964: Double Line Klusons was now standard
Mid-1964: All guitars and basses had the new Transitional Decal since mid-1965.
Late 1964 Nitrocelluloid Mint Green Pickguards was changed out to ABS White Plastic
Late 1964: Gray Fiber bobbins on pickups started to appear in, dated by hand or yellow ink stamp..
Fall 1965: Vulcaniced fiber (clay dots) was changed out to plastic pearloid dots features by fall-1965. Same for side-dots
December 1965: Headstock changed from small to large
December 1965: Also changed was neckplate, that started having the “F” stamp, Also abandoning LXXXXX serial to 6-digits starting at 100000
More moderate contours on the bodies.
Because of trade embargo, Brazilian Rosewood changed to Indian Rosewood
String tree spacer switched to nylon/plastic
CBS started to offer 2-piece Maple fretboards for custom order
Lacquering methods change to more modern. The nail holes under pickguard stopped appearing.

1965 Stratocaster

Original Specs for the bridge on this guitar is:

American Vintage Spacing

Mount Spacing: 2-7/32 (56.2mm)

String Spacing: 2-7/32 (56.2mm)

Saddles: 11.2mm wide

These will fit this guitar: (Vintage String Spacing)

FENDER ORIGINAL: 0992049000 / 0094247049

CALLAHAM: Vintage-S Bridge

KLUSON: KVTS / KVTSLH (Left handed)

ABM: 5050

GOTOH: GE101T (And Many More)

WILKINSON Year One

SADDLES:

0992091000 Pat.Pend Saddles

0992051000 “FENDER” Stamped

Gotoh: S101 (Bent Steel) S102 (Block Saddles)

Repro Cast Saddles: Allparts BP-0015-010

If you have issues with strings slipping off the frets on High or Low E, a V/N spaced bridge is to consider