American Vintage ’57 Reissue

Model#  10-0908 (Maple Neck)

Model#  10-0907 (Gold Colored Ltd Edition with Gold Hardware)

BODY

Wood: Alder

Lacquer:  Nitrocellulose (Polyester Base Coat)

Shape: Standard Stratocaster

Contours: Deep ’57 Style

Pickguard: 1-Ply White

Pickup Routing: SSS

Serial: Neckplate / V+6 digits

NECK

Wood: Maple

Fretboard: Maple

Fret Markers: Black Dots 

Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose

Neck Profile: ’57 Soft-V

Neck Depht .810 - .870 

Headstock: Standard Small

Nut Width: 1.630 (41.3 mm +/-) 

Nut Material: Bone

Scale: 25.5"

Radius: 7.25”

#Frets: 21

Fretwire: 6230 Vintage Frets

Trussrod: Single Action Heel Adjust

MicroTilt: No

Neck Stamp: Penciled Date

HARDWARE 

Bridge: 6-Screw Synchronised Tremolo (Sometimes 101 Gotoh)

• Mount Spacing: 2-7/32 (56.4mm)

• String Spacing: 2–7/32 (56.4mm)

Saddles: Bent Steel Saddles (Fender/Fender same Directtion)

Block: Milled Steel Block

Trem Arm: 10-32

Tuners: Gotoh Split Shaft Vintage Klusons

String Tree: Butterfly 

Knobs: Standard White

Neckplate: 4-Bolt Blank + Serial 

Strap Buttons: Standard 

ELECTRONICS

Switch: 3-Way CRL / White Tip (5-Way Switch Included in case)

Wiring: Standard Selection (N/NM/M/MB/B) 

Pots: 3 Pots

• 1 x CTS 250k Master Volume
• 2x CTS 250k Tone (1: Neck / 2: Middle)

Capacitor: Orange Drop 022uf

Pickup Config: SSS

Neck Pickup: Vintage Pickups (Non Bevel, Staggered) 

Middle Pickup: Vintage Pickups (Non Bevel, Staggered) 

Bridge Pickup:  Vintage Pickups (Non Bevel, Staggered) 

CASE: Tweed Case

Colors:

STANDARD:

2-Tone Sunburst (503) (1984-)

Black (506) (1984-)

Lake Placid Blue (502) (1984-)

Candy Apple Red (509) (1984-)

Fiesta Red (540) (1984-)

Vintage White (541) (1984-)

LIMITED EDITION:

Gold (501) Gold Hardware (1983)

INFO:

First Vintage reissue released by Fender. One of the last projects Freddie Tavarez contributed on before he retired.

Early models often comes with grey or red bobbins as well as the more common black fibre bobbins.

Notable Players: David Gilmour used his Candy Apple Red 57 Reissue on both Division Bell and Delicate Sound Of Thunder tours equipped with EMG pickups.

Several of the early 1982 guitars tremolo units are supplied with a tremolo plate from Gotoh (These are stamped with a “101” underneath) As this guitar was the first model to see the original tremolo again since 1971, Fender had Gotoh to supply them a batch as they most likely  did not have a sufficient stock to meet  demands.. The  tremolo plates are one part not manufactured by Fender as they need chrome plating.