1959 Fender Stratocaster - Sunburst

Serial number 43228

The 1959 Strat pictured is finished in the classic two-color sunburst, even though red was added in 1958. Otherwise it has the typical features associated with that year.  These include: a maple neck with a separate “slab “rosewood fingerboard, clay dot inlays, and a small headstock with a “spaghetti” Fender logo decal.  It has a greenish Nitrate 3-ply pickguard which replaced the one ply white guard that year.