Description
The Fender Vintera III Late '50s Stratocaster Maple in Dakota Red is for the player who wants true late '50s Strat tone and feel, but with a bold custom color look that stands out. If you love classic rock, blues, surf, or early pop tones, this one delivers that unmistakable snap and clarity with serious visual attitude. It keeps everything that made the late '50s Strats legendary, just dressed in a finish that turns heads under stage lights.
Built with an alder body and a 1-piece maple neck, this Strat has the punch and articulation you expect from the era. The Late '50s D neck profile feels substantial but comfortable, and the 7.25 inch radius maple fingerboard with 21 vintage tall frets gives you that round, traditional playing surface. The trio of Vintage-Style Late '50s single-coil Strat pickups bring out the bright top end, tight low end, and glassy in-between tones that define an SSS Strat. The 6-saddle vintage-style synchronized tremolo with bent steel saddles keeps the response authentic while still offering dependable intonation.
Vintage-style tuning machines, a bone nut, and a 4-bolt vintage-style neck plate keep everything rooted in the period. The 25.5 inch scale length gives you the snap and string tension that makes a Strat feel alive, and the 1.650 inch nut width keeps the neck comfortable whether you are chording or digging into leads. We like this one because it captures that late '50s voice without the maintenance or price of a true vintage piece. It is a working player's Strat with real character.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Stratocaster
- Body Material: Alder
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyester
- Color: Dakota Red
- Neck Material: 1-Piece Maple
- Neck Profile: Late '50s D
- Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25 inches, 184.1mm
- Nut Width: 1.650 inches, 42mm
- Scale Length: 25.5 inches, 648mm
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Vintage Tall
- Nut: Bone
- Inlays: Black Dot
- Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles
- Bridge Mounting: 6-Screw Vintage-Style
- Tuners: Vintage-Style
- Hardware Finish: Nickel, Chrome
- Pickguard: 1-Ply White
- Pickup Covers: Parchment
- Control Knobs: Parchment Plastic
- Switch Tip: Parchment
- Bridge Pickup: Vintage-Style Late '50s Single-Coil Strat
- Middle Pickup: Vintage-Style Late '50s Single-Coil Strat
- Neck Pickup: Vintage-Style Late '50s Single-Coil Strat
- Pickup Configuration: SSS
- Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1 Neck and Middle, Tone 2 Bridge
- Switching: 5-Position Blade
- Case: Deluxe Gig Bag
Sku: 0149142354
Built with an alder body and a 1-piece maple neck, this Strat has the punch and articulation you expect from the era. The Late '50s D neck profile feels substantial but comfortable, and the 7.25 inch radius maple fingerboard with 21 vintage tall frets gives you that round, traditional playing surface. The trio of Vintage-Style Late '50s single-coil Strat pickups bring out the bright top end, tight low end, and glassy in-between tones that define an SSS Strat. The 6-saddle vintage-style synchronized tremolo with bent steel saddles keeps the response authentic while still offering dependable intonation.
Vintage-style tuning machines, a bone nut, and a 4-bolt vintage-style neck plate keep everything rooted in the period. The 25.5 inch scale length gives you the snap and string tension that makes a Strat feel alive, and the 1.650 inch nut width keeps the neck comfortable whether you are chording or digging into leads. We like this one because it captures that late '50s voice without the maintenance or price of a true vintage piece. It is a working player's Strat with real character.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Stratocaster
- Body Material: Alder
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyester
- Color: Dakota Red
- Neck Material: 1-Piece Maple
- Neck Profile: Late '50s D
- Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25 inches, 184.1mm
- Nut Width: 1.650 inches, 42mm
- Scale Length: 25.5 inches, 648mm
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Vintage Tall
- Nut: Bone
- Inlays: Black Dot
- Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles
- Bridge Mounting: 6-Screw Vintage-Style
- Tuners: Vintage-Style
- Hardware Finish: Nickel, Chrome
- Pickguard: 1-Ply White
- Pickup Covers: Parchment
- Control Knobs: Parchment Plastic
- Switch Tip: Parchment
- Bridge Pickup: Vintage-Style Late '50s Single-Coil Strat
- Middle Pickup: Vintage-Style Late '50s Single-Coil Strat
- Neck Pickup: Vintage-Style Late '50s Single-Coil Strat
- Pickup Configuration: SSS
- Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1 Neck and Middle, Tone 2 Bridge
- Switching: 5-Position Blade
- Case: Deluxe Gig Bag
Sku: 0149142354
