• Model: Stratocaster
• Manufacturer: Fender
• Year: 1979
• Finish: Natural (ambered ash)
• Body: Ash
• Neck: Maple with skunk stripe
• Fingerboard: Maple with black dot inlays
• Pickups: Three single-coil
• Controls: Master Volume, 2 × Tone
• Bridge: 2-point tremolo (replacement plate) with aftermarket block-style saddles
• Tuners: Fender “F”-stamped Kluson-style, chrome
• Pickguard: Black
• Case: New Fender tolex aftermarket hardcase
• Country: USA
• Modifications: Newer 2-point tremolo on replacement bridge plate; aftermarket bridge saddles; tone pot changed; Fender “F”-stamped Kluson-style tuners; new Fender tolex aftermarket hardcase (not original)

A proper late-’70s natural ash Strat — one of those guitars that just looks right the second you lift it out of the case. The ash body has taken on that warm, honeyed ambering these USA examples get with age, set off by the maple fretboard and black pickguard. It’s the classic natural-and-maple combination, with a bit of period wear that tells you it has been played and enjoyed rather than kept under glass.

It has the familiar three single-coil layout, and the practical updates are all sensible ones: a newer 2-point tremolo on a replacement bridge plate, aftermarket saddles, a changed tone pot and Fender “F”-stamped Kluson-style tuners. Together they make for a guitar set up to be played and gigged, with that bright, springy, slightly woody Strat voice a late-’70s ash body seems to give you.

It arrives in a new Fender tolex aftermarket hardcase, ready to travel. All the character and looks of a 1979 USA Stratocaster, with a few practical touches that make it easy to pick up and enjoy straight away.

Excellent. Pleasing ambering with light lacquer wear and small edge marks for a late-’70s example, presenting very well in the photos. Please study the photos closely, as they form part of the description, and feel free to ask for any additional images or a video.

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