2022 Fender Traditional ‘70s Stratocaster Natural Ash Near-Mint, Japan MIJ

Up for sale, a 2022 Fender Traditional ‘70s Stratocaster in showroom-clean, 100% original condition and in perfect working order. This “Made in Japan” Strat is uncommon outside its country of origin, featuring vintage-correct touches including a large headstock with bullet truss rod adjustment, three-bolt “F” neck plate, and die-cast block saddles.

Tonewoods include an ash body and one-piece maple neck, and this guitar has a resonant, cutting acoustic profile, faithfully captured by the trio of "Vintage-Style" single coil pickups. The bridge pickup is snappy with a rich upper midrange bite, the neck pickup has a round, woody quality, and there’s a hollow spank at the in-between positions on the five-way pickup selector switch. This Strat weighs 8lbs 9oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Maple
• Shape: U (medium depth), measuring .840” 1st fret, .910” 12th fret
• Fretboard: Maple, 9 1/2” radius
• Frets: Slender, pristine
• Scale Length: 25 1/2"
• Nut: 1 ⅝”, bone
• Tuners: F-stamped
• Serialization: “Made in Japan,” JD22-prefix

Body Specs:

• Wood: Ash
• Pickups: Vintage-Style single coil x3
• Controls: Volume, Tone x2, Five-way pickup selector
• Hardware: Synchronized Tremolo with die-cast block saddles, jack cup
• Plastics: Three-ply eggshell pickguard, knobs/pickup covers

There are just a couple tiny marks on the gloss Natural-finished body, and gloss on the neck profile is flawless.

A padded gigbag is included.