The American Vintage series introduces an all-new lineup of original-era model year guitars that bring Fender history and
heritage to authentic and exciting new life. With key features and pivotal design elements spanning the mid-1950s to the mid1960s, new American Vintage series instruments delve deep into Fender's roots—expertly preserving an innovative U.S. guitarmaking legacy and vividly demonstrating like never before that Fender not only knows where it's going, but also remembers
where it came from.
Fender® | Electric Guitars
Pure Vintage
The American Vintage Series has long presented some of Fender's best selling guitars (their early-'80s introduction, in fact, was
one of the first signs that Fender was "back" as the CBS era ended). Today, Fender has boldly cleared the slate to make way for
a fresh American Vintage series with new features, new specs and the most meticulous level of vintage accuracy yet. Rather
than just replacing the previous models with different ones, we've completely and comprehensively re-imagined the entire
vintage-reissue concept—restoring original tooling dies, voicing new pickups, reformulating vintage colors and more—based on
actual vintage guitars we tracked down to make sure we had it right. We did the work, and it shows, because there's pure tonal
magic in each new American Vintage instrument.
American Vintage '56 Stratocaster®
Shell Pink
The American Vintage '56 Stratocaster® takes you straight back to mid-1956,
when the model was still new and when what is quite possibly the most prized
and popular neck ever affixed to the instrument first appeared—a thick onepiece maple neck with a soft "V" shape and comfortably rounded edges. Such
meticulous authenticity even extends to the single-ply white pickguard with
eight holes, lightweight alder body (ash on white blonde) with deep contours,
and vintage-accurate pickups, bridge saddles, tuner spacing and more.
PART #
DESCRIPTION
0111502801
0111502803
01
03
06
56
0111502806
0111502856
American Vintage '56 Stratocaster®, Maple Fingerboard, Aged
White Blonde
American Vintage '56 Stratocaster®, Maple Fingerboard, 2-Color
Sunburst
American Vintage '56 Stratocaster®, Maple Fingerboard, Black
American Vintage '56 Stratocaster®, Maple Fingerboard, Shell
Pink
American Vintage '56 Stratocaster® Left-Handed
The left-handed American Vintage '56 Stratocaster® takes you straight back
to mid-1956, when the model was still new and when what is quite possibly the
most prized and popular neck ever affixed to the instrument first appeared—a
thick one-piece maple neck with a soft "V" shape. Such meticulous authenticity
even extends to the single-ply white pickguard with eight holes, lightweight
alder body (ash on white blonde) with deep contours, and vintage-accurate
pickups, bridge saddles, tuner spacing and more.
PART #
DESCRIPTION
2-Color Sunburst
0111522803
American Vintage '56 Stratocaster® Left-Handed, Maple
Fingerboard, 2-Color Sunburst
03
Sherwood Green Metallic
The American Vintage '59 Stratocaster® presents two versions of that year's
pivotal transitional model; one from early 1959 and one from later 1959. Both
have the slim-profile C-shaped maple neck of that year, with the earlier version
featuring a maple fingerboard, faded 3-color Sunburst finish and single-ply white
pickguard with eight holes; the later version featuring a dark rosewood slab
fingerboard and three-ply mint green pickguard with 10 holes and vintage-style
edge bevels. Both also feature a lightweight alder body, aged plastic knobs and
vintage-accurate pickups, bridge saddles, tuner spacing and more.
PART #
DESCRIPTION
0111600800
06
46
0111600806
0111600846
0111602800
21
00
American Vintage '59 Stratocaster®, Slab