CIRCA 1959 AND 196OS, FENDER COMPOSITE STRATOCASTER

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CIRCA 1959 AND 196Os, FENDER COMPOSITE STRATOCASTER
The headstock bearing the logo Fender/STRATOCASTER/WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO/ORIGINAL/Contour/Body, neckplate engraved 44218, the body in later black finish fitted with three single-coil pickups, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard with 'clay' dot inlays; and re-issue tweed hardshell case with adhesive tape inscribed by Lee Dickson '59-'60 R.Wood/Fender-Strat-Black #44218

This is one of the few Strats. in Eric Clapton's collection with a neck variation i.e. rosewood, rather than maple. It's a composite guitar. (2)

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Lot Essay

LD: I made this guitar up, from a body we had, and the neck of another Strat. a fan had given Eric. It's a very nice guitar, it plays really well. Sounds great...however ...Eric doesn't like a rosewood neck...

KK: That's interesting ...so rosewood doesn't work?

EC: Not for me. It does feel different... Maple's fine...maybe it's an illusion, but it feels softer. Rosewood's a hard wood..

LD: Also this neck has a different profile to what Eric's used to. It's more of a C-profile as opposed to a B, but it's a lovely player.

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