Fender introduces revamped Vintage Hot Rod series. Fender Vintage Hot Rod ’60s Stratocaster premium features include an alder body; maple neck with mid-’60s “C”-shaped profile, vintage-style heel-end truss rod adjustment, and satin back finish; and a compound-radius (7.25”-12”) rosewood fingerboard with 21 6105 frets, oversize white pearloid dot inlays and a bone nut. Singing tone comes from American Vintage single-coil ’59 Stratocaster (neck), ’65 gray-bottom Stratocaster (middle) and single-coil ’56 Stratocaster (bridge) pickups.

Fender Vintage Hot Rod 60s Stratocaster Olympic White

Fender Vintage Hot Rod 60s Stratocaster 3 Tone Sunburst

Fender’s Vintage Hot Rod ’60s Stratocaster gives you the best Strat tone, style and performance of both eras — authentically vintage-style design touches straight from the 1960s and hot-rodded modern mods ideal for today’s players.

Fender Vintage Hot Rod 60’s Stratocaster features:

  • Series: Vintage Hot Rod
  • Body Material: Alder
  • Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Body Shape: Stratocaster®
  • Neck Material: Maple
  • Neck Shape: Mid ’60s “C”
  • Scale Length: 25.5″ (64.8 cm)
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood
  • Number of Frets: 21
  • Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo
  • String Nut: Bone
  • Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
  • Position Inlays: Oversized White Pearloid Dots
  • Bridge Pickup: American Vintage ’56 Single-Coil Strat
  • Middle Pickup: American Vintage ’65 Grey Bottom Single-Coil Strat
  • Neck Pickup: American Vintage ’59 Single-Coil Strat
  • Controls: Master Volume (with S-1™ Switch), Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
  • Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
  • Pickup Configuration: SSS
  • Special Electronics: S-1™ Switch Adds Bridge Pickup Into Positions 3, 4 and 5
  • Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Vintage-Style Stamped Steel Saddles
  • Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
  • Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Locking
  • Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell
  • Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic
  • Colors: Olympic White, 3-Tone Sunburst

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