The change to the CBS headstock was made in 1966.

So, I originally hatched a plan to sell my '86 Fender Jaguar MIJ '66 reissue and buy a Road Worn '60s Strat. That was a few days ago.

Yesterday, I stepped into Blackrider Vintage Guitars in Lexington (awesome shop; they had a '70s Epi Wilshire that was modded to hell and back for $300 or so bucks and a weird old National Town & Country for $#1100) and the first thing I see when I walk in hanging up on the wall was this old sunburst Stratocaster.

To make a long story shorter, I traded my '86 Jag for an '87 Stratocaster '67 Reissue with a maple capped fretboard (the serial number had been removed by someone with a can of WD-40 I assume during its life; I removed the body and neck, though, and in the neck pocket and on the neck there were markings that read something like STB-67 and pencil date of ?-27-87). This guitar has been broken in and beat up through the years and it plays amazing. The neck has a very slim and thin profile and I don't think I've ever played on a guitar that has allowed me to fret notes and play lead riffs so fast. The pickups are the only thing not original; they're Custom Shop '69 Strat pickups which are very, very well suited to this the guitar. I love the tone; these pickups ring out with amazing clarity.

Apparently, these '67 Reissues with maple fretboards are about as rare here as an actual '67 Strat with a maple fretboard.

Anyway, this is my new main guitar. I really can't fault it for anything, except maybe the pickguard (I sort of don't care for 1-ply guards). I don't know why, but it seems that some of the other '67 MIJ Reissues I've seen have a 1-ply guard instead of the period correct 3-ply one.