Is there a difference in the body styles in a '57, '59, and '62 Stratocaster other than the head mounted or butt mounted truss rod placements?

I'm looking for a vintage reissue and want a rosewood neck like the American
'62 but the body looks different than my 50's Mexican reissue.

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Josh Cook

i know actual 50's bodies differ from 60's but dunno if they recreate that on the reissues or not. i saw a pic of the contours from different years once.

I believe that they do try to recreate that, especially for the Time Machines coming out of the Custom Shop.

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My other guitar is a Strat.

The vintage bodies were all created by hand, using manually-controlled power tools. Thus, there were variances between them -- even among those within the same production run of a given year. The only true dimensional difference by official spec between the '50s and '60s bodies was, the latter (from mid-59 onward) had a "shoulder" within the control cavity to accommodate a pickguard screw for the then-new 11-screw 3-ply pickguard. The 8-screw pickguard for the earlier guitars did not require this extra purchase point.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Are you saying you want to put a 60's style or more modern neck on a 50's spec body? If you are, then you will have no problem. All Fender Strat neck pockets are made to the same dimensions.

The tummy cut gets smaller which each decade with 50s being the widest. At that time they also removed more wood at the arm rest, the end of a 50s guitar is more tapered. But as pointed out earlier, quality check in the 50s wasnt what it is today (good or bad?), consequently no two were exactly alike. I guess in a sense all Strats where custom shop back then.

Exactly, what he said.

I guess a picture really is 1000 words.