What years did Fender alter/change the body shape of the Stratocaster since it's birth? I am particularly interested in the body changes between the late 60's through early 80's.

Thank you,

Todd

Wow thats a lot of body shapes. I had no idea.

That is quite a few changes! How about just between 72 and 79?

Thank you, again,

Todd

Love the contour on that 60's partscaster. It looks awesome!
I remember seeing those photos a while back and thinking the same thing. I wish the current American Standards had a more classic contour.

We've gone through this elsewhere,recently, and the response from the company revealed that had to do with the labor/management/production line issues of the CBS era wherein a minimum number of bodies per hour [150] had to be done per finisher. They had no more that two minutes per blank at their disposal. Hence the attention to detail with respect the the so-called classic soft rounded contours of the '50's era guitars were lost due to expediency.

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