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Post subject: Strat 59
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:09 am
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Hello, except rosewood neck, she difference between a 57 and a 59 Strat?
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Post subject: Re: Strat 59
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:06 am
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57's have a maple v neck late 59's have a rosewood c neck. early 59's have maple and a maple v as i understand.


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Post subject: Re: Strat 59
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:15 am
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'59 Strat ...

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'59 Strat ...

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1959 was a major transition year.


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Post subject: Re: Strat 59
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:29 am
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A few rosewood-neck '59s were shipped with single-ply guards.

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The switch to the 10-hole 3-layer design occured at the fall of that year.


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Post subject: Re: Strat 59
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:01 am
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My reissue from the Custom Shop looks exactly like the later '59 posted by stratmangler:
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I has a slab rosewood board and a large C neck.

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Post subject: Re: Strat 59
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:41 am
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chromeface wrote:
A few rosewood-neck '59s were shipped with single-ply guards.

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The switch to the 11-hole 3-layer design occured at the fall of that year.


Late 59 Strats had 10 hole pick guards

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Post subject: Re: Strat 59
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:28 am
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Thank you friends, I plan to build a 59 Strat rosewood.
except the neck, Other differences?

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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:54 pm
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10 screw pickguards were rare beasts back in 1959 (9 screw versions too).

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