1997 Fender USA California Series Stratocaster (Sunburst)

1997 Fender USA California Series Stratocaster (Sunburst)Made in the USA in 1997 as part of the very short lived "California Series". Fender advertised these as "a combined effort by our guitar makers in Corona, California, and Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. All California series are produced along the Pacific Coast Highway. First the bodies and necks are cut and shaped in Corona. Then, they're sent to Ensenada where they're sanded, painted and buffed. Final assembly is then performed in Corona using

Loaded with what appear to be the original HSH pickups (unmarked) controlled by a 5-way selector and master volume/tone knobs

First seen in the late 70's

Upper Bout - 25

There is also a volume boost for additional flexibility

Enjoy classic overdrive with the Electro-Harmonix East River Drive overdrive pedal

feels and sounds exactly like the Japanese SA models

Bone 42mm nut

knobs and pickup covers

it's loaded with a genuine Floyd Rose tremolo and unbranded (but possibly Seymour Duncan made) HS passive pickups

the E-PB-83/M-LT was their '50's reissue model Precision Bass

Incredibly cool vintage pedal with a lot more options than a Boss CE-2 or Ibanez CS-9

30" scale-length to add even more contour and power to your riffs