Fender ST-551EX Stratocaster

Summary: This mid 80s Fender ST-551EX MIJ Stratocaster has the modern appointments of the era of long hair, don’t care, full stacks and whammy bar attacks. Scalloped frets for full shredding and articulation, coupled with a humbucker for all your crunchy needs.

Body: Alder in a Cream Pearl finish.

Neck: Maple with a Rosewood fingerboard, 25.5” scale length,1.68” nut width, 22 frets, pearl dot inlays.

Pickups/Hardware: Seymour Duncan humbucker pickup, black Fender Japan tuning keys, Washburn tremolo bridge, one black knob.

Cosmetics: This guitar is in good shape. It has light surface scratches and small indentations on the body. The back of the neck is clean, and the frets show minimal wear. It has a scalloped fretboard from the 12th fret down. A locking nut was used, and then removed, and a non-original string tree is in place.The back has buckle rash and a few indentations. Overall, this guitar plays very well and sounds fantastic.

Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has inspected, setup, and restrung this instrument with a new set of strings. The neck is straight, the truss rod is fully functional, and the action has been setup low and comfortable. The frets are in great shape with no major grooves or divots from use and it plays beautifully up and down the fretboard with no dead spots or choking out.

Weight:  7.5 lbs.

Case: This guitar ships without a case, but will be professionally packaged, and fully insured.