A Near Mint 1965 L Series Stratocaster.

This near mint 1965 Stratocaster weighs 7.80 lbs. and has a nut width of just 1 5/8 inches, a medium neck profile, and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. One-piece alder body, contoured on back and lower bass bout, maple neck, and veneer rosewood fretboard with 21 medium frets and pearloid dot position markers. Small headstock with "transition" logo. Three white plastic-covered staggered-height pole pickups with nicely balanced outputs of 4.67k, 4.72k, and 4.77k. Three-layer white plastic pickguard with eleven screws. Six-pivot bridge unit with through-body stringing. The end of the neck is stamped "2 OCT 65B". The guitar has been expertly re-fretted with the exact factory specification fretwire. The body has a few very minor indentations on the back and the edges, and the back of the neck has some varnish loss. Overall this amazingly clean example is in near mint (9.25) condition and other than the refret is totally original and nearly as fresh and clean as when it left the factory forty-five years ago. Housed in it's original Fender black hardshell case with black leather ends and dark orange plush lining (9.00).