- Headstock: CBS Big Headstock
- Construction: Maple with Bound Rosewood (also available in flamed maple)
- Frets: 21 Vintage Frets
- Fretboard Radius: 7.25"
- Back Profile: C
- Markers: Pearl Dot Markers
- Machineheads: 11/32" (Kluson)
- Finish: Nitrocellulose (worn)
Bound necks on Fender Stratocasters have always been incredibly rare, with only a very small handful of true Leo Fender customs from the late 1950s and nothing at all in the 1960s aside from a very short run of bound necks introduced by CBS as an (expensive) option in the 1966 condensed Fender catalogue. It isn't believed that many were made and even fewer are still around to this day.
With a definite Jazzmaster vibe about it, bound necks are beyond a doubt, the absolute crème de la crème of Stratocaster necks, and a real shame that more of them haven't been available until now.
Based upon those almost mythical-like CBS bound Stratocaster necks: exactly the same specifications as the normal rosewood, big-headed CBS Stratocaster neck offered by Fender at the time but with that added fingerboard binding, we are very pleased to be able to offer this very rare vintage option to the general public here. This would make a truly unique relic guitar project, carefully and tastefully aged to your requirements, people will be hard-pressed to tell if it is an original forty+ year old neck..!
