Fender ST57-58US Strat, heavily yellowed sonic blue, crafted in Japan 1999-02. "Looks more like surf green to me"... that phrase has become somewhat of a joke around here, but I assure you: this was once blue, and it's faded and yellowed to this glorious swampy green. I'm not sure exactly the backstory of this guitar, but it's had plenty of play and likely seen plenty of the sun one way or another. Faded and yellowed sonic blue has more depth and variation to it than a freshly painted surf green, and paired with the glorious golden maple board and aged plastics, this thing looks unreal. The pickups are great too: it has a fat, plonky bass that hits quick with a juicy round fundamental, paired with a shimmering top end creamy, airy midrange. It's great for all that Jimi style stuff, it has a certain smoothness and eloquence to it. The neck isn't slim, being a fifties rounded D style shape, but it's not super chunky either, and it's been rubbed to a satin finish and feels super slick to slide around on. Strats that look this good don't generally sit around here for a long time, so hey: faff not, friend.

Model: Fender Stratocaster ST57-58US
Made: Japan, 1999-2002, Dyna Gakki factory
Serial: P052311
Finish: sonic blue, gloss poly (heavily yellowed)
Body: basswood
Neck: maple, maple fretboard, 2.5" scale, 7.25" radius, 50s D shape
Weight: 3.500kg
Mods: neck finish rubbed back to satin
Pickups: Fender USA ST-Vintage single coil x3
Accessories: basic gig bag

Cosmetic condition notes: minor finish wear. The headstock has a couple of small dimples on the back. The neck has been rubbed back to a satin finish, and there's some uneven colour on the sides of the neck near the pocket, a couple of dimples on the back and some minor edge wear on the treble side near the nut. The back has a decent chip approx 3cm across in the bottom corner, a bunch of small dents and dimples around the whole body, scuffs along the belly carve, elbow area and back edge and uneven fading on the finish. The back cover is missing. The sides have minor scuffs and dimples around the whole body, as well as some dents near the jack. The front has a decent scratch behind the bridge, dimples around the jack, top horn, elbow area and bridge, uneven fading and some scuffs around the body and some play wear on the guard and horns.
Overall: good condition (7/10)

Playing condition notes: Action is low, neck is straight, intonation is good, truss rod works. All electronics tested and working properly. Wearing fresh 10/46 strings.
Fret life: 7/10, minor wear only and playing evenly