Fender Stratocaster 1995 MIM - Crimson Red Trans - Gold Sperzels & HSS Upgrades

Up for sale is a stunning, beautifully hot-rodded 1995 Made in Mexico (MIM) Fender Stratocaster. This guitar was built during a highly desirable era of production and features a factory-commemorative 50th Anniversary decal proudly displayed on the back of the headstock.

This Stratocaster features Fender's legendary, rare Crimson Red Transparent finish. Far from a standard solid paint job, this finish is a deep, luxurious wine-red stain applied over a beautiful factory Ash wood veneer top. The organic wood grain lines vividly pop through the translucent red coat, giving the guitar a premium, custom-shop aesthetic.

Premium upgrades:

• Tuners upgraded to a set of premium USA Sperzel Locking Tuning Machines in a striking gold finish. These are world-class tuners that make string changes a breeze and keep the guitar in rock-solid tune, while the gold hardware beautifully accents the crimson body.
• White Pearloid Pickguard
• Stealth pickup layout: all black HSS layout

Pickups:

• Bridge Humbucker (Black): High-output and aggressive. Delivers thick rock crunch, excellent mid-range punch, and handles modern high-gain distortion effortlessly.
• Middle Dual-Rail Humbucker (Black): Built in a single-coil footprint, this dual-blade pickup completely eliminates the annoying 60-cycle background hum typical of 90s Strats. It offers punchy, muscular mid-tones.
• Neck Single-Coil (Black): Retains that classic, chimey, bell-like Fender clean tone for beautiful rhythm work and bluesy leads.
• Controls: Standard 5-way blade switch with a traditional Master Volume, Tone 1, and Tone 2 3-knob setup.

Neck and fingerboard:

• Features a comfortable, fast-playing Maple neck topped with a beautiful, dark Rosewood fingerboard. The rich wood tones of the fretboard tie the entire Crimson Red and all-black stealth aesthetic together perfectly.
• Frets show minimal wear with plenty of life left.

• Cosmetics: Minor player wear (very light surface marks) consistent with a well-loved 30-year-old vintage instrument but overall very clean.
• Guitar doesn't show signs of excessive play or wear.
• Comes packaged inside a high-quality protective gig bag.