FENDER 25TH ANNIVERSARY STRATOCASTER (U.S. MFG.) Description
- alder body, black pickguard, black Anniversary logo on bass bout, 21-fret maple fingerboard with black dot inlay, Sperzel tuners, four-bolt neckplate with "1954 - 1979 25th Anniversary" logo, standard vibrato, three single coil pickups, three knobs (v, two tone), five-position switch, chrome hardware, available in Metallic Silver finish, mfg. 1979-1980.
Approximately 10,000 of these instruments were produced. List price included a hardshell case. Anniversary Stratocaster 6-digit serial numbers begin with a 25. Early models (estimated to be around 500) of this series were finished in a Pearl White finish, which checked and cracked very badly. Most models were returned to the factory to be refinished. Values for this model are based on the finish and amount of fading/cracking that has occurred. The value between a faded silver model that looks gold to a truly unfaded silver model can range significantly.