Fender American Vintage II 1961 Stratocaster Electric Guitar | Demo and Overview with Tim Stewart 

Hopefully this is a sign that they’re coming back in stock!

A review of this Strat that I was looking for: no blues, no tamed/too polite sounds, just full blown rock n roll to let you hear what this axe sounds like when driven to extremes - Big THX 🙏

It needs to be mentioned, since Fender isn't talking about it: there is a polyurethane undercoat below the nitro, just like all the other American Strats. So the nitro is basically a veneer. It will wear, but not down to the wood like a vintage guitar. There will be a plastic see-through coating over the wood etc.

I like this guitar is because Mark Knopfler ❤ the sound are just beautiful

Great sound. Very good tasteful player also.

Amazing guitar for sure!

This is an awesome demo.

Mine needed a major setup. It sounds great, but for the price I wish it came setup better.

I played this guitar and its really nice. I am debating between this guitar and the PRS Silver Sky which is suppose to be similar to a 1963 Strat.

That's how you play the guitar on the RU-vid!

Va a ser mi guitarra porque se me quedó pegada cuando la probé en un fender princeton reverb de los nuevos no a Valvulas , que van muy bien . Realmente el conjunto sonaba musicalmente inspirador , espero que suene también muy bien en mi Princeton Reberb original de 1964 de mi propiedad , estoy muy seguro de ello . Es una delicia de guitarra , me sentí muy cómodo con la medida del mástil , de los trastes , con el balance y con su audio que es inspirador . Aunque el color es lo de menos y todo aquello que le da un valor superior a otras estratos que poseo también .Su balance , el sonido , la comodidad , su facilidad para tocar en el mástil la hacen mi mejor guitarra . Por cierto dato curioso que puedo apoyar de esta guitarra , en el cuerpo la base del mástil se define como fecha de fabricación 2026 . Viene del futuro ? 😄, Hay códigos kR , marcas de pase de área de fabricación y una fecha del futuro . Bastante extraño y curioso . Que habrá pasado ahí ? Creo que esto la hace original y le da valor . Pero su valor está en lo musical totalmente. Saludos amigos 🎸😄👍🏽

The switch tip falls off on mine as well

Can't afford this model BUT would it be a good move or foolish move to put the Pure vintage 61 pickups into the Vintera II 60s strat? I don't know that the difference in pickups is worth the cost but I sure like the way it sounds.

I have a comparably cheap 'mim' strat from 2016. For like a year i was looking at the 61 AV II series as i fell in love with their looks (FRD and OWT) and i wanted to get an upgrade for my 'cheap' strat. A month ago i went to the store and totally wanted to buy one of these models. Actually i was quite disappointed. They neither played better nor sounded better than my 599€ mim strat (of course that is my personal perception). After that i tried a Vintera II 60s Telecaster as i don't own a tele (yet ;)). Nope. Not impressed either and they also had a bad setup... i thought that maybe the horrible action was the retailers fault? But i also came across some reviews that criticised the bad setup and quality control. So maybe a quality control issue at fender? So i never thought i'd buy a signature model and pay extra bucks for the name, but i ended up bonding with a PRS Fiore (i actually did not even hear of Mark Lettieri before). Absolutely beautiful guitar. For me it does almost everything better than the fender. Many more sound options with the push/pull knobs and the wiring, locking tuners, i like the fatter neck, cable positioning (not in the way of my trem arm), the trem arm is smoother, i love the HSS setup and how the pickups sound. The only thing missing for perfection would be a rosewood or ebony fretboard option. Absolutely not (!) saying everyone should get a prs over a fender. Its just that i'd recommend to go to the store and play them instead of buying based on looks, 'vintage' myth and super cool edited videos of guys sitting in front of an amp wall while playing like young gods. I almost made the mistake of ordering one blindly based on specs, looks and youtube demos. I also thought 'they have to be good for that amount of money, right?' Glad they weren't in stock and i did not order blindly!

First comment, and first to say I can't wait to get my hands on one of these.

AO 60s 9.5 neck, AVii 7.25 neck, which do u prefer?

Sweet Strat! What fuzz are you using?

What’s not to like fiesta red nitro….revoiced 61 pickupsthink garymoore …

Can anyone tell me is this is a good guitar for beginners guitar?

Now we're paying near Custom Shop $ for American production strats.

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Liberals complaining about price. Get a job

It's a shame that Fender puts the Fender logo on the headstock of this guitar with a sticker and that for a guitar of more than two thousand euros or dollars!

7.25 radius killed this run of guitars. They need to stop putting out a neck that maybe 5-10% of people want unless they’re going to offer the guitar in a 9.5 radius at the same time.

I just bought a lefty and flipped it righty and put a Tusq right handed nut on it. True vintage Hendrix vibes.

Why do they use this guy? Hes not very good.

When I see someone moving their head so unnaturally like this and which is so uncool, I shut the video off immediately.

Strats don't do well with overdrive unless you're Hendrix or SRV.