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This 1983 Fender 62 Strat Reissue is one of the earliest AVRI produced by Fender. It began in 1981, when two of Fender’s executives – president Bill Schultz and V.P. Roger Balmer – decided that they’d had enough of hearing of the glory days of the pre-CBS era. Their first step was to bring in Dan Smith from Yamaha and make him head of Fender’s guitar division. Smith knew of the high regard players had of the pre-CBS Fenders, and their even lower regard for the ’70s equivalents. Smith, Schultz, and Balmer consulted with some of the key employees of the pre-CBS Fender era, including designer Freddie Tavares, pickup winder Gail Paz, and final assembly inspector Gloria Fuentes, each of whom had over 20 years experience at Fender. And John Page was also brought in; he would later lead Fender’s renowned Custom Shop.
The initial goal wasn’t so much to make an obvious reissue line, but to make Strats and Teles that were closer to their original specs.
“The new management team planned for Fender, in effect, to copy itself by re-creating the ’50s and ’60s guitars that were responsible for what remained of Fender’s reputation,” said Bacon. “That’s where the Vintage Reissue series came in.”
The most well-known reissues were the ’52 Telecasters and ’57 Stratocasters, each of which had one-ply pickguards and maple necks. The complete Fender reissue line also included a 1962 version of the Strat, with a rosewood fretboard and three-ply pickguard, a maple-necked ’57 Precision Bass, a ’62 P-Bass with a rosewood fretboard, and a ’62 Jazz Bass.
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Designed after the 1962 version of the Stratocaster (slab to non-slab transition year), the 1982 ’62 American Vintage Reissue, produced both in Japan and at the U.S. Fullerton plant, was Fender’s other look to the past (a companion to the ’57 American Vintage Reisue). Features included a 21-fret maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, vintage-size frets, alder body, white pickguard, 3 American Vintage single coil pickups, 3-position pickup selector switch installed (5-position replacement included), 7.25″ neck radius, and vintage-style vibrato/bridge. Available in Black, Candy Apple Red, Fiesta Red, 3-Tone Sunburst, Vintage White, and Ocean Turquoise.
