The Drills: Roxanne 1954 Fender Stratocaster

Born in ’54 Refreshed in ’63 1954 Fender Stratocaster This guitar was born in July 1954… one of the first year Stratocaster’s. It was purchased from the original owner in 1956 and played extensively through the late fifties and early sixties. By 1963 the guitar was ’quite well worn’ and the owner wanted to continue to play on a maple fretboard so he sent the guitar back to Fender and asked them to refinish and refret the neck, and a