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1957 Stratocaster year, how many were made, how much did it cost? 1957 Fender Stratocaster

1957 Fender Stratocasters: The Best Year for the Strat?

After owning a Stratocaster from every pre-CBS year, the ones that stick out to me as being the best are the two I've had that were made in 1957. 1957...
Roy Lanham's 1957 Fender Stratocaster Red with gold anodized aluminum pickguard

Roy Lanham's 1957 Fender Stratocaster Red with Gold Anodized Aluminum Pickguard

One thing that's remained constant over the past 15 years of buying vintage guitars is that it's impossible to predict what might surface next. This rare Fender Stratocaster, custom made...
Gibson Les Paul TV Junior Yellow 1955 through 1958

Gibson Les Paul TV (yellow Junior) 1954-1958

  While it may look like a Les Paul Junior in TV yellow finish, Gibson's own catalog and price list considered this an entirely different model that it called the...
Gibson Les Paul gold 1957-1958 goldtop guitar with humbucker pickups

1957 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop: History, Value, and Identification

Among my absolute favorite vintage guitars is the Gibson Les Paul Model goldtop with gold finish made from mid 1957 to mid 1958. Gibson's Les Paul model guitar was only...
Gibson Les Paul Special 1957 tv yellow

Gibson Les Paul Special 1957

  This Gibson Les Paul Special 1957 in original tv yellow finish came through the shop 2015. It's a really great example of the late 1950s Gibson single cutaway Les...
Fender guitar collector buys Fender Telecaster 1957 in Georgia

Fender Telecaster 1957 in Georgia

  As a Fender guitar collector, I'm always on the road or in the air on guitar safari trips to buy the guitars I've always dreamed of having. Last year was...
Fender guitar collector buys Fender Stratocaster 1957

Guitar Safari Champion: Fender Stratocaster 1957

  For this Fender guitar collector, 2021 was the year that my passion for vintage guitars went from strong to out of control. I was (and am) always on the...
Fender Telecaster 1957 in Parkersburg, WV

Fender Telecaster 1957 in Parkersburg, WV

I'm thrilled to be the next owner of this clean Fender Telecaster 1957 from the daughter of its original owner in Parkersburg, West Virginia! It was a long drive but...