This 'composite' "V" neck mid '57 Stratocaster has had it's body expertly re-finished in black by master luthier Scott Lentz. This fantastic guitar weighs 8.00 lbs. exactly and has a solid alder body and a one-piece fretted maple neck with a super deep 'V' profile and a nut width of 1 11/16 inches. The neck has a pencil mark of "7-57" and the tremolo cavity has a pencil mark of "8/55". Three pickups with outputs of 5.91k, 6.11k, and 6.44k. Six-pivot bridge/vibrato unit. Housed in a modern TKL black hardshell case with black plush lining (9.50). Apart from the potentiometers (which are dated 1966) all of the parts are original.