Fender Vintage Stratocaster
Price by model year
This page covers the entire vintage Stratocaster market, from the first 1954 guitars through pre-2000 examples, so it is really a survey of multiple eras rather than one stable spec. The big dividing lines are early pre-CBS guitars, the CBS-era changes of the late 1960s and 1970s, and the much more affordable 1980s and 1990s instruments, each with very different buyer pools and price ceilings. On the used market, era, originality and finish history do most of the work, with custom colors, untouched solder joints and original cases pushing prices up fast while refinishes, changed pickups or replacement necks pull them back toward player grade. Buyers should compare by era first and median price second, because a 1957 Strat and a 1996 Strat live in completely different markets.
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For Sale (21 listings)
Unknown seller • 1990
Limited Edition MOTO Strat and Amp Set 50 of 250
$10,000
Excellent
ksdaddy's guitar stuff • 1983
1983 1989 1995 Fender American Standard Stratocaster with wide neck
$1,600
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1983
1983 Fender Blue Bowling Ball Stratocaster Vintage 1/105 USA Electric Guitar!
$9,000
Excellent
Lost Dutchman Music • 1999
Fender Standard HSS Stratocaster with Rosewood Fretboard 1999 - 2005 - Arctic White
$525
Good
Music Go Round - Ann Arbor, MI • 1996
Fender US Lone Star Stratocaster with Rosewood Fretboard 1996 - 2000 - Candy Apple Red
$1,050
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1992
1992 Fender Squier Series Stratocaster Vintage Left Handed MIK Made In Korea Electric Guitar!
$650
Good
Moe’s Fine Guitars • 1997
Fender Big Apple Stratocaster with Rosewood Fretboard 1997 - 2000 - Candy Apple Red
$1,596
Excellent
Unknown seller • 1983
1983 Fender Blue Bowling Ball Stratocaster Vintage 1/105 USA Electric Guitar!
$9,000
Excellent
Big House Guitars • 1993
Fender American Standard Stratocaster with Maple Fretboard - 1993 - Midnight Blue
$1,149
Very Good
Livewire Audio • 1994
1990s American Standard / Strat Plus Stratocaster guitar body, classic black finish
$299
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1957
American Vintage II 1957 Stratocaster Electric Guitar - 2-Color Sunburst
$1,250
Excellent
Unknown seller • 1969
Special Edition 1969 Stratocaster Electric Guitar - Aged Canary Yellow, Heavy Relic
$5,000
Mint
Guitrelley's Shop • 1996
Fender 50th Anniversary American Stratocaster Plus 1996 - Candy Apple Red
$1,300
Good
Unknown seller • 1966
Stratocaster Solidbody Electric Guitar - S-H, Heavy Relic, Sage Green (1966)
$3,200
Mint
Jennifer's Gear Locker • 1996
Fender US Lone Star Stratocaster with Rosewood Fretboard 1996 - 2000 - 3-Color Sunburst
$1,075
Excellent
GitaarBarbaar B.V. • 1998
Fender Standard Stratocaster 1998 RW | Olympic White
$872
Excellent
Unknown seller • 1972
American Vintage II Stratocaster Electric Guitar - Olympic White (1973)
$2,852
Excellent