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.
Individual Listings
370 sold • 77 for sale • 53 auction
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For Sale (21 listings)
Unknown seller • 1975
Stratocaster 1975 Olympic White Lots of MOJO! (178)
$4,200
Good
Spacetone Music • 1989
Fender Strat Plus with Rosewood Fretboard 1989 - Vintage White
$1,599
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1997
California Series Stratocaster 1997 Factory Tex-Mex Pickups (123)
$975
Good
Spacetone Music • 1995
1995 Fender Strat Plus Deluxe with Maple Fretboard - Natural
$1,599
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1989
Stratocaster Plus 1989 100% Original Lace Sensor pickups (10)
$2,000
Good
Spacetone Music • 1988
Fender American Standard Stratocaster with Maple Fretboard 1988 - Black
$1,349
Good
Unknown seller • 1989
Stratocaster Plus 1989 Silver Silver Blue Lace Sensor pickups (GB-45)
$800
Good
Spacetone Music • 1986
Fender American Standard Stratocaster with Maple Fretboard 1986 - 1993 - Brown Sunburst
$1,399
Good
Unknown seller • 1954
70th Anniversary American Vintage 1954 Stratocaster - 2-color Sunburst
$2,000
Excellent
Unknown seller • 1965
American Vintage II 1965 Stratocaster Electric Guitar - Sonic Blue
$1,900
Mint
Spacetone Music • 1998
Fender American Standard Stratocaster with Rosewood Fretboard 1998 - Black
$1,249
Good
Unknown seller • 1991
Vintage 1991 Fender Strat Plus Stratocaster Electric Guitar w/Case! Heavily Modded! VERY NICE!!!
$1,599
Excellent
Spacetone Music • 1989
Fender American Standard Stratocaster 1989 - Green Lace Sensors
$1,449
Good
Spacetone Music • 1983
Fender Standard Stratocaster with Maple Fretboard 1983 - Sienna Sunburst
$1,994
Very Good
Spacetone Music • 1996
Fender American Standard Stratocaster with Rosewood Fretboard 1996 - Black
$1,299
Good
Unknown seller • 1982
Dan Smith Stratocaster 1982 100% Original Very Good Condition (281)
$3,600
Good