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
365 sold • 96 for sale • 39 auction
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For Sale (21 listings)
Gitarrenonkel • 1956
1956 Fender Stratocaster - All original - Alder Body - Light Weight
$64,251
Excellent
Unknown seller • 1991
1991 American Stratocaster Electric Guitar with Case - Gray - Plek'd
$1,600
Good
Unknown seller • 1969
Stratocaster Left-Handed Electric Guitar - Relic (1969)
$4,499
Excellent
Ian's Gear Depot • 1993
1993 Fender American Stratocaster | Caribbean Mist
$1,600
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1999
Deluxe Fat Stratocaster Solidbody Electric Guitar - 1999
$575
Excellent
Edmond Music • 1995
Fender American Standard Stratocaster 1995 - Olympic White
$1,000
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1990
Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar - 3-color Sunburst
$475
Good
Unknown seller • 1965
Custom '65 Tribute Stratocaster Solidbody Electric Guitar - HSS, 1965
$1,200
Good
Unknown seller • 1990
Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar - Olympic White
$900
Excellent
Unknown seller • 1983
2 Knob Standard Stratocaster 1983 - Candy Apple Red
$1,499
Good
fusionmusic (Thailand) • 1979
Fender Stratocaster Original 1979 Maui Blue Rare color
$3,500
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1982
V000 Serial Number American Vintage 1957 RI Stratocaster 1982 - Black
$5,950
Good
Squealing Pig Guitars • 1989
FENDER USA Eric Clapton Artist Series Stratocaster Version 1 "Pewter + Maple (1989)
$3,106
Excellent
Unknown seller • 1961
American Vintage II 1961 Stratocaster Electric Guitar - Olympic White
$1,600
Excellent
Unknown seller • 1954
Stories Collection Eric Johnson 1954 "Virginia" Stratocaster - 2-Tone Sunburst
$2,000
Mint