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Fullerton Era (1982-1984) Fender Reissues

The Fullerton, CA plant continued to be Fender's main production facility until the very first months of 1985.  The instruments that were produced at the Fullerton, CA plant are now known as "Fullerton Reissues" among collectors and players.  These are very high quality instruments and are highly coveted among both collectors and players.  There have been several changes made since these were first introduced in 1982.  1982 marked the first year of the Fender Reissue and production bugs and supply chains were still being worked out.  Due to this, there are several small variations among the very first "Fullerton Reissues."  Please see the information section for more details about these changes.

Here you will find The Fender Reissue Shop's inventory of fine Fullerton Reissue Stratocasters.  Please keep in mind that The Fender Reissue Shop only seeks the rarest and most sought after Vintage Reissues, that is why many of our guitars are custom colors and have many rare early features such as red bottom pickups.  It has taken several years of constant searching to find these rare and desirable reissues.  Instruments of this caliber rarely show up on the market. If you are interested in purchasing any of these fine instruments please sign up for our newsletter for pricing details.

1982 Fender '52 Vintage Reissue Telecaster.  Serial number 0146!  This is one of the very first reissue telecasters to be made.  Includes the extremely rare certificate of authenticity with matching serial number and early April 12, 1982 date!  Also includes original owners manual, original case, original warranty card, and original 6 saddle bridge.  This is the earliest 1982 reissue that we have seen here at The Fender Reissue Shop.  Neck is stamped 3-31-82.  Pots are stamped R1378143, denoting they were made the 43rd week of 1981.

JUST IN!!  1982 Fender American Vintage '57 Reissue Stratocaster.  This is one low serial number!  Guitar is 100% original and has the neckpocket serial number sticker, early neckdate, red bottom pickups, and factory routing.  More pictures and write-up coming soon!

1982 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 2-sunburst.  Extremely early serial number and neckdate.  This guitar was one of the very first reissues guitars to be produced.  Guitar features many rare features such as red bottom pickups, factory routing in tremolo and pickup cavities, and neck pocket sticker with serial number.  100% original.

1982 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color Vintage White.  This guitar has a super low serial number and has many rare features.  Red bottom pickups with thin plastic wiring.  Neckdate of 7-30-82.  Pot Codes of R1378206, denoting they were made the 6th week of 1982.  Original 3-way switch.  This guitar is 100% original.  Please take a look at my video section to see a video tour of this guitar being taken apart.  Please sign up for newsletter to receive pricing information.

1982 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in rare Fiesta Red.  This is a very early custom color fullerton reissue!  I have only seen 3 other Fullerton era reissues finished in fiesta red.  This guitar has many rare early features.  Super rare grey bottom pickups with 82 date stamp.  Factory routing in bridge pickup cavity and control cavity!   Neckdate of 5-27-82.  Pot codes of R1378206, denoting they were made the 6th week of 1982.  Guitar is all original except for a replaced nut.

1982 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 2-sunburst.  Another very early reissue stratocaster!  This guitar features factory routing in bridge pickup cavity and control cavity.  Rare red bottom pickups with thin plastic wiring.  This guitar has a very early 3 digit serial number and tons of rare features.  What a find!  $5799. SOLD.

1982 Fender '57 Reissue Stratocaster.  Super low serial number!  This is one early reissue strat!  This guitar has the super rare grey bottom pickups with 1982 date stamp, early 1982 neckdate, extremely low 3 digit serial number, and factory routing in the body!  This is one for the collectors.  This guitar even has the original 3-way switch still in the guitar.  As you know, it was common for these to be swapped out the the more popular 5-way switch.  Guitar comes with original tweed case, owners manual, strap, and tremolo bar.

1982 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 2-sunburst.  Another very early fender reissue!  Red bottom pickups with factory routing in bridge pickup and control cavities.  When I received this guitar custom shop pickups were installed, now the period correct original red bottoms are in the guitar!  Neckdate of 5-27-82.  Pots stamped R1378206, denoting they were made the 6th week of 1982.  Evidence of a neckpocket serial number sticker that has fixed itself to the heel of the neck!

JUST IN!!!  1982 Fender '57 Reissue Strat.  This is one low serial number!  V001108!  Early 5-24-82 neckdate.  All original grey bottom pickups with thin plastic wiring.  Factory body routing!  Original neckpocket serial number sticker.  This is one fantastic early reissue with all the super rare features!  What a find!  Full write up and more pictures coming soon.

1982 Fender '57 Reissue Stratocaster.  This guitar is perfect!  Near mint condition.  You will be hard pressed to find an early reissue as nice as this one.  This one is loaded with all the rare features; red bottom pickups, factory routed body, neck pocket serial number sticker, and super low serial number.  This guitar has the prominent black in its sunburst finish, which can be found on some of the early 2-sunburst reissues. Just check out the early 5-12-82 neckdate, this misses the earliest known reissue neckdate by just 1 day! $5799. SOLD.

 

1982 Fender '57 Reissue Stratocaster finished in super rare fiesta red.  This is one rare bird!  Original custom color fiesta red nitrocellulose finish.  Red bottom pickups! Thin plastic wiring! Super low serial number!  This guitar is in fantastic condition.  The original finish looks amazing. Neckdate of 9-13-82.

1982 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 2-sunburst.  This guitar has some great features!  Super rare grey bottom pickups with 82 ink stamp.  Factory routing in bridge pickup and control cavity!  Very early 5-25-82 neckdate.  Pot codes of R1378206, denoting they were made the 6th week of 1982.  At one point someone put a different style pickguard on this guitar, due to this there are a few extra holes drilled into the body.  The original pickguard is back on the guitar.

1982 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color Vintage White.  This is a very rare guitar!  This reissues features a custom color, red bottom pickups, factory pickup and control cavity routing, and neckpocket serial number sticker!  This guitar has every possible rare feature!  Neckdate of 7-29-82.  Pots stamped R1378206.  This guitar was purchased from a gentleman that had it stored in his basement for 10 years!  I decided not to clean it and left it as is.  $5499. Guitar has been sold!

1982 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 3-sunburst.  This guitar is 100% original.  Features extremely rare grey bottom pickups!  This guitar has the earliest known neckdate on a reissue stratocaster!  Neckdate 5-11-82.  Pot codes R1378206.  This guitar is in incredible condition.  This is one of the nicest early reissues that I have seen. Please sign up for newsletter to receive pricing information.

1982 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color Vintage White.  Extremely rare early reissue stratocaster with custom color finish and red bottom pickups!  Neckdate of 8-11-82.  The vintage white finish has only a small amount of yellowing, which is so common on these old vintage white strats.  Guitar is all original except for 1 replaced pot.  This is a great guitar with some very rare features.  These custom color early fullerton reissues are hard finds, especially with red bottom pickups.  Attention all you collectors out

1982 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in rare Vintage White.   Great looking 1982 reissue Stratocaster!  This guitar came to me with new custom shop pickups installed.  The original red bottom pickups are back in the guitar now.  Original thin plastic wiring throughout.  Control cavity has the factory routing.  Neckdate of 8-11-82.  You can see the original serial number sticker in the middle pickup cavity!  This was sprayed over with vintage white paint at the factory!  Very cool!  This is the first time that I

1982 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 2-sunburst.  What a guitar.  Red bottom pickups, factory routing, neckpocket serial number sticker.  This guitar has it all!  Super clean condition with all the case candy.  Neckdate of 6-4-82.  Pots stamped R1378206, denoting they were made the 6th week of 1982. $4899. SOLD.

1983 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 3-sunburst.  This guitar is near mint condition.  If you have been waiting to purchase one of these early reissue strats, then this is your guitar.  This guitar has barely been played in its 26 year life!  Neck is dead mint and has some great figuring.  Comes with all case candy shown.  The 3-color cunburst nitrocellulose finish is just amazing.  Neckdate of 1-19-83.  Pot codes of R1378228.  Guitar features black bottom pickups.  100% original except for replacement tuners.

1982 Fender '62 Reissue Precision Bass.  Bass has a rosewood neck and is finished in original 3-sunburst nitro!  This Fender Precision Bass is in near mint condition, barely been played in its 28 year history!  Bass has neckdate of 12-23-82.  Body neck pocket stamped 12-24-82.  Pots stamped R1378111, denoting they were made the 11th week of 1981.  Neckplate stamped V004250.  This bass has an extremely early grey bottom pickup stamped with 82 date in black ink.  The second pickup is a black bottom pickup.  All of the solder appears original,

1983 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 3-sunburst.  This guitar is in near mint condition.  This is a true closet classic!  Just look at all the original case candy that comes with this guitar.  Original hangtag, manual, and warranty card!  Neckdate of 1-12-83.  100% original. Don't pass up on this showroom condition Fullerton Reissue!

1982 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 3-sunburst. This guitar was one of the very last 1982 reissues to be made. This guitar features red bottom pickups with thin plastic wiring but the pots and switch are wired with the cloth covered wiring. This is the first time I have seen this from the factory. All solder is original. Fender must have had an extra set of red bottoms laying around and they decided to slap them into this guitar. Very cool! Neckdate of 12-8-82. This guitar is in great condition. Comes with tons of original case candy.

1984 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color Lake Placid Blue.  Lake Placid Blue is one of the rarest custom colors for these early reissues.  I have only seen 2 other guitars in this color and I once owned both of them!  It was common that Fender inished their custom color reissues over a different color basecoat.  This guitar features a silver basecoat that can be seen showing through!  Very cool!  Neckdate of 10-26-84.  Guitar is 100% original.

1984 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color black.  This guitar is in showroom condition!  This guitar has some great case candy.  There is an original receipt from when someone purchased this guitar used in 1988 from Charley's Guitar Shop in Dallas, Texas.  Very cool!  Neckdate of 11-13-84.  Guitar is 100% original and features black bottom pickups. SOLD.

 1983 Fender '62 Reissue Stratocaster in Candy Apple Red.  This strat is in near mint condition.  Practically brand new!  Rarely do these candy apple red strats come up for sale, we happened to stumble across this one last month!  Custom color Candy Apple Red in near mint condition.  The neck has tons of great figuring in the wood.  This is one of the best looking guitars we have come across here at The Fender Reissue Shop.  100% original.  11-4-83 neckdate. 5-way switch.  Includes all of the case candy pictured!  $4599.

1984 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 2-sunburst.  This guitar is in fantastic condition.  Only played a handful of times.  Neckdate of 3-2-84.  Pots stamped R1378330, denoting they were made the 30th week of 1983.  This guitar is 100% original. You could eat off of this guitar! SOLD

1983 Fender '62 Reissue Precision Bass.  This guitar is near mint!  This is the exact same bass as our 1982 '62 P-Bass!  Neckdate of 3-12-83.  Pots stamped R1378209, denoting they were made the 9th week of 1982.  Grey bottom pickups stamped with 83!  These grey bottom pickups on these early Precision Bass Reissues are extremely rare!  This bass is 100% original.  Original thin nitro finish is in great shape.  There is minimal finish checking.  The frets are perfect!  Neck is straiight as an arrow!  Includes original tweed

1984 Fender Stratocaster '62 Reissue.  You are looking at a genuine 1984 Fender American Vintage '62 Reissue Stratocaster from the Fullerton, Ca factory!  This guitar is one of the best playing strats that we have had at The Fender Reissue Shop.  The neck on this guitar is just amazing!  Dark rosewood with a tight grain pattern.  The body has s few bumps and bruises on it, but it is still in great shape for being over 26 years old.  Neckdate of 3-26-84, pots staped R1378330, denoting they were made the 30th week of 1983, Neckplate stamped V007729.  We foun

1983 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster.  This strat is finished in super rare original custom color Vintage White!  Fullerton era Vintage White Strats are hard to come by!  This one is in fantastic shape.  This guitar has not been played much in its 27 year life!  No finish checking.  Only a few small dings!  This early strat is in great shape.  Neckplate is stamped with V007993.  Neckdate of 9-14-83.  Pots are stamped R1378243, denoting they were made the 43rd week of 1982.  This guitar is 100% original except for t

1983 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 3-sunburst.  This guitar features rare red bottom pickups!  This is the latest reissue that I have seen red bottom pickups on.  This is also this only time that I have seen red bottom pickups with cloth covered wiring, typicall red bottoms have thin plastic wiring.  Very cool rare feature!

 1984 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom Candy Apple Red.  This guitar is 100% original.  Custom color Candy Apple Red!  CAR is one of the rarest custom colors for a fullerton era reissue stratocaster.  Neckdate of 3-26-84, pot codes of R1378339, denoting they were made the 39th week of 1983, and neckplate serial number of V008479.  This guitar has been played and has some great vintage vibe to it.  The original nitro Candy Apple Red finish looks great on the front of the guitar.

1983 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color black.  This guitar is a true closet classic.  This guitar has barely been played in its 26 year life, a true closet find!  The custom color black appears brand new.  Neckdate of 12-3-83.  Guitar comes with original manual and original warranty card.  The rosewood neck on this guitar is amazing! $4250.  Please contact us for more details.

1983 Fender '62 Reissue Stratocaster.  This guitar is 100% original.  Every last screw on this guitar is original!  Even has original 3-way switch!.  This great looking reissue stratocaster has serial number V008888.  The pots date to the 30th week of 1983.  The neckdate is penciled 12-3-83.  Comes with all of the case candy pictures.  Original tweed hardshell case, Fullerton owners manual, original 5-way switch that was never installed, and original tremolo bar.  The original 3-color nitro finish looks fantastic.

1983 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color black.  This guitar features a custom color black finish over fiesta red!  I have only seen a few other early black reissues finished over fiesta red.  Neckdate of 12-7-83.  Pots stamped R1378248, denoting they were made the 48th week of 1982.  This guitar has the rare black capacitor.  I have only seen a black capacitor on 2 other early reissues.

1984 Fender '57 Reissue Stratocaster.  This guitar is in fantastic condition!  There are only a few very small nicks in the body that keep this from being mint!  This early Fender American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster is 100% original.  Guitar even has original 3-way switch!  If you have been looking for a pristine early fullerton '57 reissue in sunburst, then this is the guitar for you.  Not only is this guitar in amazing condition, but it is also an amazing player.  Neckdate of 9-27-84, pots stamped R1378427, denoting they were made the 27th week of 1984

1983 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color Vintage White.  This guitar is MINT condition.  I don't even think this guitar was played in its 26 year life.  The original custom color Vintage White finish has yellowed to a smooth yellowish color.  This is typical of these old vintage white nitro finishes.  Neckdate of 2-1-83.  Guitar is 100% original.  Attention collectors, this is the guitar for you!

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1984 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 3-sunburst.  This is a great example of an early '62 Fullerton Reissue.  Neckdate of 3-7-84.  This guitar found a new home out on the west coast last year.  SOLD

1983 Fender '57 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color black.  Thsi guitar is a fantastic player.  Sound amazing! Guitar is all original and features black bottom pickups.  Neckdate of 12-6-83. SOLD

1983 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in rare custom color Candy Apple Red.  Candy apple Red is one of the rarest custom color finishes on these Fulelrton Era reissues.  I have only seen 3 other early reissues finished in this color, and The Fender Reissue Shop has owned 2 of these!  This guitar is in near mint condition.  A true beauty.  Neckdate of 12-2-83. Guitar features the rare black capacitor.  This is one of the rarest early reissues.

1984 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color Vintage White.  Very rare color on a very rare guitar.  Neckdate of 8-14-84.  The Fender Reissue Shop sold this guitar over 2 years ago.  The true serial number was never recorded but it was in the 14000's, thus the V014000 serial number entered here.  This guitar found a new owner in Australia!  I am sure he is enjoying this great guitar.  SOLD

1983 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in rare Lake Placid Blue.  Extremely rare Lake Placid Blue custom color finish over silver basecoat.  Lake Placid Blue is one of the rarest custom colors for these Fullerton Era reissues.  This guitar shows a bit of wear in the finish and has a great relic vibe to it!  Neck date of 12-2-83.  SOLD

1984 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in extremely rare Fiesta Red.  Fiesta red is the rarest custom color on these Fullerton era reissues.  I have only seen 2 other fiesta red reissues, and one of these is V000690 that is currently listed on this site.  This guitar was sold about 2 years ago to a fella out on the west coast.  There is a hard putty material in the bridge pickup cavity.  I am not sure why this is here, but I have spoken with another owner of a fiesta red 1984 reissue and he states that his guitar also has this putty material.

1983 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color Lake Placid Blue.  This is the guitar that got away.  This guitar was in mint showroom condition.  I sold this guitar last year for $5500 on ebay.  Looking back on it, I wish I would have kept this one.  Never played, still had tags on the case.  You only come across one of these guitars once in a great while.  This guitar now has a new home to a fellow in Ney York, I am sure he is enjoying it.  Neckdate of 1983.  SOLD

1982 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in custom color Vintage White.  This is a great example of a custom color early reissue.  The custom color Vintage White finish is in fantastic condition.  Neckdate of 12-7-82.  Pots stamped R1378228, denoting they were made the 28th week of 1982.  Extremely rare guitar in great shape.  SOLD.

1983 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 3-sunburst.  Near mint guitar!  Guitar has all of its original case candy including original hangtags, manual, and warrantly card.  This guitar even has its original receipt from Rhythm City in Atlanta, Georgia dated 7-7-84.  Very cool!  This guitar truly is a museum quality piece.  Neck date of 12-3-83.  Pots stamped R1378228, denoting they were made the 28th week of 1982.  Great guitar!  Please see my video section for a video tour of this guitar being taken apart. Please si

1984 Fender '62 American Vintage Reissue Stratocaster finished in 3-sunburst.  This guitar is in fantastic condition.  Tons of great grain patterns in the body!  Guitar is all original.  This great guitar found a new owner overseas.  I am sure he is enjoying this one!  SOLD.