Superb 2012 American Standard Stratocaster - Olympic Pearl in Richmond, North Yorkshire for sale

This beautiful American Standard Strat has probably had less wear than a shop demo model. I've used it as a practice guitar a few times in the past 3 years, but I've never really got used to the Strat neck, much as I'd like to (I'm a Gibson player). The guitar was bought new from Soundslive in Newcastle in late 2012 and is finished in Olympic Pearl, a sort of pale gold that I think is now reserved for the Deluxe models. The neck is rosewood and has a rosewood truss rod cover on the rear of the neck. There are no chips, dinks or scratches of any kind on the guitar and all the original accessories and paperwork are in the case, except the strap. The 2012 American Standard was described by MusicRadar as 'hard to fault on any level'. It's fitted with Custom Shop Fat '50s pickups and the materials and finishing are pretty well faultless. The guitar comes with trem arm, a really tough Fender TSA-compliant lightweight flight case (with keys), cleaning cloth, allen keys, owners manual and the original swing-tag with factory inspection stamps. These 2012 models are typically selling for around £1000 ex-demo, so this is a bit of a bargain.