Way back in the mid fifties a man who was tired of his old Gibson Les Paul digging into his ribs, decided to get one of those new guitars with a contour body.
He then asked a friend who worked the cruise ships between Australia and the USA to pick up a Fender Stratocaster for him on his next trip state side. This is that very guitar, and it is possibly the very first Stratocaster in Australia.
For more details on this guitars illustrious past, see the article linked to our site, or click here to read it now.