That is the strat that is in the Buddy Holly museum in Lubbock.
I strummed it for a minute or so (not plugged in) and gave it back to Larry. I didn’t ask what year it was but I notices scratches on the pick guard. I unzipped it and there was Buddy’s sunburst strat. Then Larry said, “I got Buddy’s guitar back in the bedroom if you want to see it.” Larry left the room and came back with a guitar in a leather zipper case. One night I was returning his recorder and asked if I could meet his parents some day. in the late 70s Larry would loan me his Teac 4 track reel to reel tape recorder to make demos. I became friends with the Holley family, mainly with Buddy’s big brother, Larry. I went to work at Don Caldwell Recording Studios in 1977.
I came to Texas Tech to get my Music Ed degree in 1975. also the Bakelite part wear out of production in late 1956, to be replace by a melted buterate plastic, then ABS in 1960. George and Leo spent Nov 53 till Feb 1954 tooling the shop for production, which engaged in March 1954. the prototypes were made of sassafras for the body and were handmade by George Fullerton and the few that were made his name is on all parts of the guitars and the very few made were completed November 1953. 2 tone production actually stopped in early 1958 about March. so the is a total fake or a true parts caster. Fender even claims that the guitars that were supplies to Buddy were in fact early 1957’s. granted the Bakelite pickup covers are broken and were only known in use 1953-proto- 1956. the guitar you are showing is clearly a very tight 3 tone burst in the upper horn and it has a T G maple neck.
the very first 3 tone’s productions with rosewood was NAMM June 1959. if you call Fender historical department you will find that 3 tone sunburst came out for NAMM June 1958.
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