Dan Smith Era Gold on Gold Strat with tweed hard case.

Made in the Fender Fullerton factory, under the guidance of John McLaren, Dan Smith & Bill Schultz these Aztec Gold guitars were a limited run collectors series, with CA or GO prefixed serial numbers, all of the hardware is gold plated with 22 carat gold, they quickly became known as Gold on Gold Strats, but were never marketed as such.
This particular instrument has been used & shows some light wear, but is still in very good condition, the original frets show some light wear, mainly around the first 3 frets, there is plenty of life left in them.The neck profile is a soft V, with a7.25 radius, quite slim & fast, the nut width is 42 mm.
The guitar has a low action & it plays very well & sounds great, the neck pickup in these models is the hotter wound X1 identified by the yellow wire. The pots date to late 1981, the vol 81-51, the two tone pots 81-49, the neck is dated 1982 & the serial number sticker inside the neck cavity matches the headstock.
The body of the guitar has some wear & various marks & scratches that you would expect on a guitar of this age, some are down to the wood & this is purely cosmetic. The headstock & decal are in very good condition & there is some play wear to the first four frets, but the frets still have plenty of life left in them. The 22 carat gold hardware has tarnished nicely, all of this adds tons of mojo & character to this guitar.The trem bar is original, but I can’t be certain that the ashtray bridge is original to the guitar or coated with 22 carat gold, it looks the same as the other parts that have the gold plating. The ashtray is certainly old & has aged nicely, it may have been a custom extra cost order, or could be a later addition, whatever it is, it definitely adds more mojo.

The guitar comes with a good quality tweed case, which has some wear & marks to be expected from a gigged instrument, the latches work & the handle is solid & two keys are inside the accessory compartment. I think this is a Cheney case & I cannot be certain it is the original case, although the previous owner said it came with the guitar when new.
The guitar has had a set up & has been intonated with a new set of 10-46 strings. I have left the trem block as the previous owner preferred it, not totally floating & quite low to the body, the trem stays in tune, these trems were not designed to dive bomb. The guitar weighs in at 8lbs - 2 oz.