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Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster HSS "Chicago Special" Relic Aged Ebony Transparent

Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster HSS "Chicago Special" Relic Aged Ebony Transparent

Serial Number: R125246

Weight: 7lbs 9oz

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Description

The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as "The Dream Factory," produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender's finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.
 

Serial Number#: R125246
Weight: 7lbs 9oz
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Body Material: Ash
Body Color: Ebony Transparent
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Relic/Aging Level: Relic

Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Tint: Medium
Neck Shape: Soft V
Neck Thickness: .850"-.970"
Neck Joint: 4-Bolt
Scale Length: 25.5

Fingerboard Material: None (1-Piece Maple Neck)
Fingerboard Inlay: Micarta Black Dots
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"
Side Marker Inlay: Black Micarta
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Wire: Medium Vintage
Nut Width: 1.65" (42mm)
Nut Material: Bone
Headstock Inlay/Decal: 54 - 60 Strat
Factory Tuning: E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Tuning Machines: Vintage with Fender Logo
Hardware Color: Nickel/Chrome
Bridge: American Vintage Strat
Pickguard: 1-Ply Parchment
Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Cap: Vintage White

Neck Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Middle Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special RWRP
Bridge Pickup: Lollar Low Wind Imperial
Controls and Switching: Volume, Tone, 1/2 Blender, 5-Way Lever
Case: Hardshell Case
 

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SKU: 9237101214-R125246

Description

The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as "The Dream Factory," produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender's finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.
 

Serial Number#: R125246
Weight: 7lbs 9oz
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Body Material: Ash
Body Color: Ebony Transparent
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Relic/Aging Level: Relic

Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Tint: Medium
Neck Shape: Soft V
Neck Thickness: .850"-.970"
Neck Joint: 4-Bolt
Scale Length: 25.5

Fingerboard Material: None (1-Piece Maple Neck)
Fingerboard Inlay: Micarta Black Dots
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"
Side Marker Inlay: Black Micarta
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Wire: Medium Vintage
Nut Width: 1.65" (42mm)
Nut Material: Bone
Headstock Inlay/Decal: 54 - 60 Strat
Factory Tuning: E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Tuning Machines: Vintage with Fender Logo
Hardware Color: Nickel/Chrome
Bridge: American Vintage Strat
Pickguard: 1-Ply Parchment
Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Cap: Vintage White

Neck Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Middle Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special RWRP
Bridge Pickup: Lollar Low Wind Imperial
Controls and Switching: Volume, Tone, 1/2 Blender, 5-Way Lever
Case: Hardshell Case