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Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1959 Hardtail Stratocaster Faded Aged Sonic Blue

Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1959 Hardtail Stratocaster Faded Aged Sonic Blue

Serial Number: R118076

Weight: 7lbs 7oz

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Description

1959 saw the advent of several important feature changes to the Stratocaster including a slab rosewood fingerboard with clay position dots, a three-ply mint green pickguard with 8, 9 or 10 screws depending on the month it was built, and a metal spacer added to the string tree. This hardtail version would have been on the rare side, which ups the collectability and cool factors. This guitar features a hand-selected two-piece alder body and a rift-sawn maple neck with a 1959 “D” profile, a vintage compound-radius (7.25” - 9.5”) rosewood fingerboard and 21 medium vintage frets.

Hand-wound 1959 Strat pickups are wired to a vintage ’59 control assembly and five-way switch. Other features include Closet Classic hardware, three-ply eight-hole mint green pickguard, vintage-style hardtail bridge with patent pending saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with metal spacer. Available in Faded Aged Sonic Blue and Chocolate Three-Color Sunburst finishes. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Serial #: R118076
Weight: 7 lbs 7 oz

BODY: 2-Piece Select Alder
BODY FINISH: Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Stratocaster
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Alder

NECK MATERIAL: Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Flat-Laminated Rosewood
POSITION INLAYS: Vintage Clay Dot
SIDE DOTS: Vintage Clay
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone

BRIDGE: 6-Saddle Hardtail with "Pat. Pend." Saddles
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Mint Green
CONTROL KNOBS: Vintage White
SWITCH TIP: Vintage White
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style

BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat
MIDDLE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat
NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SSS
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
SWITCHING: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup

INCLUDED ACCESSORIES: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
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SKU: 9235001542-R118076

Description

1959 saw the advent of several important feature changes to the Stratocaster including a slab rosewood fingerboard with clay position dots, a three-ply mint green pickguard with 8, 9 or 10 screws depending on the month it was built, and a metal spacer added to the string tree. This hardtail version would have been on the rare side, which ups the collectability and cool factors. This guitar features a hand-selected two-piece alder body and a rift-sawn maple neck with a 1959 “D” profile, a vintage compound-radius (7.25” - 9.5”) rosewood fingerboard and 21 medium vintage frets.

Hand-wound 1959 Strat pickups are wired to a vintage ’59 control assembly and five-way switch. Other features include Closet Classic hardware, three-ply eight-hole mint green pickguard, vintage-style hardtail bridge with patent pending saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with metal spacer. Available in Faded Aged Sonic Blue and Chocolate Three-Color Sunburst finishes. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Serial #: R118076
Weight: 7 lbs 7 oz

BODY: 2-Piece Select Alder
BODY FINISH: Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Stratocaster
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Alder

NECK MATERIAL: Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Flat-Laminated Rosewood
POSITION INLAYS: Vintage Clay Dot
SIDE DOTS: Vintage Clay
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone

BRIDGE: 6-Saddle Hardtail with "Pat. Pend." Saddles
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Mint Green
CONTROL KNOBS: Vintage White
SWITCH TIP: Vintage White
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style

BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat
MIDDLE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat
NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SSS
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
SWITCHING: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup

INCLUDED ACCESSORIES: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.