Fender Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster Maple Fingerboard Olympic White

Weight: 7 lbs 10 oz
Neck depth 1st fret: .76"
Neck depth 12th fret: .96"

2022 Fender Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Strat just in!  This is in excellent shape and plays great.  The bridge pickup was swapped out for a Seymour Duncan "Little '59 for Strat" humbucker.  The original bridge pickup is included.  Original case and COA included.  Please message with any questions.

Specs:

Nile Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on recordings that have sold more than 500-million albums globally. Every hit record he’s produced has shared one essential element: the used 1960 Fender hardtail Stratocaster® Nile bought in a Miami music shop. Rarely is a single guitar so inseparably identified with its owner as The Hitmaker.

The Hitmaker features a 1960 alder body that is uniquely smaller and more contoured than a typical vintage Strat. The beautiful Olympic White lacquer matches the finish Nile sprayed on the guitar himself just after he acquired it in the early days of Chic. The custom ’59-profile one-piece maple neck has a 9.5” radius fingerboard, medium jumbo frets and a satin finish. A “Nile Rodgers & Chic” logo adorns the back of the headstock and a custom Hitmaker logo is stamped into the neck plate.

The Nile Rodgers Hitmaker single-coil Strat pickups are voiced to accurately replicate the quack, chime and bell-like clarity of the original Hitmaker. Other features include a hard-tail string-through bridge with period-correct bent-steel saddles, an eye-catching mirrored chrome-plated brass pickguard, locking Sperzel® tuners and a set of white speed knobs. The guitar also comes with a vintage-style case with Hitmaker-embroidered interior and a custom certificate of authenticity.

HEADSTOCK

Stratocaster®

NECK MATERIAL

Maple

NECK FINISH

Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish with Gloss Headstock Face

NECK SHAPE

1959 "C"

NECK CONSTRUCTION

4-Bolt Standard

FINGERBOARD RADIUS

9.5" (241 mm)

FINGERBOARD MATERIAL

Maple

POSITION INLAYS

Black Dot

SIDE DOTS

Black

NUMBER OF FRETS

21

TRUSS ROD

Vintage-Style Butt Adjust

TRUSS ROD NUT

Vintage-Style Butt Adjust

STRING NUT

Bone

NUT WIDTH

1.625" (41.3 mm)

NUT MATERIAL

Bone

BODY

Alder

BODY FINISH

Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

BODY SHAPE

Stratocaster®

BODY MATERIAL

Alder

BRIDGE

6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Strat® Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles

PICKGUARD

11-hole Chrome Plated Brass

PICKUP COVERS

White

CONTROL KNOBS

White Speed

SWITCH TIP

White

HARDWARE FINISH

Nickel/Chrome

TUNING MACHINES

Sperzel® Locking

STRING TREES

Dual-Wing with Metal Spacers

STRINGS

Fender® USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0730250403

NECK PLATE

4-Bolt with Custom Hitmaker Logo, Serialized

STRAP BUTTONS

Vintage-Style

BRIDGE PICKUP

Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat® (Original Included)

MIDDLE PICKUP

Hitmaker Nile Rogers RWRP Strat®

NECK PICKUP

Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat®

PICKUP CONFIGURATION

SSS

CONTROLS

Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge 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

POTENTIOMETERS

CTS 250K