Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom '55 Hardtail Strat Time Capsule Package Maple Neck Aged White Blonde R141575

Weight: 7 lbs 3 oz
Neck depth 1st fret: .94"
Neck depth 12th fret: 1.03"

A rare and compelling find indeed, the Vintage Custom '55 Hardtail Strat has all the tremolo-less charm needed to inspire any player, collector or aficionado. Start with a two-piece ash body finished in NOS flashcoat lacquer and add a one-piece rift-sawn maple neck with a 1954 "U" profile, vintage compound-fingerboard radius fingerboard (7.25" - 9.5") and medium vintage 47095 frets.

Hand-wound 1955 Strat pickups with 1954 covers are wired to a vintage '55 control assembly and five-way switch. Other features include Closet Classic hardware, single-ply eggshell pickguard, vintage-style hardtail bridge with patent pending saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and a disc string tree. Available in Wide-Fade Two-Color Sunburst and Aged White Blonde finishes. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

NECK MATERIAL

1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple

NECK FINISH

Nitrocellulose Lacquer

NECK SHAPE

1954 "U"

FINGERBOARD RADIUS

7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)

FINGERBOARD MATERIAL

1-Piece Maple Neck

POSITION INLAYS

Black Micarta Dot, 0.25" (6.35 mm)

SIDE DOTS

Black

NUMBER OF FRETS

21

STRING NUT

Bone

NUT WIDTH

1.650" (42 mm)

NUT MATERIAL

Bone

BODY

2-Piece Select Ash

BODY FINISH

Lacquer

BODY SHAPE

Stratocaster®

BODY MATERIAL

2-Piece Select Ash

BRIDGE

6-Saddle Hardtail with "Pat. Pend." Saddles

PICKGUARD

1-Ply Eggshell

CONTROL KNOBS

Eggshell

SWITCH TIP

Eggshell

HARDWARE FINISH

Nickel/Chrome

TUNING MACHINES

Vintage Style

STRINGS

Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)

BRIDGE PICKUP

Custom Shop Hand-Wound '55 Single-Coil Strat®

MIDDLE PICKUP

Custom Shop Hand-Wound '55 Single-Coil Strat®

NECK PICKUP

Custom Shop Hand-Wound '55 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.