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

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.

Other specifications include:

• Model # 923-5001-542
• Body Wood: Alder
• Body Finish: Nitro Lacquer
• Sort for Lightweight: Yes
• Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel
• Bridge Assembly: Hardtail w/ patent pending saddles
• Neck Plate: Engraved Limited Edition Chrome
• Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo
• Neck Finish: Medium Tint Nitro Lacquer
• Neck Blank: Maple Rift Sawn
• Fingerboard: Rosewood AAA
• Fret Wire: Medium Vintage 47095
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fingerboard Radius: Compound 7.25″ – 9.50″
• Neck Back Shape: 1959 D
• Neck Nut Width: 1.650″
• Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .800″
• Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .980″
• Neck Butt Width: 2.200″
• Nut Material: Bone
• Pickguard: 59 Strat 8H
• Pickup Neck: Hand-wound 59 Strat
• Pickup Middle: Hand-wound 59 Strat RWRP
• Pickup Bridge: Hand-wound 59 Strat
• Control Knobs: Vintage White
• Selector Switch Tip: Vintage White
• Switch: 5-Way Lever
• Hard Case
• 7 lbs 0 oz
• #R130975

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