Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom ’55 Hardtail Stratocaster – Wide Fade 2-Color Sunburst

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.

Other specifications include:

• Model Name: Vintage Custom ’55 Hardtail Strat® Time Capsule Package, Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst
• Model Number: 9235001541
• Series: Vintage Custom
• Color: Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash
• Body Finish: Lacquer
• Neck Material: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
• Neck Shape: 1954 “U”
• Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25″ to 9.5″ Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Medium Vintage (47095)
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Fingerboard: 1-Piece Maple
• Position Inlays: Micarta Black Dot
• 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®
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
• Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge with Neck Blend, Position 2. Bridge and Middle with Neck Blend, Position 3. Middle, Position 4. Neck and Middle, Position 5. Neck
• Pickup Configuration: SSS
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Hardtail with “Pat. Pend.” Saddles
• Tuning Machines: Vintage Style
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Eggshell
• Control Knobs: Eggshell
• Switch Tips: Eggshell
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity
• 6 lbs 12 oz
• R119843

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