Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1959 Hardtail Strat, Faded Aged Sonic Blue

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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.

A Fender Custom Shop instrument is extraordinary. You know it when you play one; it’s definitely more than the sum of its parts. It’s filled with intangible, electrifying elements that add a new dimension to your playing experience. It’s as if the instrument itself is imbued with history, alive with the spirit of the place where it was built and the devotion of those who crafted it.

Serial #: R139914
Weight: 6 lbs 13 oz

Body Material: 2 Piece Select Lightweight Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material: Tinted Rift Sawn Maple Neck
Neck Shape: '59 D Profile (1st Fret: .800" - 12th Fret: .980")
Scale Length: 25.5"
Radius: 7.25" - 9.5" Compound Radius
Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Vintage (47095)
String Nut: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard: Flat Lam Dark Rosewood Fretboard
Bridge: Vintage Hardtail
Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot
Pickups: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 59 Strat
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck) Tone 2. (Middle)
Fat 50's Hookup Wiring
Tuners: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint
Control Knobs: Vintage
Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case; Strap; Certificate of Authenticity