Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1959 Hardtail Stratocaster Electric Guitar, Chocolate 3-Tone Sunburst

Hardtail versions would have been rare, which increases their collectability and cool factor. 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.

This guitar features hand-wound 1959 Strat pickups and a vintage 59 control assembly. 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. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Specifications:

• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
• Body Finish: Lacquer
• Fretboard Material: Flat-Laminated Rosewood
• Fretboard Radius: 7.25″ to 9.5″ Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
• Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
• No. of Frets: 21 Medium Vintage Frets
• Fretboard Inlays: Vintage Clay Dots
• Pickups: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Stratocaster® (Bridge), Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Stratocaster® (Middle), Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Stratocaster® (Neck)
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Hardtail with “Pat. Pend.” Saddles
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case
• Includes: Strap and Certificate of Authenticity