Fender Custom Shop 1955 Vintage Custom Time Capsule Package Hardtail Stratocaster Guitar, Aged White Blonde
More about Vintage Custom '55 Hardtail Strat®
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.
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General
- Model Name: Vintage Custom '55 Hardtail Strat® Time Capsule Package, Maple Neck, Aged White Blonde
- Model Number: 9235001540
- Series: Vintage Custom
- Color: Aged White Blonde
Body
- Body Shape: Stratocaster®
- Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash
- Body Finish: Lacquer
Neck
- Neck Material: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
- Neck Shape: 1954 "U"
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Fingerboard: 1-Piece Maple Neck
- Position Inlays: Black Micarta Dot - 0.25"
Electronics
- 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 Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
- Pickup Configuration: SSS
Hardware
- 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
Miscellaneous
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity
- Instrument Weight: 7.3 lbs.
| Condition | New |
|---|---|
| SKU | FEN-9235001540 |
| UPC | 717669711368 |