Fender Custom Shop 1959 Vintage Custom Time Capsule Package Hardtail Stratocaster Guitar, Faded Aged Sonic Blue
More about Vintage Custom '59 Hardtail Strat®
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.
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General
- Model Name: Vintage Custom '59 Hardtail Strat® Time Capsule Package, Faded Aged Sonic Blue
- Model Number: 9235001542
- Series: Vintage Custom
- Color: Faded Aged Sonic Blue
Body
- Body Shape: Stratocaster®
- Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
- Body Finish: Lacquer
Neck
- Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
- 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: Flat-Laminated Rosewood
- Position Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat®
- Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat®
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 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: 3-Ply Mint Green
- Control Knobs: Vintage White
- Switch Tips: Vintage White
Miscellaneous
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
| Condition | New |
|---|---|
| SKU | FEN-9235001542 |
| UPC | 717669711344 |