Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1959 Hardtail Stratocaster Electric Guitar, Faded Aged Sonic Blue

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 a five-way switch. Other features include Closet Classic hardware, a three-ply eight-hole mint green pickguard, a vintage-style hardtail bridge with patent pending saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and a wing string tree with metal spacer. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Specifications:

• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: Hand-select 2-piece Alder
• Neck Profile: 1959 “D” 
• Fretboard Material: Slab Rosewood
• Fretboard Radius: 7.25”-9.5”
• No. of Frets: 21 Narrow Tall Frets
• Fretboard Inlays: Clay Dot Inlays
• Pickups: Hand-wound 1959 Strat® Single-Coil (Bridge), Hand-wound 1959 Strat® Single-Coil (Middle), Hand-wound 1959 Strat® Single-Coil (Neck)
• Bridge: Vintage-style Hardtail Bridge with Patent Pending Saddles
• Pickguard: 3-ply Mint Green
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Tuners
• Hardware Finish: Nickel
• Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap & Certificate of Authenticity