Fender Custom Shop '59 Hardtail Strat, Faded Aged Sonic Blue

A resonant 7lbs 1oz Time Capsule Finish Package wonderful hard tail version 21 fret Custom Shop Strat with vintage compound radius fingerboard and hand wound CS pickups. This Nitro Faded Aged Sonic Blue finished beauty offers players a vintage inspired classic look with modern day Custom Shop craftsmanship and performance.

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.

SN: R131099
Weight: 7lbs 1oz
Fender Vintage Custom '59 Hardtail Strat® Time Capsule Package, Faded Aged Sonic Blue
Model 9235001542
NECK MATERIAL Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH Nitrocellulose Lacquer
FINGERBOARD RADIUS 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Flat-Laminated Rosewood
POSITION INLAYS Vintage Clay Dot
SIDE DOTS Vintage Clay
NUMBER OF FRETS 21
STRING NUT Bone
NUT WIDTH 1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL Bone
BODY 2-Piece Select Alder
BODY FINISH Lacquer
BRIDGE 6-Saddle Hardtail with "Pat. Pend." Saddles
PICKGUARD 3-Ply Mint Green
CONTROL KNOBS Vintage White
SWITCH TIP Vintage White
HARDWARE FINISH Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES Vintage-Style
STRINGS Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
PICKUP3 3 X Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat
CONTROLS Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
SWITCHING 5-Position Blade
INCLUDES Deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.