Fender Custom Shop 1955 Stratocaster "Chicago Special" Lush Closet Classic Aged White Blonde w/Gold Hardware

"Lush Closet Classic" aging has beautiful light finish checking throughout, but often can't be easily seen from photographs.


From Fender:

The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as “The Dream Factory,” produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques–only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender’s finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.

"Chicago Special" Strat® pickups

• Calibrated set - bridge to neck - for balanced output
• Each pickup as custom AlNiCo 5 magnet stagger for optimum output balance string-to-string
• 42 gauge enamel wire for round highs
• Potted in shellac for open wide range frequency response

Part Number: 9231010528
Serial Number: R99716
Finish Package: Lush Closet Classic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Strat/Tele Tweed
Weight: 7lbs 9.1oz

Body Wood: Ash 2-Piece
Body Color: White Blonde
Body Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Sort for Lightweight: Yes

Hardware Plating: Gold, Light Relic
Bridge Assembly: Strat Vintage
Output Assembly: Vintage
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Back Plate & Trem Cover: Strat Parchment
Tremolo Arm: Vintage
Tremolo Arm Tip: Eggshell
Tuner Keys: Vintage with Fender Logo
String Guide: Strat
String Gauge: .010 - .046
String Tree: Gold

Neck Assembly: 56 Strat Relic
Neck Finish: Light Tint Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Maple Rift Sawn
Fingerboard: None
Truss Rod: 50s
Head Style: Small
Neck Head Thickness: 0.575"
Neck Scoop: 56
Dot Spacing: Wide
Face Dot: Micarta Black .250
Side Dot: Micarta Black 3/32" 
Fret Wire: Jescar FW50085
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25"
Neck Back Shape: Soft V
Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .900"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .985"
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4 Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 54-60 Strat

Pickguard: Vinyl Eggshell 1-Ply .060
Pickup Neck: Hand Wound "Chicago Special" Strat Neck
Pickup Middle: Hand Wound "Chicago Special" Strat Middle RWRP
Pickup Bridge: Hand Wound "Chicago Special" Strat Bridge
Pickup Covers: Eggshell
Pickup Selector Switch: 5-Way Lever
Selector Switch Tip: Vintage Eggshell White Relic
Knobs: Eggshell White Relic
Pots: 250k 10% Taper Spilt
Caps: Wax Paper
Accessories: Certificate of Authenticity, 3-Way Switch in Case