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Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster HSS "Chicago Special" Relic Magenta Sparkle w/Lollar Imperial Low Wind Humbucker

Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster HSS "Chicago Special" Relic Magenta Sparkle w/Lollar Imperial Low Wind Humbucker

Serial Number: R125507

Weight: 7lbs 10oz

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Description

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 - 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

Specs

General

Series: Fender Custom Shop
Country of Manufacture: Made in the USA
Serial Number: R125507
Product Color: Magenta Sparkle
Relic/Aging Level: Relic
Case Type: Hardshell Case Included
Factory Setup: .010-.046, E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Body

Body Shape: Stratocaster
Body Material: Ash
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Notes: '57 Strat Deep Body Contours

Neck

Neck Material: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Tint/Color: Medium
Neck Shape: Soft V
Fingerboard Material: None (1-Piece Maple Neck)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.65" (42mm)
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"
Scale Length: 25.5" (647.7mm)
Number of Frets: 21 Frets
Neck Joint: 4-Bolt
Fingerboard Inlay: Micarta Black Dots
Inlay Shape: Dots
Side Marker Inlay: Black Micarta
Headstock Inlay/Decal: 54 - 60 Strat

Electronics

Bridge Pickup: Lollar Low Wind Imperial
Middle Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special RWRP
Neck Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Controls and Switching: Volume, Tone, 1/2 Blender, 5-Way Lever

Hardware

Hardware Color: Nickel/Chrome
Bridge: American Vintage Strat
Tuning Machines: Vintage with Fender Logo
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SKU: 9237100845-R125507

Description

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 - 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

Specs

General

Series: Fender Custom Shop
Country of Manufacture: Made in the USA
Serial Number: R125507
Product Color: Magenta Sparkle
Relic/Aging Level: Relic
Case Type: Hardshell Case Included
Factory Setup: .010-.046, E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Body

Body Shape: Stratocaster
Body Material: Ash
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Notes: '57 Strat Deep Body Contours

Neck

Neck Material: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Tint/Color: Medium
Neck Shape: Soft V
Fingerboard Material: None (1-Piece Maple Neck)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.65" (42mm)
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"
Scale Length: 25.5" (647.7mm)
Number of Frets: 21 Frets
Neck Joint: 4-Bolt
Fingerboard Inlay: Micarta Black Dots
Inlay Shape: Dots
Side Marker Inlay: Black Micarta
Headstock Inlay/Decal: 54 - 60 Strat

Electronics

Bridge Pickup: Lollar Low Wind Imperial
Middle Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special RWRP
Neck Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Controls and Switching: Volume, Tone, 1/2 Blender, 5-Way Lever

Hardware

Hardware Color: Nickel/Chrome
Bridge: American Vintage Strat
Tuning Machines: Vintage with Fender Logo