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Description
Description
As music fans, Ritchie Blackmore's riffs live in our subconscious. Almost every aspiring musician in the western world has tried to scrape out "Smoke On The Water," to varying degrees of success. So it's no surprise that Blackmore's Artist Stratocaster would be so loved by so many. Based on his favorite '70s Strat, it features a maple "U"-shape neck with 7.25"-radius rosewood fingerboard with graduated scalloping and 21 vintage-style frets. A center "dummy" pickup augments dual Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 single-coil Strat pickups with reverse winding and reverse polarity on the bridge, as well as three-way switching for masterful tone and control.
Founded by Leo Fender in 1938 as Fender's Radio Service, what is now the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation began making electric guitars and amplifiers in 1945. The rest, as they say, is history. Creator of the world's first mass-produced, and by far most popular, solid-bodied electric, Fender is now the world's leading guitar manufacturer.
Developed hand-in-hand with some of the biggest artists of yesterday and today, the Fender Artist Series is a collaborative line of signature models incorporating hand-selected tonewoods and custom appointments and specs, voiced to specific tones and playing styles by our master builders and the artists themselves. Stratocasters, Telecasters, Jaguars, Jazzmasters, and Jazz, Precision, and Jaguar basses take on new life with the help of some of music's most revered icons.
Founded by Leo Fender in 1938 as Fender's Radio Service, what is now the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation began making electric guitars and amplifiers in 1945. The rest, as they say, is history. Creator of the world's first mass-produced, and by far most popular, solid-bodied electric, Fender is now the world's leading guitar manufacturer.
Developed hand-in-hand with some of the biggest artists of yesterday and today, the Fender Artist Series is a collaborative line of signature models incorporating hand-selected tonewoods and custom appointments and specs, voiced to specific tones and playing styles by our master builders and the artists themselves. Stratocasters, Telecasters, Jaguars, Jazzmasters, and Jazz, Precision, and Jaguar basses take on new life with the help of some of music's most revered icons.
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Fender Artist |
| Artist Name: | Ritchie Blackmore |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in Mexico |
| Product Color: | Olympic White |
| Case Type: | Gig Bag Included |
| Factory Setup: | .009-.042, E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Material: | Alder |
| Body Finish: | Polyester |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Gloss Urethane |
| Neck Shape: | U Shape |
| Fingerboard Material: | Graduated Scalloped Rosewood |
| Nut Material: | Synthetic Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.65" (42mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 7.25" (184.1mm) |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" (648mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 21 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Bolt-On |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | White Pearloid Dots |
| Inlay Shape: | Dots |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Strat SSL-4 Flat Pole Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Single-Coil |
| Middle Pickup: | Fender Non-Active "Dummy" |
| Neck Pickup: | Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Strat SSL-4 Flat Pole Single-Coil |
| Controls and Switching: | Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup), 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Chrome |
| Bridge: | 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo |
| Tuning Machines: | Fender Vintage "F" Stamped |
| Pickguard: | 3-Ply White |
| Knobs: | Black Plastic |