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Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster "Chicago Special" Heavy Relic Faded/Aged Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst w/Rosewood Neck

Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster "Chicago Special" Heavy Relic Faded/Aged Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst w/Rosewood Neck

Serial Number: R114542

Weight: 7lbs 15oz

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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 - 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

Model Number: 9237101551
Serial Number: R114542
Finish Package: Heavy Relic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Brown
Weight: 7lbs 14.9oz

Body Wood: Alder
Body Color: Faded Aged Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst
Body Finish: Lacquer
Sort for Lightweight: Yes

Hardware Plating: Chrome
Bridge Assembly: American Vintage
Output Assembly: Vintage
Control Assembly: 1/2 Blender
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Back Plate & Trem Cover: Parchment
Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded 60s
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo
String Gauge: .010-.046

Neck Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Rosewood
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Sort for Dark Rosewood: Yes
Truss Rod: 50s
Head Style: Small
Neck Head Thickness: 0.575"
Dot Spacing: Wide
Face Dot: Micarta White
Side Dot: Micarta White
Fret Wire: Narrow Tall Sanko 6105
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"
Neck Back Shape: 60 Style Oval "C"
Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .790"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .930"
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4
Head Cap Decal: 54-60 Strat

Pickguard: Anodized Gold
Pickup Neck: Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Pickup Middle: Hand-Wound Chicago Special RWRP
Pickup Bridge: Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Control Knobs: White
Selector Switch Tip: White
Pots: 250K 10% Taper Split
Switch: 5-Way Lever
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SKU: 9237101551-R114542

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 - 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

Model Number: 9237101551
Serial Number: R114542
Finish Package: Heavy Relic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Brown
Weight: 7lbs 14.9oz

Body Wood: Alder
Body Color: Faded Aged Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst
Body Finish: Lacquer
Sort for Lightweight: Yes

Hardware Plating: Chrome
Bridge Assembly: American Vintage
Output Assembly: Vintage
Control Assembly: 1/2 Blender
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Back Plate & Trem Cover: Parchment
Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded 60s
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo
String Gauge: .010-.046

Neck Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Rosewood
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Sort for Dark Rosewood: Yes
Truss Rod: 50s
Head Style: Small
Neck Head Thickness: 0.575"
Dot Spacing: Wide
Face Dot: Micarta White
Side Dot: Micarta White
Fret Wire: Narrow Tall Sanko 6105
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"
Neck Back Shape: 60 Style Oval "C"
Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .790"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .930"
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4
Head Cap Decal: 54-60 Strat

Pickguard: Anodized Gold
Pickup Neck: Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Pickup Middle: Hand-Wound Chicago Special RWRP
Pickup Bridge: Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Control Knobs: White
Selector Switch Tip: White
Pots: 250K 10% Taper Split
Switch: 5-Way Lever