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Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster "Chicago Special" LEFTY NOS Aged Taos Turquoise Sparkle w/3A Birdseye Neck

Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster "Chicago Special" LEFTY NOS Aged Taos Turquoise Sparkle w/3A Birdseye Neck

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Serial Number: R132628

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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
Hand Orientation: Left-Handed
Serial Number: R132628
Product Color: Aged Taos Turquoise Sparkle
Relic/Aging Level: NOS (New Old Stock)
Case Type: Hardshell Case Included
Factory Setup: E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Body

Body Material: Ash

Neck

Neck Material: AAA Birdseye Maple
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: Bolt-On
Fingerboard Inlay: Micarta Black Dots
Inlay Shape: Dots

Electronics

Bridge Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Middle Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Neck Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Controls and Switching: Master Volume, 2 Tone, 5-Position Blade
Electronics Notes: Fat 50s Strat Half Blender

Hardware

Hardware Color: Nickel/Chrome
Bridge: American Vintage Strat Bridge
Tuning Machines: Vintage with Fender Logo
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SKU: 9232000852-R132628

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
Hand Orientation: Left-Handed
Serial Number: R132628
Product Color: Aged Taos Turquoise Sparkle
Relic/Aging Level: NOS (New Old Stock)
Case Type: Hardshell Case Included
Factory Setup: E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Body

Body Material: Ash

Neck

Neck Material: AAA Birdseye Maple
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: Bolt-On
Fingerboard Inlay: Micarta Black Dots
Inlay Shape: Dots

Electronics

Bridge Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Middle Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Neck Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Controls and Switching: Master Volume, 2 Tone, 5-Position Blade
Electronics Notes: Fat 50s Strat Half Blender

Hardware

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