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Continue ShoppingFender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster HSS "Chicago Special" Relic Aged Sea Foam Green w/Lollar Imperial Low Wind Humbucker
CME Exclusive 6-String Solid Body Electric Guitar with Maple Fingerboard, Includes Hardshell Case. Made in the USA.
Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster HSS "Chicago Special" Relic Aged Sea Foam Green w/Lollar Imperial Low Wind Humbucker
Brand New
Serial #R118919
7lbs 9oz
Brand New
Serial #R118919
7lbs 9oz
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
Model Number: 9237100843
Serial Number#: R118919
Finish Package: Relic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Tweed
Weight: 7lbs 9oz
Body Wood: Ash
Body Color: Aged Sea Foam Green
Body Finish: Lacquer
Body Notes: 57 Strat Deep Body Contours
Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel
Bridge Assembly: American Vintage Strat Bridge
Output Assembly: Vintage Strat
Control Assembly: Promo Strat HSS
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Back Plate & Trem Cover: Strat Parchment
Tremolo Arm: Vintage Strat
Tremolo Arm Tip: American Vintage White
Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo
String Guide: American Vintage 56-58
String Gauge: .010-.046
Neck Assembly: 56 Strat Closet Classic
Neck Finish: Medium Tint Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Rift Sawn Maple
Fingerboard: Maple
Truss Rod: 50s
Head Style: Small
Neck Head Thickness: 0.580"
Neck Scoop: 57
Dot Spacing: Wide
Face Dot: Micarta Black .250
Side Dot: Micarta Black 3/32"
Fret Wire: Medium Vintage
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"
Neck Back Shape: 57 Style Soft "V"
Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .850"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .970"
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4 Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 54-60 Strat
Pickguard: 56 Strat .060 Parchment
Pickup Neck: Hand-wound Strat "Chicago Special" Neck
Pickup Middle: Hand-wound Strat "Chicago Special" Mid RWRP
Pickup Bridge: Lollar Imperial Low Wind 4-Conductor Humbucker Bridge
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Selector Switch Tip: Vintage White
Pots: 250k 10% Taper Split
Switch: 5-Way Lever
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Description & Specs
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
Model Number: 9237100843
Serial Number#: R118919
Finish Package: Relic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Tweed
Weight: 7lbs 9oz
Body Wood: Ash
Body Color: Aged Sea Foam Green
Body Finish: Lacquer
Body Notes: 57 Strat Deep Body Contours
Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel
Bridge Assembly: American Vintage Strat Bridge
Output Assembly: Vintage Strat
Control Assembly: Promo Strat HSS
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Back Plate & Trem Cover: Strat Parchment
Tremolo Arm: Vintage Strat
Tremolo Arm Tip: American Vintage White
Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo
String Guide: American Vintage 56-58
String Gauge: .010-.046
Neck Assembly: 56 Strat Closet Classic
Neck Finish: Medium Tint Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Rift Sawn Maple
Fingerboard: Maple
Truss Rod: 50s
Head Style: Small
Neck Head Thickness: 0.580"
Neck Scoop: 57
Dot Spacing: Wide
Face Dot: Micarta Black .250
Side Dot: Micarta Black 3/32"
Fret Wire: Medium Vintage
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"
Neck Back Shape: 57 Style Soft "V"
Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .850"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .970"
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4 Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 54-60 Strat
Pickguard: 56 Strat .060 Parchment
Pickup Neck: Hand-wound Strat "Chicago Special" Neck
Pickup Middle: Hand-wound Strat "Chicago Special" Mid RWRP
Pickup Bridge: Lollar Imperial Low Wind 4-Conductor Humbucker Bridge
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Selector Switch Tip: Vintage White
Pots: 250k 10% Taper Split
Switch: 5-Way Lever
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