Description
Description
Featuring measurements and components we hand-selected from across history, our “Chicago Special” Fender Custom Shop guitars highlight important years in the development of core models like the Stratocaster, Telecaster and more. We capture the energy and essence of their respective eras with iconic fingerboard radii and period-correct plastics, matched headstocks and slab fingerboards, classic finishes and not-so-classic colorways. But that’s just the beginning of what makes our Fender Custom Shop guitars so special. We take customization a step further with rift sawn necks for added resonance and expanded control sets for tonal versatility. Every “Chicago Special” Fender Custom Shop guitar features our own custom-wound Chicago Special pickups, which we had the great fortune to conceive and design in partnership with the late great Vice President of Product Development at Fender Custom Shop, Mike Lewis.
"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
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Fender Custom Shop |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Serial Number: | R149029 |
| Product Color: | Super Aged Sea Foam Green |
| Relic/Aging Level: | Time Capsule |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Stratocaster |
| Body Material: | 2-Piece Alder (Sort for Light Weight) |
| Body Finish: | Flash Coat Lacquer |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Roasted Rift Sawn Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Flash Coat Lacquer |
| Neck Tint/Color: | No Tint |
| Neck Shape: | Slim '65 "C" |
| Fingerboard Material: | Veneer AAA Indian Rosewood (Sort for Dark) |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.65" |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5" |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" |
| Number of Frets: | 21 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | 4 Bolt |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Mother of Pearl 7mm Dot |
| Inlay Shape: | Dots |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Micarta Black 3/32" |
| Headstock Inlay/Decal: | '65 Stratocaster |
| Neck Binding: | White |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Hand-Wound "Chicago Special" Stratocaster |
| Middle Pickup: | Hand-Wound "Chicago Special" Stratocaster RWRP |
| Neck Pickup: | Hand-Wound "Chicago Special" Stratocaster |
| Controls and Switching: | Fat '50s Half Blender |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Bridge: | American Vintage Stratocaster |
| Tuning Machines: | Vintage w/Fender Logo |
| String Tree: | American Vintage '65 Nylon Spacer |
| Fret Wire: | Medium Vintage / 47095 |
| Saddle: | Metal |
| Pickguard: | 3-Ply White |
| Knobs: | Vintage White Stratocaster |
| Switch Cap: | Vintage White |