A rare and compelling find indeed, the Vintage Custom '55 Hardtail Strat has all the tremolo-less charm needed to inspire any player, collector or aficionado. Start with a two-piece ash body finished in NOS flash-coat lacquer and add a one-piece rift-sawn maple neck with a 1954 "U" profile, vintage compound-fingerboard radius fingerboard (7.25" - 9.5") and medium vintage 47095 frets.
Hand-wound 1955 Strat pickups with 1954 covers are wired to a vintage '55 control assembly and a five-way switch. Other features include Closet Classic hardware, a single-ply eggshell pickguard, a vintage-style hardtail bridge with patent pending saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and a disc string tree. Available in Wide-Fade Two-Color Sunburst and Aged White Blonde finishes. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Stratocaster®
- Body Material: 2-piece Select Ash
- Body Finish: Lacquer
- Neck Profile: 1954 “U”
- Fretboard Material: 1-Piece Maple Neck
- Fretboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- No. of Frets: 21 Jescar Medium Vintage (47095) Frets
- Fretboard Inlays: Black Micarta Dot, 0.25" (6.35 mm)
- Pickups: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '55 Single-Coil Strat® (Bridge), Custom Shop Hand-Wound '55 Single-Coil Strat® (Middle), Custom Shop Hand-Wound '55 Single-Coil Strat® (Neck)
- Bridge: 6-Saddle Hardtail with "Pat. Pend." Saddles
- Pickguard: 1-Ply Eggshell
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Tuning Machines
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity
