1959 saw the advent of several important feature changes to the Stratocaster® including a slab rosewood fingerboard with clay position dots, a three-ply mint green pickguard with 8, 9 or 10 screws depending on the month it was built, and a metal spacer added to the string tree. This hardtail version would have been on the rare side, which ups the collectability and cool factors. This guitar features a hand-selected two-piece alder body and a rift-sawn maple neck with a 1959 “D” profile, a vintage compound-radius (7.25” - 9.5”) rosewood fingerboard and 21 medium vintage frets.
Hand-wound 1959 Strat pickups are wired to a vintage ’59 control assembly and five-way switch. Other features include Closet Classic hardware, three-ply eight-hole mint green pickguard, vintage-style hardtail bridge with patent pending saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with metal spacer. Available in Faded Aged Sonic Blue and Chocolate Three-Color Sunburst finishes. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
SERIES: Vintage Custom
ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
COLOR: Faded Aged Sonic Blue
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
NECK MATERIAL: Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Flat-Laminated Rosewood
POSITION INLAYS: Vintage Clay Dot
SIDE DOTS: Vintage Clay
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
BODY: 2-Piece Select Alder
BODY FINISH: Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Stratocaster®
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Alder
BRIDGE: 6-Saddle Hardtail with "Pat. Pend." Saddles
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Mint Green
CONTROL KNOBS: Vintage White
SWITCH TIP: Vintage White
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat®
MIDDLE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat®
NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat®
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SSS
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
SWITCHING: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
DIMENSIONS: 6.40x17.30x43.70 IN
SHIPPING WEIGHT: 23.40 LB
FRET SIZE: Medium Vintage (47095)
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
SHIPPING LENGTH: 43.70 IN
SHIPPING HEIGHT: 6.40 IN
SHIPPING WIDTH: 17.30 IN
INCLUDED ACCESSORIES: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
