More about Artisan Koa Thinline Stratocaster®
The Artisan Koa Thinline Stratocaster® is an enticing and elegant guitar with everything you'd expect in playability and tone from the Fender Custom Shop. Stunning in look, sound and feel, it has a hollow roasted-ash body with an "F" hole and 4A figured koa top, which makes for an unusually alluring aesthetic and distinctive tone. The 3A birdseye maple neck is sculpted with a comfortable 1960 "oval-C" profile, topped by a beautiful Macassar ebony fingerboard with a compound radius (9.5"-12") and 21 narrow tall frets.
The 11-hole single-ply brown shell pickguard holds three hand-wound Fat '60s pickups, with five-way switching and Strat 1/2 Blender wiring, which lets the player blend in the neck pickup in switch positions 1 and 2 for extra tonal options. Other features include Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines with brown shell buttons, bone nut, and "wing" string tree with metal spacer. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Specs
| Model Name: | Artisan Koa Thinline Stratocaster®, Roasted Ash Body with 4A Figured Koa Top, Ebony Fingerboard, Aged Natural, NOS |
| Model Number: | 9235001195 |
| Series: | Artisan |
| Color: | Aged Natural |
| Body Shape: | Stratocaster® |
| Body Material: | Roasted Ash |
| Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Body Back: | Roasted Ash |
| Body Top: | 4A Figured Koa |
| Neck Material: | 3A Roasted Birdseye Maple |
| Neck Shape: | '60s Oval "C" |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" (64.77 cm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5" to 12" Compound Radius |
| Number of Frets: | 21 |
| Fret Size: | Narrow Tall |
| String Nut: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.650" (42 mm) |
| Neck Plate: | 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized |
| Neck Finish: | Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Fingerboard: | Round-Lam Ebony |
| Position Inlays: | Mother of Pearl Dot |
| Bridge Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat® |
| Middle Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat® |
| Neck Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat® |
| Controls: | Master Volume, Master Tone, Blend |
| Pickup Switching: | 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge with Neck Blend, Position 2. Bridge and Middle with Neck Blend, Position 3. Middle, Position 4. Neck and Middle, Position 5. Neck |
| Pickup Configuration: | SSS |
| Bridge: | Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
| Tuning Machines: | Vintage Style with Tortoise Shell Buttons |
| Orientation: | Right-Hand |
| Hardware Finish: | Chrome |
| Pickguard: | 1-Ply Tortoiseshell |
| Control Knobs: | Vintage White |
| Switch Tips: | Vintage White |
| Strings: | Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges) |
| Included Accessories: | Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity. |
Features and Specifications Subject to Change Without Notice