Vintage Custom '59 Hardtail Strat® Time Capsule Package, Faded Aged Sonic Blue
Vintage Custom '59 Hardtail Strat® Time Capsule Package, Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst
More about Vintage Custom '59 Hardtail Strat®
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.
Specs
| Model Name: | Vintage Custom '59 Hardtail Strat® Time Capsule Package, Faded Aged Sonic Blue |
| Model Number: | 9235001542 |
| Series: | Vintage Custom |
| Color: | Faded Aged Sonic Blue |
| Body Shape: | Stratocaster® |
| Body Material: | 2-Piece Select Alder |
| Body Finish: | Lacquer |
| Neck Material: | Rift Sawn Maple |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" (648 mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 21 |
| Fret Size: | Jescar Medium Vintage (47095) |
| String Nut: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.650" (42 mm) |
| Neck Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Fingerboard: | Flat-Laminated Rosewood |
| Position Inlays: | Vintage Clay Dot |
| 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® |
| Controls: | Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup) |
| 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 |
| Pickup Configuration: | SSS |
| Bridge: | 6-Saddle Hardtail with "Pat. Pend." Saddles |
| Tuning Machines: | Vintage-Style |
| Orientation: | Right-Hand |
| Hardware Finish: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Pickguard: | 3-Ply Mint Green |
| 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