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Vintage Hot Rod '60s Stratocaster Electric Guitar

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Overview

A celebrated design with a versatile pickup combination.

Fender's Vintage Hot Rod '60s Stratocaster gives you the best Strat tone, style and performance of both eras”authentically vintage-style design touches straight from the 1960s and hot-rodded modern mods ideal for today's players.

Premium features include an alder body; maple neck with mid-'60s "C"-shaped profile, vintage-style heel-end truss rod adjustment, and satin back finish; and a compound-radius (7.25-12) rosewood fingerboard with 21 6105 frets, oversize white pearloid dot inlays and a bone nut. Singing tone comes from American Vintage single-coil ™59 Stratocaster (neck), ™65 gray-bottom Stratocaster (middle) and single-coil ™56 Stratocaster (bridge) pickups. In addition to five-way blade pickup switching, an S-1„¢ switch adds the bridge pickup to pickup switch positions 3, 4 and 5.

Other features include a four-ply brown shell pickguard, three aged white control knobs (master volume, tone 1, tone 2), two-point synchronized tremolo with vintage-style stamped steel saddles, Gotoh® locking tuners and locking strap buttons. Available in Three-color Sunburst and Olympic White gloss finishes. Includes upgraded deluxe vintage-style black case, vintage-style 8™ cable, vintage-style black strap, extra tremolo springs and wrenches.

Features

  • Contoured alder body
  • Maple neck with mid-'60s "C"-shaped profile
  • Compoud-radius (7.25-12) rosewood fingerboard with 21 6105 frets
  • American Vintage single-coil ™59 Stratocaster neck pickup
  • ™65 gray-bottom Stratocaster middle pickup
  • Single-coil ™56 Stratocaster bridge pickup
  • 5-way blade pickup switching with S-1„¢ switch
  • 4-ply brown shell pickguard
  • Three aged white control knobs (master volume, tone 1, tone 2)
  • 2-point synchronized tremolo with vintage-style stamped steel saddles
  • Gotoh locking tuners and locking strap buttons
  • Includes case

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Specs

Vintage Hot Rod '60s Stratocaster Electric Guitar Specifications:

Body
  • Body Material: Alder
  • Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Body Shape: Stratocaster®
Neck
  • Neck Material: Maple
  • Neck Shape: Mid '60s "C"
  • Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood
  • Number of Frets: 21
  • Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo
  • String Nut: Bone
  • Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
  • Position Inlays: Oversized White Pearloid Dots
Electronics
  • Bridge Pickup: American Vintage '56 Single-Coil Strat
  • Middle Pickup: American Vintage '65 Grey Bottom Single-Coil Strat
  • Neck Pickup: American Vintage '59 Single-Coil Strat
  • Controls: Master Volume (with S-1„¢ Switch), Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge 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
  • Special Electronics: S-1„¢ Switch Adds Bridge Pickup Into Positions 3, 4 and 5
Hardware
  • Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Vintage-Style Stamped Steel Saddles
  • Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
  • Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Locking
  • Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell
  • Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic
Miscellaneous
  • Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
  • Unique Features: HR Serial Number Prefix, 4-Bolt with Engraved Vintage Hot Rod Crossed Checkered Flags Emblem, White Pearloid Side Dot Position Inlays, Single œWing String Tree, Vintage-Style Heel Truss Rod Adjustment, Locking Strap Buttons
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