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Fender Custom Shop Hardtail Time Capsule Strat #R12391 From Fender

A Sonic Blue Stratocaster with Superb Sounds, featuring a hardtail bridge and hand-wound '59 strat pickups!

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Condition: Used, Excellent

SP Luthier Notes: The guitar required a full adjustment to the truss rod, nut, and bridge to be brought to a perfect level of playability. A majority of frets showed evidence of play wear. As such, the frets were leveled, recrowned, and polished back to a near mint state. No further work was required.

A Strat that knows no bounds, and also one that knows no vibrato arm! This is a stellar instrument. While most "S" style guitars are known to have tremolos, it's not a common thing to find one that is a hardtail. As a result of its construction, theis guitar is warmier and airier sounding than your typical Stratocaster. True to Fender Custom Shop craftsmanship, this guitar plays like butter (thanks especially to our luthier's handiwork). The pickups are big, bold, and clear but with plenty of midrange honk and spank. There's nothing like a hardtail strat, and you shouldn't miss this one!

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Manufacturer's Description from Fender

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.

About Manufacturer

With an illustrious history dating back to 1946, Fender has touched and transformed music worldwide and in nearly every genre: rock ‘n’ roll, country and western, jazz, rhythm and blues and many others. Everyone from beginners and hobbyists to the world’s most acclaimed artists and performers have used Fender instruments and amps, in the process making the company not only a revered music industry name, but also a cultural icon. It is our vision to continue championing THE SPIRIT OF ROCK-N-ROLL® throughout the world and our mission to exceed the expectations of music enthusiasts worldwide.

Specifications

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

Body Shape:Stratocaster®

Body Material:2-Piece Select Alder

Body Finish:Lacquer

Neck

Neck Material:Rift Sawn Maple

Scale Length:25.5" (64.77 cm)

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

Electronics

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

Hardware

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