Sorry, this item is not available for purchase

Exceptional Guitars

Fender Custom Shop - 923-5001-542

SKU: 766041 Model: 923-5001-542 Serial: R117403 Views: 423
Quantity Available: 1 Condition: Demo

Fender Custom Shop - 923-5001-542
Fender Custom Shop - 923-5001-542 2
Fender Custom Shop - 923-5001-542 3
Fender Custom Shop - 923-5001-542 4
Fender Custom Shop - 923-5001-542 5
Fender Custom Shop - 923-5001-542 6

Buy From Store

Notify Me

 Pick up at the store only. Contact St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador


Description

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.

Specifications
Series: Vintage Custom
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Lacquer
Neck: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard Material: Flat-Lam Rosewood
Number Of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Vintage
Position Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Bridge: 6-Saddle Hardtail with "Pat. Pend." Saddles
Pickups:
- Neck: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil
- Middle: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil
- Bridge: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil
Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
Case/gig Bag: Deluxe Hardshell