Hardtail versions would have been rare, which increases their collectability and cool factor. 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.
This guitar features hand-wound 1959 Strat pickups and a vintage 59 control assembly. 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. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Stratocaster®
- Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
- Body Finish: Lacquer
- Fretboard Material: Flat-Laminated Rosewood
- Fretboard Radius: 7.25″ to 9.5″ Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
- Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
- No. of Frets: 21 Medium Vintage Frets
- Fretboard Inlays: Vintage Clay Dots
- Pickups: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Stratocaster® (Bridge), Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Stratocaster® (Middle), Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Stratocaster® (Neck)
- Bridge: 6-Saddle Hardtail with “Pat. Pend.” Saddles
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Includes: Strap and Certificate of Authenticity
