MODEL NUMBER
158-0160-(Color#): Rosewood, (897), (898) only
158-0162-(Color#): Maple, (819), (888) only
BODY
Body Material: Lightweight Ash
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster with deep ’57-style contours
NECK
Neck Material: One-Piece Medium-Roast AAA Birdseye Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Large “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood or Maple
Fingerboard Radius: Compound Radius 9.5” - 12” (241 - 305 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Dunlop 6105 Narrow Jumbo
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dot (rosewood) or Black Dot (maple), wide spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: In the Maple Neck Model Only
Walnut Plug: In the Maple Neck Model Only
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Black Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-wound Texas-Special Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-wound ‘69 Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-wound 1969 Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, Blend
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: RSD Stratocaster
Saddles: Vintage Style, stamped
Tuning Machines: Sperzel Chrome Die-Cast Tuners with White Pearloid Buttons
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply Parchment, 8 Holes
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Custom Shop V Logo "Fender", Serial
COLORS
(897) Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst, rosewood ftb. only
(898) HLE Gold, rosewood ftb. only
(819) Sage Green Metallic, maple neck only
(888) Chocolate 2-Color Sunburst, maple neck only
ACCESSORIES
Black Textured Vinyl Hardshell Case (Black Interior)
Certificate of Authenticity
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
COMMENTS
NOS Finish Treatment
Replaces American Custom Stratocaster (2015)
FENDER SAYS
The Fender Custom Shop 2016 American Custom Stratocaster takes the quintessential Fender electric guitar and decks it out with knockout appointments that make it a dazzling performer. The lightweight ash body comes in Two-Color and Three-Color Chocolate Sunburst, Sage Green Metallic and HLE Gold lacquer finishes with an NOS treatment. Singing Strat sparkle comes from a hand-wound ’69 Stratocaster single-coil neck and middle pickups (middle pickup is reverse wound/reverse polarity) and a hand-wound Texas Special single-coil bridge pickup.
Other premium features include a tinted AAA birdseye maple neck with “large C” profile, fast compound-radius (9.5”-12”) fingerboard with a bone nut and 22 6105 frets, five-way pickup switching and modern wiring (master volume, master tone, blend), single-ply parchment pickguard, RSD Stratocaster bridge, and chrome tuners with pearl buttons. Includes black hard-shell case and Custom Shop certificate of authenticity.
ENG: The birth of Fender Custom Shop
ITA: La nascita del Custom Shop Fender
158-0160-(Color#): Rosewood, (897), (898) only
158-0162-(Color#): Maple, (819), (888) only
BODY
Body Material: Lightweight Ash
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster with deep ’57-style contours
NECK
Neck Material: One-Piece Medium-Roast AAA Birdseye Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Large “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood or Maple
Fingerboard Radius: Compound Radius 9.5” - 12” (241 - 305 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Dunlop 6105 Narrow Jumbo
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dot (rosewood) or Black Dot (maple), wide spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: In the Maple Neck Model Only
Walnut Plug: In the Maple Neck Model Only
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Black Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-wound Texas-Special Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-wound ‘69 Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-wound 1969 Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, Blend
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: RSD Stratocaster
Saddles: Vintage Style, stamped
Tuning Machines: Sperzel Chrome Die-Cast Tuners with White Pearloid Buttons
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply Parchment, 8 Holes
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Custom Shop V Logo "Fender", Serial
COLORS
(897) Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst, rosewood ftb. only
(898) HLE Gold, rosewood ftb. only
(819) Sage Green Metallic, maple neck only
(888) Chocolate 2-Color Sunburst, maple neck only
ACCESSORIES
Black Textured Vinyl Hardshell Case (Black Interior)
Certificate of Authenticity
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
COMMENTS
NOS Finish Treatment
Replaces American Custom Stratocaster (2015)
FENDER SAYS
The Fender Custom Shop 2016 American Custom Stratocaster takes the quintessential Fender electric guitar and decks it out with knockout appointments that make it a dazzling performer. The lightweight ash body comes in Two-Color and Three-Color Chocolate Sunburst, Sage Green Metallic and HLE Gold lacquer finishes with an NOS treatment. Singing Strat sparkle comes from a hand-wound ’69 Stratocaster single-coil neck and middle pickups (middle pickup is reverse wound/reverse polarity) and a hand-wound Texas Special single-coil bridge pickup.
Other premium features include a tinted AAA birdseye maple neck with “large C” profile, fast compound-radius (9.5”-12”) fingerboard with a bone nut and 22 6105 frets, five-way pickup switching and modern wiring (master volume, master tone, blend), single-ply parchment pickguard, RSD Stratocaster bridge, and chrome tuners with pearl buttons. Includes black hard-shell case and Custom Shop certificate of authenticity.
ENG: The birth of Fender Custom Shop
ITA: La nascita del Custom Shop Fender
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