MODEL NUMBER
1521040821
BODY
Body Material: Alder with Figured Spalted Maple Top
Body Finish: Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Medium Roast AAA Bird's-Eye Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 10/56 Large "V"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Gold Pearloid Dot, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes, Maple
Maple Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Transition
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend."
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, staggered
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Special Electronic: Tone-Saver treble bleed
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style with Fender Logo
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Gold
Pickguard: 1-Ply Gold Anodized, 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
(821) Natural
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Black Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
Replaces Spalted Maple Top Stratocaster (2015 Model)
Replaced by Artisan Spalted Maple Stratocaster (2017 Model)
FENDER SAYS
The Spalted Maple Artisan Stratocaster features an alder body with a dramatically figured spalted maple top and a lacquer finish, paired with a one-piece medium-roast AAA birdseye maple neck with a 10/’56 “V” profile, 6105 frets and 9.5” fingerboard radius.
Other highly distinctive features include three hand-wound Fat ’50s pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup), five-way switching and Vintage Modified wiring with Tone-Saver treble bleed circuit, gold anodized pickguard and gold hardware, Custom Shop certificate of authenticity and black case.
ENG: The birth of Fender Custom Shop
ITA: La nascita del Custom Shop Fender
1521040821
BODY
Body Material: Alder with Figured Spalted Maple Top
Body Finish: Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Medium Roast AAA Bird's-Eye Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 10/56 Large "V"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Gold Pearloid Dot, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes, Maple
Maple Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Transition
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend."
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, staggered
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Special Electronic: Tone-Saver treble bleed
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style with Fender Logo
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Gold
Pickguard: 1-Ply Gold Anodized, 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
(821) Natural
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Black Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
Replaces Spalted Maple Top Stratocaster (2015 Model)
Replaced by Artisan Spalted Maple Stratocaster (2017 Model)
FENDER SAYS
The Spalted Maple Artisan Stratocaster features an alder body with a dramatically figured spalted maple top and a lacquer finish, paired with a one-piece medium-roast AAA birdseye maple neck with a 10/’56 “V” profile, 6105 frets and 9.5” fingerboard radius.
Other highly distinctive features include three hand-wound Fat ’50s pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup), five-way switching and Vintage Modified wiring with Tone-Saver treble bleed circuit, gold anodized pickguard and gold hardware, Custom Shop certificate of authenticity and black case.
ENG: The birth of Fender Custom Shop
ITA: La nascita del Custom Shop Fender
Courtesy of Max Guitar Store
Courtesy of Gbase
