MODEL NUMBER
1521070821
BODY
Body Material: Roasted Alder with Figured Spalted Maple Top
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Over WLS Urethane Finish
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Medium Roast AAA Bird's-Eye Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 1963 C
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: African Blackwood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" to 12" Compound Radius (241mm-305mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Dunlop 6105 Narrow Jumbo
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Vintage Clay 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: 30th Anniversary Custom Shop V Logo "Fender" (CS V Logo on 2018 guitars)
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Bridge Single-Coil Strat, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Bridge Single-Coil Strat, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Bridge 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, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Gold
Pickguard: 1-Ply Gold Anodized Aluminum, 8 Holes
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage 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 Artisan Stratocaster (2016 Model)
Replaced by Artisan Spalted Maple Stratocaster (2018 Model)
FENDER SAYS
With its intricate color pattern and alluringly strong grain, the Artisan Spalted Maple Strat is an eye-catching example of the Fender Custom Shop’s art. Equal parts work of art and functional instrument, this guitar lets its exotic mix of roasted alder, spalted maple, roasted AAA birdseye maple and African blackwood do the talking, blazing forth with sonic and visual character.
Three hand-wound Custom Shop ’60/’63 single-coil Stratocaster pickups—including a RWRP middle pickup—provide authentic vintage-style tone, with all the pristine highs, punchy mids and robust lows that made the Strat a legend. Vintage Modified Strat #2 wiring adds even more sonic variety, connecting the middle pickup to the first tone control and adding our Tone-Saver treble-bleed circuit to the master volume control, ensuring your tone remains unchanged when reducing the instrument’s volume.
Other features include a lightweight two-piece body with nitrocellulose lacquer finish and WLS undercoat, “’63 Strat C”-shaped neck profile, 9.5”-12” compound-radius fingerboard, six-saddle vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge, gold hardware, 21 6105 frets, gold anodized pickguard, bone nut and wing string tree. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
ENG: The birth of Fender Custom Shop
ITA: La nascita del Custom Shop Fender
1521070821
BODY
Body Material: Roasted Alder with Figured Spalted Maple Top
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Over WLS Urethane Finish
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Medium Roast AAA Bird's-Eye Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 1963 C
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: African Blackwood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" to 12" Compound Radius (241mm-305mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Dunlop 6105 Narrow Jumbo
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Vintage Clay 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: 30th Anniversary Custom Shop V Logo "Fender" (CS V Logo on 2018 guitars)
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Bridge Single-Coil Strat, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Bridge Single-Coil Strat, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Bridge 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, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Gold
Pickguard: 1-Ply Gold Anodized Aluminum, 8 Holes
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage 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 Artisan Stratocaster (2016 Model)
Replaced by Artisan Spalted Maple Stratocaster (2018 Model)
FENDER SAYS
With its intricate color pattern and alluringly strong grain, the Artisan Spalted Maple Strat is an eye-catching example of the Fender Custom Shop’s art. Equal parts work of art and functional instrument, this guitar lets its exotic mix of roasted alder, spalted maple, roasted AAA birdseye maple and African blackwood do the talking, blazing forth with sonic and visual character.
Three hand-wound Custom Shop ’60/’63 single-coil Stratocaster pickups—including a RWRP middle pickup—provide authentic vintage-style tone, with all the pristine highs, punchy mids and robust lows that made the Strat a legend. Vintage Modified Strat #2 wiring adds even more sonic variety, connecting the middle pickup to the first tone control and adding our Tone-Saver treble-bleed circuit to the master volume control, ensuring your tone remains unchanged when reducing the instrument’s volume.
Other features include a lightweight two-piece body with nitrocellulose lacquer finish and WLS undercoat, “’63 Strat C”-shaped neck profile, 9.5”-12” compound-radius fingerboard, six-saddle vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge, gold hardware, 21 6105 frets, gold anodized pickguard, bone nut and wing string tree. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
ENG: The birth of Fender Custom Shop
ITA: La nascita del Custom Shop Fender
Courtesy of Guitar Chimp
