MODEL NUMBER
9231012532
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Offset Seam Lightweight Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 1957 Soft "V"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” to 9.5” (184 mm to 241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Vintage
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42.8 mm)
Position Inlays: Micarta Black Dot; Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Slotted
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
Other Decals, back: Limited Edition Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tropo Single Coil Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tropo Single Coil Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tropo Single Coil Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume with Tone Saver Treble Bleed, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle Hardtail
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply Eggshell, 8 Holes
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial Number "LIMITED EDITION", Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
COLORS
Super Faded Aged 2-Color Sunburst
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Tweed Deluxe Hardshell Case with Orange Interior
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
Between Relic and Heavy Relic Finish
Dirty Pickup Covers and Knobs
Heavy Relic Neck Back
FENDER SAYS
Welcome to the Troposphere. The lowest layer of our Earth’s atmosphere lies just below the Stratosphere and is the place where earthy sounds meet the cosmos. The Limited Edition Tropo Strat features a new set of pickups that deliver those cosmic tones to the most discerning ear. Developed in the Custom Shop by master builder Paul Waller, Tropo Strat pickups are underwound, sweet-sounding pickups that allow more headroom with overdriven sounds and clean up for the most delicate tones to emerge. It’s a calibrated pickup set with ’50s-style formvar wire on the bridge pickup, a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup, and ’60s-style enamel wire on the neck pickup.
The Troposphere Strat features a two-piece off-center-seam alder body and single-piece tinted rift-sawn maple neck with a ’57 soft “V” back-shape, 7.25”-9.5” fingerboard radius and 21 medium vintage frets. Tropo pickups feature five-way switching and vintage modified #2 wiring with tone-saver treble bleed. Other features include a single-ply eggshell pickguard, hardtail Strat bridge with “Pat-Pend” saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
ENG: The Fender Custom Shop and Vince Cunetto and the birth of Relics
ITA: Il Custom Shop Fender e Vince Cunetto e la nascita del Relic
9231012532
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Offset Seam Lightweight Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 1957 Soft "V"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” to 9.5” (184 mm to 241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Vintage
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42.8 mm)
Position Inlays: Micarta Black Dot; Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Slotted
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
Other Decals, back: Limited Edition Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tropo Single Coil Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tropo Single Coil Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tropo Single Coil Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume with Tone Saver Treble Bleed, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle Hardtail
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply Eggshell, 8 Holes
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial Number "LIMITED EDITION", Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
COLORS
Super Faded Aged 2-Color Sunburst
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Tweed Deluxe Hardshell Case with Orange Interior
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
Between Relic and Heavy Relic Finish
Dirty Pickup Covers and Knobs
Heavy Relic Neck Back
FENDER SAYS
Welcome to the Troposphere. The lowest layer of our Earth’s atmosphere lies just below the Stratosphere and is the place where earthy sounds meet the cosmos. The Limited Edition Tropo Strat features a new set of pickups that deliver those cosmic tones to the most discerning ear. Developed in the Custom Shop by master builder Paul Waller, Tropo Strat pickups are underwound, sweet-sounding pickups that allow more headroom with overdriven sounds and clean up for the most delicate tones to emerge. It’s a calibrated pickup set with ’50s-style formvar wire on the bridge pickup, a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup, and ’60s-style enamel wire on the neck pickup.
The Troposphere Strat features a two-piece off-center-seam alder body and single-piece tinted rift-sawn maple neck with a ’57 soft “V” back-shape, 7.25”-9.5” fingerboard radius and 21 medium vintage frets. Tropo pickups feature five-way switching and vintage modified #2 wiring with tone-saver treble bleed. Other features include a single-ply eggshell pickguard, hardtail Strat bridge with “Pat-Pend” saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
ENG: The Fender Custom Shop and Vince Cunetto and the birth of Relics
ITA: Il Custom Shop Fender e Vince Cunetto e la nascita del Relic
Courtesy of Eddie's Guitars
Courtesy of Sweetwater
