BILL CARSON '57 STRATOCASTER (Mid 1991-1993)
Custom Shop - Limited Edition
MODEL NUMBER
012-1150-(000)
BODY
Body Material: Select Comfort Contoured Alder Body
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: 1-Piece Lightly Figured Birdseye Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: '57 Style Soft “V”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Frets Size: Vintage Style
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", Bill Carson Signature
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop (V or Oval) Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: '50s Strat Single-Coil Pickups, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: '50s Strat Single-Coil Pickups, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: '50s Strat Single-Coil Pickups, Staggered Poles
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 3-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, Stamped
Tuning Machines: Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Tuning Machines without Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply White, (8 Hole)
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Bill Carson MODEL", Serial "MT"
COLORS
(000) Cimarron Red
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
ACCESSORIES
Tweed Case with Red Brick Plush Interior
Ash Tray” Bridge Cover in Kit
Certificate of Authenticity
Models sold by Music Trader came with an official letters about the model, as well as an autographed photo of Carson
Models sold by Fender came with paperback biography of Bill Carson entitled "My Life and Times with Fender Musical Instruments"
COMMENTS
Limited production run of 100 units.
Bill Carson Signature was inadvertently left off of headstock of the model MT100, the only left handed one; this model has a quite different neck plate, too.
Only 41 of the original 100 Carson Strats destined for Music Trader were shipped to Music Trader: 40 right handed models, serial numbers from MT000 to MT039, and one left handed (MT100). The others were sold by Fender.
51 Bill Carson Stratocaster, sold by Fender, came with slight different neck plate.
012-1150-(000)
BODY
Body Material: Select Comfort Contoured Alder Body
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: 1-Piece Lightly Figured Birdseye Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: '57 Style Soft “V”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Frets Size: Vintage Style
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", Bill Carson Signature
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop (V or Oval) Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: '50s Strat Single-Coil Pickups, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: '50s Strat Single-Coil Pickups, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: '50s Strat Single-Coil Pickups, Staggered Poles
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 3-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, Stamped
Tuning Machines: Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Tuning Machines without Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply White, (8 Hole)
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Bill Carson MODEL", Serial "MT"
COLORS
(000) Cimarron Red
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
ACCESSORIES
Tweed Case with Red Brick Plush Interior
Ash Tray” Bridge Cover in Kit
Certificate of Authenticity
Models sold by Music Trader came with an official letters about the model, as well as an autographed photo of Carson
Models sold by Fender came with paperback biography of Bill Carson entitled "My Life and Times with Fender Musical Instruments"
COMMENTS
Limited production run of 100 units.
Bill Carson Signature was inadvertently left off of headstock of the model MT100, the only left handed one; this model has a quite different neck plate, too.
Only 41 of the original 100 Carson Strats destined for Music Trader were shipped to Music Trader: 40 right handed models, serial numbers from MT000 to MT039, and one left handed (MT100). The others were sold by Fender.
51 Bill Carson Stratocaster, sold by Fender, came with slight different neck plate.
Courtesy of Reverb
Courtesy of Deteun Gitaren
