MODEL NUMBER
017-0302-(737)
 
BODY
Body Material: Alder with Flame Maple Top
Body Finish: Gloss Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
 
NECK
Neck Material: Birdseye Maple
Neck Finish: Satin Lacquer on back, Gloss Lacquer on Headstock front
Neck Shape: Modern "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood (Buffed)
Fingerboard Radius: Compound 9.5”-14” (241 mm-355.6 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.685" (42.8 mm)
Position Inlays: White Pearloid Dot, narrow spacing
Truss Rod: Bi-Flex
Truss Rod Nut: 1/8" American Series Nut
Skunk Stripe: Yes
 
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Whitish Spaghetti Logo
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN U.S.A.", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
Other Decals, back: Fender Select Medallion, Serial Number
 
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Fender Select Humbucking Pickup, coverless
Middle Pickup: Fender Select Single Coil Pickup, staggered
Neck Pickup: Fender Select Single Coil Pickup, staggered
Controls: Master Volume, Tone (Neck, Mid), No-Load Tone Control (Bridge and Bridge/Mid Combo)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: HSS
 
HARDWARE
Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style Bent Steel Saddles, "FENDER"/"FENDER" reverse direction
Tuning Machines: Deluxe Staggered Cast/Sealed Locking Tuning Machines
String Tree: Ezy Glider
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment, 11 Holes (config. modern)
Control Knobs: Parchment
Switch Tip: Parchment
Tremolo Arm: Parchment
Pickup covers: Parchment (Single Coil); Coverless, Parchment (Humbucker)
Neck Plate: Contoured 4-Bolt, "Fender CORONA, CALIFORNIA"
 
COLORS
(737) Antique Burst
 
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .009-.042
 
ACCESSORIES
Custom Fender Select G&G Case
 
COMMENTS
Replaced by Fender Select Stratocaster - 2013 Edition
 
FENDER SAYS
Select instruments for select individuals. Introducing Fender Select series guitars and basses—true players’ instruments that put more than six decades of Fender experience and expertise on outstandingly appointed display and bring a wealth of high-end features and elegant design options to discerning musicians everywhere.
With choice tone woods, figured tops, strikingly beautiful finishes, figured and quartersawn maple necks with compound-radius fretboards, specially voiced Fender Select pickups that deliver masterful tone, and other first-rate features, the U.S.-made Select Series puts Fender’s top-line best in capable hands—yours.
The Fender Select Stratocaster HSS takes the refined elegance of its triple single-coil brother and amps it up through the roof with the extra power of a humbucking bridge pickup. Features include a striking Antique Burst gloss lacquer finish and natural binding on a sleek flame maple-top body. Its modern “C” shaped birdseye maple neck has a comfortable contoured heel, Bi-Flex truss rod system for rock-solid stability, a satin lacquer finish and rear-headstock “Fender Select” medallion. The smooth-playing compound radius rosewood fretboard (9.5”-14”) has 22 medium jumbo frets and stylish white pearloid position inlays. Full-throated sound roars from the Fender Select Stratocaster humbucking bridge pickup, with singing tone from new Fender Select Stratocaster single-coil neck and middle pickups—all combined with five-way switching and a no-load tone control that delivers the natural uncolored sound of the humbucking bridge pickup when dimed. 
Other premium features include a three-ply pickguard (parchment-black-parchment), two-point synchronized tremolo bridge with vintage-style bent steel saddles, deluxe staggered cast/sealed locking tuners and nickel-chrome hardware. Custom G&G Fender Select case, strap, cable and polishing cloth included.  

USA: About Fender Select Series and channel-bound fretboard
ITA: La serie Fender Select e le tastiera channel-bound

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Courtesy of Mister Music Guitars

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