Nile Rodgers "Hitmaker" Stratocaster (2014)
Custom Shop - Limited Edition Series (Tribute, 2014 Limited Collection)
MODEL NUMBER
923-5000-(200)
BODY
Body Material: Lightweight Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Custom "C"
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:
Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dot, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend."
Other Decals, back: Limited Edition Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Hand-Wound Custom Shop 1969 Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Middle Pickup: Hand-Wound Custom Shop 1969 Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Neck Pickup: Hand-Wound Custom Shop 1969 Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Controls: "Speed" Master Volume, "Speed" Tone 1. (Neck), "Speed" Tone 2. (Mid, Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Vintage Style Hard-Tail
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Satin Sperzel Locking Tuning Machines
String Tree: #2, Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply Chrome-Plated Brass, 11 Holes (config. modern)
Control Knobs: White Transparent
Switch Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Custom Shop V Logo "Fender", "THE HITMAKER", Serial "NR"
COLORS
Aged Olympic White
ACCESSORIES
Limited Edition Case
Limited Edition Certificate of Authenticity
CroozTools Tool Kit
COMMENTS
Heavy Relic Finish. Shows Natural Wear and Tear of Years of Heavy Use, Nicks, Scratches, Worn Finish Rusty Hardware and Aged Plastic Parts.
FENDER SAYS
The Fender Custom Shop is proud to introduce the limited edition Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster guitar. It's a very special recreation of the Hitmaker-the well-worn 1960 Stratocaster played by Chic co-founder and revered session ace Rodgers on countless chart-topping songs.
Rodgers' affectionately nicknamed Hitmaker is a 1960 Stratocaster with a 1959 neck. He got it for a trade-in long ago at a small shop in Miami Beach, Fla. Exceptionally light in weight, it has a maple fingerboard and bears a well-worn white finish. Rodgers says it doesn't sound like any other Stratocaster in the world.
The Fender Custom Shop Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster features a light alder body and one-piece straight-grain maple neck, with a 9.5-radius maple fingerboard, 21 6105 frets, three Custom Shop 1969 single-coil Stratocaster pickups, five-way switching, chrome-plated brass pickguard, three white speed knobs, vintage-style hard-tail bridge, locking Sperzel tuners and a worn Relic lacquer finish in Olympic White.
923-5000-(200)
BODY
Body Material: Lightweight Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Custom "C"
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:
Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dot, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend."
Other Decals, back: Limited Edition Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Hand-Wound Custom Shop 1969 Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Middle Pickup: Hand-Wound Custom Shop 1969 Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Neck Pickup: Hand-Wound Custom Shop 1969 Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Controls: "Speed" Master Volume, "Speed" Tone 1. (Neck), "Speed" Tone 2. (Mid, Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Vintage Style Hard-Tail
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Satin Sperzel Locking Tuning Machines
String Tree: #2, Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply Chrome-Plated Brass, 11 Holes (config. modern)
Control Knobs: White Transparent
Switch Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Custom Shop V Logo "Fender", "THE HITMAKER", Serial "NR"
COLORS
Aged Olympic White
ACCESSORIES
Limited Edition Case
Limited Edition Certificate of Authenticity
CroozTools Tool Kit
COMMENTS
Heavy Relic Finish. Shows Natural Wear and Tear of Years of Heavy Use, Nicks, Scratches, Worn Finish Rusty Hardware and Aged Plastic Parts.
FENDER SAYS
The Fender Custom Shop is proud to introduce the limited edition Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster guitar. It's a very special recreation of the Hitmaker-the well-worn 1960 Stratocaster played by Chic co-founder and revered session ace Rodgers on countless chart-topping songs.
Rodgers' affectionately nicknamed Hitmaker is a 1960 Stratocaster with a 1959 neck. He got it for a trade-in long ago at a small shop in Miami Beach, Fla. Exceptionally light in weight, it has a maple fingerboard and bears a well-worn white finish. Rodgers says it doesn't sound like any other Stratocaster in the world.
The Fender Custom Shop Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster features a light alder body and one-piece straight-grain maple neck, with a 9.5-radius maple fingerboard, 21 6105 frets, three Custom Shop 1969 single-coil Stratocaster pickups, five-way switching, chrome-plated brass pickguard, three white speed knobs, vintage-style hard-tail bridge, locking Sperzel tuners and a worn Relic lacquer finish in Olympic White.
Courtesy of Tundra Music
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