MODEL NUMBER
150-1520-(Color#): rosewood
150-1522-(Color#): maple
BODY
Body Material: Hand Selected Premium Lightweight Swamp Ash
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: “AAA” Bird’s-Eye Maple
Neck Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Early ‘60s "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round Laminated Rosewood or 1-Piece Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Graphite
Nut Width: 1.6875” (43 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dot (Maple), Mother-of-Pearl Dot (Rosewood), narrow spacing
Truss Rod: BiFlex
Skunk Stripe: Yes
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: CBS Black Logo
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "PAT 3,143,028", "ORIGINAL Contour Body PATENETED"
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop V Logo "Fender", "PROTO 1214"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Hand-Wound Fat ‘60s Single-Coil Strat Pickup, beveled, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Texas Special Strat Single-Coil Start Pickup, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Texas Special Strat Single-Coil Start Pickup, staggered
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Deluxe 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with and Polished Solid Stainless Steel Block and Pop-In Arm
Saddles: Polished Solid Stainless Steel Saddles
Tuning Machines: Sperzel Locking Machine Heads
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment, 11 Holes (config. modern)
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: None
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: Contoured 4-Bolt, Serial
COLORS
(800) Faded 3-Color Sunburst
(806) Black
(880) Arctic White
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Vintage-Style Strap Buttons
Truss Rod Adjustment Wrench: 1/8” Hex
Saddle Height Adjustment Wrench: .050” Hex
ACCESSORIES
Brown Hardshell Case (Red Interior)
Certificate of Authenticity
CruzTools Tool Kit
COMMENTS
Maybe few early models with Super 55 Split-Coil Stratocaster bridge pickup.
Replaces 2013 Stratocaster Pro (2013)
Replaced by Postmodern Stratocaster.
FENDER SAYS
Proto Series models (formerly Pro Series) are the Fender Custom Shop's proving-ground instruments, built with distinctive features typically requested for Master Built guitars and basses. We've incorporated several such features into a special custom instrument-the 2014 Proto Stratocaster, which has a hand-selected light ash body and a AAA birdseye maple neck with our number three early-'60s C-shaped profile and a smooth satin finish.
Other features include a maple or round-laminated hand-selected rosewood fingerboard with a 9.5 radius and 22 medium jumbo frets, Texas Special neck and middle pickups, Custom Hand-Wound Fat ‘60s bridge pickup, stripped-down control configuration (master volume, master tone, five-way pickup switch), Custom Classic tremolo system, locking tuners, and graphite nut for easier tuning and minimal string slippage. Available in Arctic White, Black and Faded Three-color Sunburst finishes.
ENG: The birth of Fender Custom Shop
ITA: La nascita del Custom Shop Fender
150-1520-(Color#): rosewood
150-1522-(Color#): maple
BODY
Body Material: Hand Selected Premium Lightweight Swamp Ash
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: “AAA” Bird’s-Eye Maple
Neck Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Early ‘60s "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round Laminated Rosewood or 1-Piece Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Graphite
Nut Width: 1.6875” (43 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dot (Maple), Mother-of-Pearl Dot (Rosewood), narrow spacing
Truss Rod: BiFlex
Skunk Stripe: Yes
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: CBS Black Logo
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "PAT 3,143,028", "ORIGINAL Contour Body PATENETED"
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop V Logo "Fender", "PROTO 1214"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Hand-Wound Fat ‘60s Single-Coil Strat Pickup, beveled, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Texas Special Strat Single-Coil Start Pickup, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Texas Special Strat Single-Coil Start Pickup, staggered
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Deluxe 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with and Polished Solid Stainless Steel Block and Pop-In Arm
Saddles: Polished Solid Stainless Steel Saddles
Tuning Machines: Sperzel Locking Machine Heads
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment, 11 Holes (config. modern)
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: None
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: Contoured 4-Bolt, Serial
COLORS
(800) Faded 3-Color Sunburst
(806) Black
(880) Arctic White
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Vintage-Style Strap Buttons
Truss Rod Adjustment Wrench: 1/8” Hex
Saddle Height Adjustment Wrench: .050” Hex
ACCESSORIES
Brown Hardshell Case (Red Interior)
Certificate of Authenticity
CruzTools Tool Kit
COMMENTS
Maybe few early models with Super 55 Split-Coil Stratocaster bridge pickup.
Replaces 2013 Stratocaster Pro (2013)
Replaced by Postmodern Stratocaster.
FENDER SAYS
Proto Series models (formerly Pro Series) are the Fender Custom Shop's proving-ground instruments, built with distinctive features typically requested for Master Built guitars and basses. We've incorporated several such features into a special custom instrument-the 2014 Proto Stratocaster, which has a hand-selected light ash body and a AAA birdseye maple neck with our number three early-'60s C-shaped profile and a smooth satin finish.
Other features include a maple or round-laminated hand-selected rosewood fingerboard with a 9.5 radius and 22 medium jumbo frets, Texas Special neck and middle pickups, Custom Hand-Wound Fat ‘60s bridge pickup, stripped-down control configuration (master volume, master tone, five-way pickup switch), Custom Classic tremolo system, locking tuners, and graphite nut for easier tuning and minimal string slippage. Available in Arctic White, Black and Faded Three-color Sunburst finishes.
ENG: The birth of Fender Custom Shop
ITA: La nascita del Custom Shop Fender
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