Fender Rarities Quilt Maple Top Stratocaster Guitar, Rosewood Neck, Natural

Player's Perspective

Music Store Live is proud to offer up this limited edition Rarities Quilt Maple Top Stratocaster from our friends over at Fender.

This guitar has some of our favorite pickups, a beautiful top, and our all-time favorite neck wood. Let's start with that last one. We just really love rosewood necks here at MSL. The feeling of your fretting hand on the raw neck is simply wonderful and it only gets better and better over time the more you play it. It's sort of like how a fine Italian pair of leather shoes feels better and better the more you wear it.

In terms of the sound, it's going to sound like a vintage strat through and through. The maple top will add some brightness but the rosewood neck will also add some warmth back to it. The pickups are true single-coils, but there really isn't much hum to speak of at all on this guitar since it's built so well and is well shielded with extremely high construction quality. The guitar oozes of vintage goodness while looking unlike any Strat you're seen before. In a world with so many strat copies out there, we like how this remains true to the vintage sound but also provides some unique aesthetics that definitely give it a modern look.

Manufacturer's Description

Combining exotic tonewoods with premium pickups and appointments, the limited-edition Rarities Collection creates a truly unique musical experience. The Rarities Quilt Maple Top Stratocaster features a two-piece roasted alder body with a quilt maple top and a solid rosewood neck. The Pure Vintage 65 single-coil Stratocaster pickups deliver a sweet, articulate voice.

Fender®, Squier®, Stratocaster®, Telecaster®, Precision Bass®, Jazz Bass® and the distinctive headstock designs commonly found on the Strat®, Tele® & P Bass® guitars are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation

Specifications

Body

• Model Name: Rarities Quilt Maple Top Stratocaster®, Rosewood Neck, Natural
• Model #: 0176500821
• Series: Rarities
• Country Of Origin: US
• Color: Natural
• Body: Roasted Alder with Quilt Maple Top
• Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®

Neck

• Neck Material: Solid Rosewood
• Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
• Neck Shape: '60s "C"
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Frets Size: Vintage Tall
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Position Inlays: White Pearloid Dot - 7mm
• Truss Rods: Vintage-Style

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Pure Vintage '65 Gray-Bottom Single-Coil Strat®
• Middle Pickup: Pure Vintage '65 Gray-Bottom Single-Coil Strat®
• Neck Pickup: Pure Vintage '65 Gray-Bottom Single-Coil Strat®
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup)
• Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup Position 3. Middle Pickup Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup Position 5. Neck Pickup
• Pickup Configuration: SSS

Hardware

• Bridge: 6-Saddle Pure Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"

Miscellaneous

• Pickguard: 1-Ply Gold Anodized Aluminum
• Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic
• Strings: Fender® USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
• Case: Fender Vintage Style Hardshell
• Instrument Weight: 8.4 lbs.

Overall Condition

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for Fender. This Rarities Quilt Maple Top Stratocaster is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty. Photos are of the exact guitar you'll receive.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.