Player's Perspective
Music Store Live is proud to offer up this Vintage Custom '59 Strat from the Fender Custom Shop.
When it's a Fender Custom Shop guitar, you know you're getting the best of the best. Built by their best luthiers, you can really feel the immense level of precision and attention to detail in every square inch of this simple beauty. This is really perfect for the player that wants a vintage sound and vintage vibe but still wants some more modern aspects that impact the playability. For example, there's a compound radius fretboard that feels nice and round while you're down in 1st position and it gets slightly flatter as you go up the neck. We're also a fan of the medium vintage frets. They're just slightly larger than traditional vintage ones and make it just a bit easier to get your fingers under the strings for bends.
The sound is wonderfully vintage with beautiful vocal-like clarity to the notes that was characteristic of the strats from this time period. There's plenty of brightness and twang on tap in the bridge and fullness and warmth in the neck. The flash-coat lacquer finish allows the wood to breathe and allows the tone of the guitar to open up and only get better and better over time.
For the player that wants the ultimate vintage strat with immaculate playability, you're going to want to look in this direction.
Manufacturer's Description
1959 was a pivotal year in the annals of Stratocaster history. It was the first year that modern features, such as rosewood fingerboards and the now-iconic 3-Color Sunburst finish made their initial appearance. The Vintage Custom 1959 Stratocaster sports both a slab rosewood fingerboard and a sumptuous chocolate 3-Color Sunburst finish, as well as some other cool and rare features from the Stratocaster's formative years. The flash-coat lacquer finish lets the guitar breathe more freely and organically for singing sustain and warm tone. The neck features a vintage 7.25"-9.5" compound radius, which we found on some rare examples, giving it a unique feel even among vintage-inspired models. It also features medium vintage frets, which are slightly larger than regular vintage and very comfortable to play.
Other features found on this guitar include a 2-piece select alder body, tinted rift-sawn maple neck with '59 "C"-shaped neck profile, 21 medium vintage frets, hand-wound '59 Strat single-coil pickups, 5-way switch, vintage wiring, 3-ply mint green nitrocellulose pickguard, American Vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, bone nut, wing string tree and vintage-style tuning machines.
The Vintage Custom 1959 Stratocaster is the legendary guitar you know and love infused with '59 mojo. Includes a deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
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: Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1959 Stratocaster® NOS, Rosewood
- Model #: 9235000562
- Series: Vintage Custom
- Country Of Origin: US
- Color: Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst
- Body: Select Alder
- Body Finish: NOS Flash Coat Lacquer
- Body Shape: Stratocaster®
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
Neck
- Fingerboard, Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst
- Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
- Neck Finish: Flash Coat Lacquer
- Neck Shape: 1959 "C"
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Fingerboard: AAA Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
- Number of Frets: 21
- Frets Size: Medium Vintage 50085
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Position Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot
- Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat®
- Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat®
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '59 Single-Coil Strat®
- Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (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 Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
Miscellaneous
- Strings: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity
- Serial #: R100368
- Instrument Weight: 8.3 lbs
Overall Condition
Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for Fender Custom Shop. This 1959 Stratocaster NOS 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.
