Electric Guitars 101

The Fender Custom Deluxe Stratocaster from the Custom Shop comes in select alder and premium ash body models. Its lightly flamed 1965 C-shaped "A" maple neck has a 9.5" radius, 6105 frets, a bone nut and a choice of maple or dark hand-selected Indian rosewood fingerboards. The Fender Strat also has a custom '69 single-coil neck pickup with gray bobbin, a Texas Special single-coil bridge pickup and a hum-canceling reverse-wound/reverse-polarity custom '69 single-coil middle pickup with grey bobbin; five-way switching, Schaller locking tuners, three-ply mint green pickguard, modern headstock decal, "R" serial number neck plate, several thin nitro-lacquer body finishes (specific to body wood; see specs) and a vintage-tinted lacquer neck finish. Comes with hardshell electric guitar case, strap, straplocks, cable, polishing cloth, and certificate of authenticity.