Product Description

Fender Custom Shop Artisan Spalted Maple Stratocaster, Maple Neck, Natural

ARTISAN SERIES

The Artisan series is built to spotlight fine woods with distinctive figures and hand-rubbed oil finishes. Artisan series instruments are also outfitted with a wealth of special appointments and features that contribute to their striking sound and style.

MORE ABOUT ARTISAN SPALTED MAPLE STRATOCASTER®

With its intricate color pattern and alluringly strong grain, the Artisan Spalted Maple Strat is an eye-catching example of the Fender Custom Shop’s art. Equal parts work of art and functional instrument, this guitar lets its exotic mix of roasted alder, spalted maple, roasted AAA birdseye maple and African blackwood do the talking, blazing forth with sonic and visual character. 

Three hand-wound Custom Shop ’60/’63 single-coil Stratocaster pickups—including a RWRP middle pickup—provide authentic vintage-style tone, with all the pristine highs, punchy mids and robust lows that made the Strat a legend. Vintage Modified Strat #2 wiring adds even more sonic variety, connecting the middle pickup to the first tone control and adding our Tone-Saver treble-bleed circuit to the master volume control, ensuring your tone remains unchanged when reducing the instrument’s volume.

Other features include a lightweight two-piece body with nitrocellulose lacquer finish and WLS undercoat, “ ’63 Strat C”-shaped neck profile, 9.5”-12” compound-radius fingerboard, six-saddle vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge, gold hardware, 21 6105 frets, gold anodized pickguard, bone nut and wing string tree. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.

FEATURES

• Model Name: Artisan Spalted Maple Stratocaster®
• Model Number: 1521070821
• S/N: CZ531611
• Series: Artisan
• Color: Natural
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: Roasted Alder with Spalted Maple Top
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Over Urethane Finish
• Neck Material: One-Piece Medium-Roast AAA Birdseye Maple
• Neck Shape: 1963 C
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" to 12" Compound Radius (241mm-305mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: 6105 Narrow Jumbo
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Fingerboard: African Blackwood
• Position Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot
• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Bridge
• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 RWRP Middle
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Neck
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge 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
• Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
• Tuning Machines: Fender Vintage-Style
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Gold Anodized Aluminum
• Control Knobs: Vintage White
• Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity

"This Fender Custom Shop Artisan Spalted Maple Stratocaster, Maple Neck, Natural comes with Fender's Factory Warranty!"

"Each Fender guitar we sell is professionally set up and ready to play before they leave our store. Also, the guitar shown in this listing is the actual guitar that you will receive!"

"Please contact Todd Myrah at Empire Music with any questions regarding this guitar"