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The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as “The Dream Factory,” produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques–only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender’s finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.
“Chicago Special” Strat pickups
- Calibrated set – bridge to neck – for balanced output
- Each pickup as custom AlNiCo 5 magnet stagger for optimum output balance string-to-string
- 42 gauge enamel wire for round highs
- Potted in shellac for open wide range frequency response
Part Number: R101582
Serial Number: R100354
Finish Package: Journeyman
Case: Fender Custom Shop Brown
Weight:
Body Wood: Alder 2-Piece
Body Color: Wide Fade Chocolate 3-Tone Sunburst
Body Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Sort for Light Weight: Yes
Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel, Closet Classic
Bridge Assembly: American Vintage Strat Bridge
Output Assembly: Vintage Strat
Control Assembly: Strat 1/2 Blender
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Back Plate & Trem Cover: Strat Parchment Relic
Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded 60s
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage Aged
Tuner Keys: Vintage with Fender Logo
String Guide: American Vintage 59-64 Metal Spacer
String Gauge: .010 – .046
Neck Assembly: 60 Strat Relic
Neck Finish: Medium Tint Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Maple Rift Sawn
Fingerboard: Rosewood AAA 9mm
Sort for Dark Rosewood Fingerboard: Yes
Truss Rod: 60s
Head Style: Small
Neck Head Thickness: 0.575″
Neck Scoop: 60
Dot Spacing: Wide
Face Dot: Micarta White .250
Side Dot: Micarta White 3/32″
Fret Wire: Sanko 6105
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50″
Neck Back Shape: 59 “C”
Neck Nut Width: 1.650″
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .860″
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .980″
Neck Butt Width: 2.200″
Nut Material: Standard Micarta
Number of Bolts: 4 Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 56-60 Strat
Neck Notes: Relic Neck
Pickguard: 60 Strat Nitro 3-Ply Mint Green Relic
Pickup Neck: Chicago Special Hand-Wired Strat Neck
Pickup Middle: Chicago Special Hand-Wired Strat Middle RWRP
Pickup Bridge: Chicago Special Hand-Wired Strat Bridge
Pickup Covers: Vintage White
Control Knobs: Vintage White Relic
Selector Switch Tip: Vintage White Relic
Pots: 250k 10% Taper Spilt
Switch: 5-Way Lever
Caps: Wax Paper
Control Notes: 3-Way Switch in Case