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Fender Billy Corgan Stratocaster (Flat Black)

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Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple Neck and Fingerboard, and Three DiMarzio Humbucking Pickups - Flat Black

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Built for Billy's signature tone!

The Billy Corgan Stratocaster® puts one of the most distinctive-sounding tone tools of modern rock in your hands! Built to Corgan's specs, the Billy Corgan Stratocaster includes three DiMarzio humbuckers (two of which are custom for this guitar), a string-through-body hardtail bridge, and satin nitrocellulose finish. An exact copy of the instrument Billy currently tours with, this Strat® is a fitting tribute to the leader of the Smashing Pumpkins - a band famous for massively layered guitar sounds. Celebrate an alt-rock guitar hero with the Billy Corgan Stratocaster!



Fender Billy Corgan Stratocaster at a Glance:
  • Body and neck
  • Unique touches

Body and neck
Like most Strats, the Billy Corgan Stratocaster's body is constructed from alder, a wood chosen for its excellent all-around tonal response with a special sweet spot in the low-midrange. This gives the Billy Corgan Stratocaster a tone that's built for rocking. The neck is maple - also a Strat standard - with a maple fingerboard to add some extra bite to your tone. The maple headstock is modeled after the 1970s-style headstocks for a touch of vintage Strat flavor.

Unique touches
While the body and neck are not uncommon to a typical Strat®, everything else is purely Billy, and built for tone! The Billy Corgan Stratocaster boasts a hardtail bridge - a departure from the tremolo bridges Strat's typically come loaded with. This Strat comes in either black or white (satin lacquer finishes) with opposite-colored pickguards. Nested inside the pickguard are three DiMarzio pickups, two of which are custom-built for this guitar. The bridge and neck pickups are Billy Corgan Single-spaced Humbuckers with a Chopper residing in the middle position.

Not only are the pickups unique on this built-for-tone axe, but the pickup switching offers a ton of sonic flexibility. Per normal Strat configuration, the "1" position offers the bridge pickup soloed. Position two activates the inside coil of the bridge position and the middle pickup with both blades engaged. Position three is the middle Humbucker™ soloed, while the "4" slot is the full humbucker middle pickup paired with the outside coil of the neck pickup. Rounding out the pickup options, position five the neck pickup in soloed full humbucking mode. Needless to say, tone-chasing guitarists will love this guitar!

Fender Billy Corgan Stratocaster Features:
  • Color: Flat Black, Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Body Finish
  • Body: Alder
  • Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape (Satin Polyurethane Finish)
  • Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5" Radius
  • 22 Jumbo Frets
  • 1 Special Design DiMarzio Billy Corgan Single-spaced humbucking pickup (Neck),
  • 1 DiMarzio Chopper pickup (Middle),
  • 1 Special Design DiMarzio Billy Corgan Single-spaced humbucking pickup (Bridge)
  • Controls: Master Volume, 2 Tone
  • Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade
  • Bridge: American Strat Strings-Through-Body Hard Tail Bridge with Stainless Steel Saddles
  • Machine Heads: FENDER® Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
  • Hardware: Chrome
  • Pickguard 3-Ply
  • Scale Length: 25.5"
  • Width at Nut: 1.6875"
  • Large '70s-style headstock shape with large matching headstock logo
  • Vintage Tweed Case included
  • Accessories: Cable, Strap, Polishing Cloth

An alt-rock tone machine with Fender's Billy Corgan Stratocaster!
Specification Detail
Body Material Alder
Body Finish Nirocellulose
Color Flat Black
Neck Material Maple, Bolt-on
Neck Shape Modrn C
Scale Length 25.5"
Fingerboard Material Maple, 9.5" Radius
Fingerboard Inlay Black Dots
Number of Frets 22
Nut Width 1.6875"
Bridge/Tailpiece Hardtail
Tuners Standard Sealed
Number of Pickups 3
Neck Pickup Dimarzio Billy Corgan Single-Spaced Humbucker
Middle Pickup DiMarzio Chopper Single-Coil
Bridge Pickup Dimarzio Billy Corgan Single-Spaced Humbucker
Controls 1 x Volume, 2 x Tone, 5-way switch
Case Included Hard Case
Manufacturer Part Number 011-5002-806

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Reviews

Best axe you'll ever find for the money

by TaylorB from Washington, DC
March 8, 2012
Music Background: Dedicated Hobbyist
I purchased this guitar on Dec.. 31st 2012 and haven't been able to put it down. The tone capability on this guitar is like nothing I have ever heard. You can play anything from smooth jazz to ripping... read more [+] metal.

In my opinion the most amazing part of this guitar is the neck. Thin and smooth. It is fast but not too fast and smooth as silk on the back side. This is a real players guitar.

I mostly play classic and alternative rock and there is not a guitar I would buy for even twice as much. I trailed it head to head with a Gibson Les Paul Standard and Traditional, and this Corgan was MILES ahead of the others in terms of crisp toes, distortion, and everything in between. (I trailed this on a Marshall Half Stack and head and Fender Mustang IV amplifier at my local store.)

I am currently playing it through a Fender Mustang III Amp.

This is NOT just a rockers guitar. The way the 3 humbuckers work is phenomenal. Not only do you have 2 custom Corgan rocking humbuckers (limited ot THIS GUITAR ONLY) but this Strat can split the tones to still give that classic Single Coil Stratocater sound with it's 5 way switch.

The better your amp the better this guitar will treat you, but you will be in heaven with only a $200 amp, that's how good this thing is.

NOTE to ALL- the Olympic White is not actually White, it is really more of a Creme (but not that aged white Strat look either). Buyer beware.

Go with the flat black close [-]

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