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Guitars > Electric Guitars > Solid Body Guitars > Fender Classic Player '50s Stratocaster Fender Classic Player '50s Stratocaster Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple Neck and Fingerboard, and Three Single-coil Pickups - 2-color Sunburst »CLICK TO ENLARGE   ItemID: StratCP5SB   Retail Price: $1,149.99 SAVE $350.00 (30%) WHEN YOU BUY TODAY! SALE PRICE: $799.99 Add this Item to Your Wishlist Special Order, But We Can Get It Fast Because of our great relationship with Fender, we normally can get this item as quickly as you need it. Order online or call your Sales Engineer now, and we'll make it happen for you. 1 other model available: Shoreline Gold  -  $799.99     Customers also bought...   On-Stage Stands Classic Guitar Stand Classic Guitar Fret Rest $12.99     Korg GA-30 Standard Tuner $14.99     On-Stage Stands A-Frame Guitar Stand A-Frame Guitar Stand $22.99   View More Suggestions

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Affordable Custom Shop-Designed Axe! Fender's Classic Player '50s Strat®, is the result of a collaboration between Fender's world renown Master Builders, and the company's state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, offering Custom Shop features at a modest price. With decades of combined guitar building experience, FENDER® Custom Shop Master Builders Dennis Galuzka, Gregory Fessler and Chris Fleming were tasked with creating their own "dream list" of specifications for these new Classic Series instruments. No ideas would be off limits, and no feature would be excluded in creating these customized and affordable guitars. What they came up with were features such as the Gotoh vintage locking tuners, custom wiring, custom 2-point vintage bridge and 9.5" fingerboard radius on Dennis Galuzka's Classic Player '50s Strat®. Classic Player '50s Stratocaster® At-a-Glance: Classic Strat® Design Trademark Strat Sound Fast Playing Soft "V" Maple Neck Classic Strat Design Though the original Stratocaster was first introduced more than 50 years ago, it's more popular now than ever, and the Classic Player Series instruments are the end result of 50 years of evolution. This guitar takes the best of the Stratocaster of the '50s and merges it with Custom Shop touches. The sleek. select alder body is covered with a classy 2-color sunburst and a jewel-like polyurethane finish. Each Classic Player '50s Strat features a special matching pickguard. In this case, the 2-color sunburst finish is beautifully complemented with a single-ply white vinyl pickguard along with special aged plastic parts. Trademark Strat Sound The original Strat had three single coil pickups, but the Classic Player '50s utilizes 3 American Vintage Strat single-soil pickups with staggered, Alnico 5 Magnet Pole Pieces, Aged Covers and the middle pickup reverse wound/reverse polarity for hum canceling in the middle switch position, so you get instant access to all those classic, glossy Strat tones with a simple flick of the five-position blade switch. Pickup Switching 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup Position 3. Middle Pickup Position 4. Neck and Bridge Pickup Position 5. Neck Pickup Fast Playing Soft "V" Maple Neck Leo Fender wasn't afraid to "think outside the box" when it came to guitar designs. In the 1950s and well into the 1970s, the blond natural maple neck became almost synonymous with Fender guitars. This Strat keeps the trademark maple neck and fingerboard, but this one has that special '50s soft "V" shape that many players prefer (Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy to name just two) along with a 9.5-inch radius. Classic Player '50s Stratocaster Features Body: Alder 2-Color Sunburst Neck: 1-Piece Maple, Soft "V" Shape, (Gloss Polyurethane Finish) Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5" Radius No. of Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo Frets Pickups: 3 American Vintage Strat Single-Coil Alnico 5 Pickups Master Volume, 2 Tone Controls Vintage Style 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Stamped Solid Steel Saddles and Milled Solid Steel Block Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Locking Tuning Machines Chrome Hardware 1-Ply White Pickguard Deluxe Gig Bag Unique Features Aged Knobs and Switch Tip, Vintage Style Locking Tuning Machines, "Custom Shop Designed" Neck Plate, Vintage Style 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo, 9.5" Radius Fender Classic Player '50s Stratocaster - Vintage Style with Modern Touches! Customer Reviews  Love My Classic Player 50's Strat!   by Ed Logan from Chicago, September 17, 2007 Music Background:  Intermediate Player “Awesome guitar. I wouldn't bother writing this review if it wasn't. It's a guitar Leo would be proud of. Very solid, substantial feel. V-neck plays like a dream. Beautiful paint job. All the features you could want in a classic Strat with the tone to match. I did a lot of research and played a lot of Strats when I was in the process of choosing a guitar I could love for ever. I kept coming back...” Read More • Write Your Own Review More Solid Body Guitars from Fender: · Fender Limited Edition VG Stratocaster · Fender American Deluxe Ash Telecaster · Fender Elvis Costello Jazzmaster · Fender Standard Roland-Ready Stratocaster · Fender Standard Telecaster · Fender Classic Player Baja Telecaster · Fender Vintage Hot Rod '52 Telecaster · Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster QMT HSS · Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster FMT HSS · Fender Standard Strat View All Products from Fender  Tell a Friend About the Classic Player '50s Stratocaster!  Print This Page See Also:  Solid Bodies

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