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Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and 3 Single-coil Pickups - Olympic White
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A Classic Rock Legend's Guitar - In Your Hands!

The Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster solidbody electric guitar brings you the sound and fury of a legendary player's favorite tonal weapon! Based on the guitarist's favorite '70s Strat, the Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster includes a distinctive scalloped fingerboard, '70s-style "F" tuners, and Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 single-coil pickups (complete with a "dummy" middle position pickup). You get a vintage-style 3-bolt maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard, a large headstock design, and flush-mounted straplocks on the Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster.

Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster Solidbody Electric Guitar at a Glance:
  • Blackmore and Fender team up
  • Fantastic fingerboard
  • Pickups: two plus one
Blackmore and Fender team up

Legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has been creating memorable guitar riffs for decades. His deft phrasing and unmistakable tone have helped make the phrase "guitar solo" a household term. Ritchie and Fender are now proud to introduce the Ritchie Blackmore Signature Strat. Based on his favorite '70s Stratocaster, this guitar features a maple neck with a graduated scalloped rosewood fretboard, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat pickups, and '70s style "F" tuners. A heavy-duty gig bag is also included.

Fantastic fingerboard

Ritchie Blackmore's great touch and style could make any instrument sing, but his preferred tool of choice is the Strat. This model's scalloped rosewood fingerboard lets you fret and bend effortlessly. The combination of components and Blackmore's touch create a memorable tone that's become entrenched in the classic rock canon.

Pickups: two plus one

Fender equipped the Ritchie Blackmore Strat with two high-output Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound SSL-4 single-coil pickups. Bigger than usual magnets give these pickups more than double the power of an ordinary single-coil! Though you'll see three pickups mounted in this guitar, the middle unit is inactive (just like Ritchie's!). A 3-way selector switch lets you navigate between the high-output pickups.

Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:
  • Color: Olympic white
  • Body: Alder
  • Finish:Gloss polyester
  • Neck: Maple
  • Fingerboard: Graduated scalloped rosewood fretboard, 7.25" radius
  • Frets: 21, vintage frets
  • Scale length: 25.5"
  • Width at nut: 1.65"
  • Hardware Chrome
  • Tuning keys - Fender Vintage "F"-style tuning machines
  • Bridge: Vintage-style synchronized tremolo
  • Pickguard: 3-ply White
  • Pickups: Seymour DuncanQuarter Pound Flat SSL-4 (neck), SSL4 RW/RP (neck)
  • Pickup switching: 3-position blade
  • Controls - Master Volume, Tone 1 (Neck and Middle Pickups); Tone 2 (Bridge Pickup)
  • Strings - Fender Standard Tension Bullets nickel-plated steel (.009 through .042)
  • Included accessories: Deluxe gig bag, flush-mount Dunlop Straplocks

The Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster puts a classic tone tool at your command!NOTE: This product is available in the United States only - no international sales.

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster
  • Body Material Alder
  • Body Finish Gloss Polyester
  • Color Olympic White
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Maple
  • Neck Shape U
  • Neck Joint 3-way Bolt-on
  • Radius 7.25"
  • Fingerboard Material Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay Pearloid Dots
  • Number of Frets 21, Vintage
  • Scale Length 25.5"
  • Nut Width 1.650"
  • Nut Material Synthetic Bone
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece 6-Saddle Vintage-style Synchronized Tremolo
  • Tuners Vintage "F" style tuners
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 single-coil
  • Middle Pickup Non-active dummy pickup
  • Bridge Pickup Seymour Duncan reverse wound/reverse polarity Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 single-coil
  • Controls 1 x master volume, 2 x tone
  • Switching 3-way blade pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings Fender, .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Gig Bag
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 0139010305

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Rated 5/5

Impressive Strat that is great for Rock, Metal, Blues

It has been a while since I've owned a Fender Strat and I really wanted one, but being a Rock/Metal guy I wanted a guitar with a good sound and fit for harder rock with a fast neck and beefy sounding pickups. After some looking I was impressed with some of the demo videos of this model I found on YouTube. Being a Deep Purple and Rainbow fan myself I was not turned away by this incredible ax. I recall the last Fender Strat I owned being a Yngwie Malmsteen, but could never get used to the deeply scalloped frets. What I liked about this model is that the fretboard is a graduated fretboard, as in the frets gradually scallop more and more about midway upwards until they deeply scallop by the high frets. This is perfect as it helps facilitate good vibrato for those high bends during solos.

First off the looks are great. This guitar looks fantastic and has great, tight construction. The neck is fast and perfect, thick enough to dig into though still fast enough for high speed shredding. Playing Yngwie and Blackmore licks on this thing is truly a blast. This strat is also great for those David Gilmore styled leads, so it certainly lends itself well for bluesy guitar playing. The pickups (obviously) are great and I love the fact that this guitar only has two pickups (neck/bridge) as I never found much use for the middle pickup anyway. So the pickup settings are Bridge, Bridge/Neck, and Neck. The bridge it great and lends itself well to Blackmore styled whammy bends and stays in tune after some whammy abuse. The tuners are also great and what's not to like about that 70's style headstock with Ritchie's signature?

Overall I love this guitar, I cannot put it down. It is addictive and fun to play and it looks and sounds absolutely great. I've gotten some compliments at shows on how it looks and sounds. I only wish it came with a Fender hard-shell case and not a gig bag, but the bag is great and better than nothing. If you like hard rock, classic rock, and blues this guitar would be a great addition to your arsenal of axes.
Music background: Semi-professional Rock and Metal
Rated 5/5

3rd time is a charm

I can honestly say this is the 3rd time ive owned this guitar. I will never let it go again. The 3rd time is the charm. Its spectacular. Nice beefy tone., can shred., can rhythm., just an all out great great guitar. Special shout out and thanks to Derek for making this happen and being on point and attentive to my concerns and needs.
This ones a keeper and a winner.
Music background: intermediate session guitarist hobbyist
Rated 5/5

Ritchieztrat

First let me commend the staff at sweetwater. Anthony was very responsive to my questions and set up the guitar the way I wanted it. I have to say the look if the guitar is fantastic, I get compliments on it all the time.
When I first pluged it in I dont think I was overwhelmed, but as I kept playing the guitar I could hear the differences and the crunchiness of the pickups wow love the sound. Scalloped fretboard feels great although you might want to put some guitar honey, the wood feels very dry.
Rated 5/5

fantstic instrument

As a lifelong fan of Ritchie Blackmore I had been looking for this guitar for a while. The professionalism at your company, the very detailed photos and helpful E-mails caught my attention. Everything was top service and the guitar plays and sounds great. Reminds me of the master Blackmore eveytime I pick it up. Thanks a lot Aaron at Sweetwater..
Music background: hobby guitarist but daily a Dentist
Rated 4.5/5

A great guitar!

The Richie Blackmore strat was on a waiting list. But it was well worth the waiting. With the great help from Wayne, I got my guitar shipped all the way to Aruba. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that right out of the box, the guitar was extremely well playable, Just a little tuning. I was surprised that the guitar stayed fairly in tune after the first songs that I played.

The guitar plays beautifully and the finish is awesome. The guitar is made in Mexico but it's still Fender quality. I highly recommend the guitar.

I must say a big thank you to the people of Sweetwater. All the way from the first contact, the order process as well as the after sales, it's been a pleasant experience, Sweetwater is all about service and they really care for their products and customers. Sweetwater can count on me for future purchases.
Music background: Rock

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