Semi-hollow Strat Sporting Vintage-inspired Sonics
Crafted with top-of-the-line tonewoods by the Fender Custom Shop’s finest luthiers, the Artisan Korina Stratocaster is a superb semi-hollow spin on Fender’s classic double-cut 6-string. This guitar begins with a lightweight thinline korina body, delivering a clear and balanced response that complements the full-range girth of the hand-wound Fat ’64 pickups. Players who prefer a more substantial neck feel will be sure to appreciate the roasted quartersawn maple neck’s chunky ’60s Oval “C” profile. Topside, the round-lam rosewood fingerboard’s compound 9.5–12-inch radius supplies comfortable chording and fret-out-free bends across all 21 narrow-tall frets. Top it all off with traditional vintage-style tuning machines and a Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized tremolo, and the Fender Custom Shop Artisan Korina Stratocaster perfectly melds aesthetic elegance, superlative playability, and rich korina-driven tones.
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Lightweight korina thinline body
The Artisan Korina Stratocaster’s star feature is undoubtedly its 2-piece select thinline korina body, complete with an elegant F-hole for a touch of traditional style. Naturally lightweight, this design provides a slightly more open and airy tone than your typical Stratocaster, with a warm smoothing over of the Strat’s natural snap. Sweetwater guitarists are particularly impressed by how the the korina construction — one of the most revered tonewoods in the world of vintage electric guitars — delivers a wonderfully balanced frequency response, imbued with just a hint extra midrange for good measure.
Hot-rodded vintage electronics
While the Fender Custom Shop clearly wears its vintage-era inspiration on its sleeve, that doesn’t mean they’re afraid to tweak and twist on the company’s golden-era formulas! Case in point: hand-wound Fat ’64 Stratocaster pickups begin with the transitional-era tones of a 1964 Stratocaster, then supercharge them with hotter output and a fuller response. Under its thinline hood, the Artisan Korina Stratocaster boasts a trio of Fat ’64 pickups in a classic SSS configuration, featuring a reverse-wound/reverse polarity middle pickup. Vintage Modified #2 wiring connects to the 5-way blade switch with Tone-Saver bleed circuitry, ensuring the consistent delivery of classic output at any volume. Hone your tone with the master volume and dual tone controls, painting rich sonic vistas with historic hues.
’60s Oval “C” profile neck
There’s a reason why the “C” profile neck has served as the standard Fender neck shape for decades — it’s simply a great middle-ground neck style that all types of players have come to love. That being said, the “C” has quite a few minor variations, and if you’re a player that likes a slightly chunkier neck, you’ll love the Fender Custom Shop Artisan Korina Stratocaster’s Oval “C” profile. This profile offers all the comfort of a standard “C,” but with a greater heft to better fill out your hand. Plus, this vintage-style neck brandishes a variety of modern appointments: 21 narrow-tall frets in a compound 9.5–12-inch radius make everything from open chords to high-register bends a breeze.
Fender Custom Shop Artisan Korina Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features:
- Lightweight thinline korina body provides a balanced tone with a slight midrange push
- Ultra-stable roasted quartersawn maple neck in a full-feeling ’60s Oval “C” profile
- Round-lam rosewood fingerboard planed into a 9.5–12-inch radius for comfortable open-position chords and effortless bends up high
- Hand-wound Fat ’64 Stratocaster pickups offer a fuller, wider-range spin on classic mid-1960s Strat sparkle
- RWRP middle pickup, Vintage Modified #2 wiring, and Tone-Saver Bleed circuit
- Classic Vintage-style Fender tuners and Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized tremolo for expressive bends and dives with rock-solid tuning stability
- Refined-looking gold hardware
- Thin nitrocellulose finish allows the guitar to gracefully age, wear, and develop over time
