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2014 Paoletti Wine Series Millesimata Stratospheric [Stratocaster Style]



We are very proud to present this custom ordered Paoletti 'Stratospheric Wine Nail Series Millesimata'. This wonderful guitar weighs 9.20 lbs and features a body made from 150-year-old chestnut wine barrels. The body has an oil finish with a thin layer of nitrocellulose, which is enhanced by the placing of 24 brass nails/rivets on the top and 26 brass nails/rivets on the edges. One-piece Honduras mahogany neck with a nut width of just under 1 11/16 inches, a scale length of 25 1/2 inches and a wonderful medium to thick profile. Slab Macassar ebony fretboard with 22 medium frets and white dot position markers. Single 'butterfly' string tree. Headstock with "Paoletti" and "Wine" branded onto face. Individual Gotoh 'Kluson-style' tuners with oval metal buttons. Four-bolt neckplate engraved "Paoletti / Made in Italy / Millesimata". Two custom hand-wound Paoletti S-RS single-coil pickups in the neck and middle positions with outputs of 6.37k and 6.98k, and one Paoletti H-RS 'Humbucker' in the bridge position with an output of 11.89k. Brass pickguard with eight screws. Three controls (one volume, two tone) plus five-way pickup selector switch with white plastic tip, all on brass pickguard. 'Stratocaster' style white plastic control knobs. Gotoh 'Stratocaster' style combined bridge/ tremolo unit with six individually adjustable saddles. This guitar is in mint as new (9.50) condition and is complete with its certificate of authenticity with serial number "18214-15014", signed by Fabrizio Paoletti. Housed in the original Paoletti three-latch rectangular, brown leather hardshell case with light brown plush lining (9.50).