Wildwood Guitars | 8 months ago

New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Limited Roasted Big Head Stratocaster, with a two-piece select roasted alder body and roasted maple neck for midrange punch that cuts through onstage. The name also encompasses the larger headstock, which was introduced in the mid 1960s and has been a classic Stratocaster design element ever since, and a ravishing finish in Aged Black, Aged Vintage White, Aged Candy Apple Red and Faded Aged Sherwood Metallic.

Special pickups and wiring deliver amazingly versatile tone. Three Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ’60s pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup for hum cancellation in switch positions 2 and 4) produce lots of power with the sweetness of alnico 2 magnets. POMO Strat Fat ’50s wiring delivers stronger overall tone with more transparent bloom, also minimizing the typical treble loss that occurs when rolling back the volume. The volume and tone controls consequently react more smoothly and more evenly, without the typical hot spots, making it easier to clean up an overdriven amp simply by slightly rolling back the guitar’s volume knob. Further, the Greasebucket II bridge-pickup tone control minimizes gain/mid loss when turned down.

Other premium features include a roasted quartersawn maple neck with ’63-style “C” profile, a 9.5”-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 jumbo (6100) frets and a bone nut, five-way pickup switch, 11-hole gold anodized aluminum pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, wing string tree with nylon spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Wildwood Guitars: https://wildwoodguitars.com/product/CZ567484/2023-collection-limited-roasted-big-head-stratocaster-super-heavy-relic/
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Serial Number: CZ567484

Brand Fender Custom Shop
Model 2023 Collection Limited Roasted "Big Head" Stratocaster
Finish Color Aged Black
Aging Super Heavy Relic
Finish Type Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Weight 7.65 lbs.
Body Wood Select Roasted Alder
Neck Wood Roasted Quartersawn Maple
Neck Shape '63 Strat C
Neck Dimensions .840 1st - .990 12th
Fingerboard AAA Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius 9.5"
Inlays Mother-of-Pearl Dot
Scale Length 25.5"
Width at Nut 1.650"
Nut Material Bone
Frets 21 6100 Jumbo
Pickups 2 Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coils (Bridge and Neck), 1 Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP Fat '60s Single-Coil (Middle)
Controls Master Volume, Master Tone, Neck and Bridge Pickup Blender; 5-Way Switch
Hardware Nickel/Chrome
Bridge Custom Vintage-Style Tremolo
Tuners Vintage-Style
Pickguard 1-Ply Gold Anodized Aluminum
Case Limited Edition Hardshell Case with Embroidered Custom Shop Logo
COA Yes