Fender Custom Shop Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child Strat Journeyman Relic Electric Guitar - Olympic White

Jimi Hendrix was the quintessential innovator of modern music. A left-handed player who wielded a right handed-guitar, he rewrote the vocabulary of contemporary guitarists with the fiery tone of his "upside-down", reverse-strung instrument. The sounds he created with his Strat® informed his inventive technique - and in turn his songwriting - in a synergistic relationship that birthed a legend. The Voodoo Child Strat is your chance to directly experience the tone and essential configuration of his guitars, recreated for right-handed players by the artisans of the Fender Custom Shop.

The Voodoo Child Strat takes a multi-faceted approach to recreating the elements of Hendrix's unique configuration, the most obvious being the reversed headstock. Reversing the headstock lengthens the distance between the nut and low-E string for a tighter playing feel, simultaneously shortening the distance between the nut and the high-E for easier bending and vibrato. The trio of left-handed hand-wound Custom Shop '69 Strat single-coil pickups reverse the pole piece placement, creating inspiring tone with enhanced upper harmonics and definition. Reversing the angle of the bridge pickup gives it the same orientation as a left-handed Strat strung upside down, giving you all the elements of the Hendrix sound and feel for your own.

Other features include a two-piece select alder body, Journeyman Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish, tinted maple neck with '65 Strat "Oval C"-shaped profile, 9.5"-radius fingerboard, 21 6105 frets, 5-way switching, vintage wiring, 3-ply Eggshell pickguard, American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines with Fender logo, bone nut and wing string tree. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.

• Serial Number: VCO717
• Weight: 8.2 lbs

Specs

General

• Series: Custom Artist

• Orientation: Right-Hand

• Color: Olympic White

• Country Of Origin: USA

• Platform: Custom Shop Electrics

Neck

• Headstock: Large '60s Style

• Neck Material: Maple

• Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

• Neck Shape: 1966 Oval "C"

• Neck Thickness: 1st - .810"; 12th - .965"

• Neck Butt Width: 2.200"

• Neck Thickness 12th Fret: .965"

• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)

• Fingerboard Material: Maple

• Position Inlays: Black Dot

• Number of Frets: 21

• Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust

• Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Slotted

• String Nut: Bone

• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)

• Nut Material: Bone

• Fret Size: Narrow Tall (6105)

• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)

Body

• Body: 2-Piece Select Alder

• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

• Body Shape: Stratocaster®

• Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder

Hardware

• Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo

• Pickguard: 3-Ply Eggshell

• Pickup Covers: Vintage White

• Control Knobs: Vintage White

• Switch Tip: Vintage White

• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style

• String Trees: Single-Wing with Nylon Spacer

• Strings: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406

• Tremolo Arm: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm

• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Engraved

• Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat®

• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat®

• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat®

• Pickup Configuration: SSS

• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)

• Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup