Detail 01
Pilot string-location grooves
They establish string spacing before the final nut-slot filing.

Independent shopping perspective
Fender’s Stratocaster maple neck has a C profile, a 7.25-inch-radius pau ferro fingerboard, and 21 vintage-style frets. A gloss urethane finish covers the neck, with a vintage-style truss-rod adjustment at the heel. Its nut has pilot grooves to establish string locations, but the final string slots are filed during setup. The neck is serialized, stamped, and carries an Original Contour Body headstock decal.


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Detail 01
They establish string spacing before the final nut-slot filing.
Detail 02
The truss-rod adjustment is located at the heel.
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No. It has pilot string-location grooves; final string-slot filing is still required.
It is made at Fender's Ensenada, Mexico manufacturing facility.
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