Detail 01
Custom 11/56 bridge pickup
It has a steel bottom plate for livelier tone and more wide-ranging response, as stated.
Product detailSKU #1500000385881
Fender Custom ShopJohnny A. Signature Stratocaster Time Capsule Electric Guitar Sunset Glow Metallic
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
A Johnny A. Signature Stratocaster that combines features from his four favorite model years, 1963 through 1966, with Custom Shop appointments.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Players seeking the Johnny A. Signature Stratocaster
- Players who want a 7.25-inch-radius rosewood fingerboard with 21 medium-jumbo frets
- Players wanting five-way switching and Strat Blender wiring
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Players who do not want a right-handed guitar
- Players who do not want a synchronized tremolo bridge
- Players seeking a non-SSS pickup configuration
What matters in use
The specifications, translated
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Detail 02
Select two-piece alder body
The body has an off-center seam.
Detail 03
Neck and middle pickups
Both are hand-wound 11/56 models.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01This model has a 7.25-inch fingerboard radius and 21 medium-jumbo frets.
- 02It uses Strat Blender wiring with Tone-Saver bleed circuitry and a five-way switch.
- 03The package includes a deluxe hardshell case, strap, and certificate of authenticity.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01Who is this guitar associated with?
It is the Fender Custom Shop Johnny A. Signature Stratocaster.
02What pickups does it use?
It has hand-wound 11/56 neck and middle pickups, plus a custom 11/56 bridge pickup with a steel bottom plate.
03What are the neck and fingerboard specifications?
It has a 3A birdseye maple neck with a ’65-style Oval C profile, a round-lam rosewood fingerboard, 7.25-inch radius, and 21 medium-jumbo frets.
04What is included?
A deluxe hardshell case, strap, and certificate of authenticity are included.
Reference
Full specifications
The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.
2 detailsPickups & controls
- Pickup switch
- 5-Way
- Pickup Configuration
- SSS
6 detailsPlayability
- Orientation
- Right-handed
- Number of strings
- 6 String
- Number of frets
- 21
- Number of Frets
- 21
- Number of Strings
- 6 String
- Scale Length
- 25.5"
9 detailsBody & build
- Bridge Type
- Tremolo/Vibrato
- Color
- Hybrid
- Body Material
- 2-piece Alder
- Body Type
- Single Cutaway Solid Body
- Neck Wood
- Maple
- Body wood
- 2-piece Alder
- Neck wood
- Maple
- Fingerboard Material
- Rosewood Fret size: Medium-jumbo Number of frets: 21 Inlays: Dot Nut width/material: 1.62"/Bone Electronics Configuration: SSS Neck: Proprietary Single Coil Middle: Proprietary Single Coil Bridge: Proprietary Single Coil Control layout: Master volume, Master tone, Blend Pickup switch: 5-Way Hardware Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato Bridge design: Vintage-style Tuning machines: Vintage-style Color: Hybrid Other Number of strings: 6 String Case: Hardshell Case Orientation: Right-handed Country of Origin: United States
- Country of Origin
- United States
2 detailsSize & weight
- Nut width/material
- 1.62"/Bone
- Scale length
- 25.5"
23 detailsOther
- Configuration
- SSS
- Inlays
- Dot
- Truss rod
- Vintage
- Neck shape
- Oval C
- Case
- Hardshell Case
- Tier
- platinum
- Fret size
- Medium-jumbo
- Neck
- Proprietary Single Coil
- Category Source
- detail
- Body Type
- Single Cutaway Solid Body
- Bridge design
- Vintage-style
- Color
- Hybrid
- Material
- Rosewood
- Korena Special
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- Tuning machines
- Vintage-style
- Orientation
- Right-handed
- Middle
- Proprietary Single Coil
- Bridge type
- Tremolo/Vibrato
- Source Id
- site51500000385881
- Prop65
- WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
- Bridge
- Proprietary Single Coil
- Control layout
- Master volume, Master tone, Blend
- Country of Origin
- United States
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