Fender Custom Shop Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child Signature Stratocaster NOS, Maple Fingerboard, Black

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 the foundation of the Hendrix sound and feel for your own.

Other features include a two-piece select alder body, NOS 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.

SPECIFICATIONS

Neck

• Headstock: Large '60s Style
• Neck Material: Flat Sawn Maple
• Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Shape: 1966 Oval "C"
• Neck Thickness:
  • 1st: .810" (20.57 mm)
  • 12th: .965" (24.51 mm)
• 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

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
• Bridge Mounting: 6-Screw Vintage-Style
• Tremolo Block: Cold Rolled Steel
• 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)
• 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

Measurements

• Dimensions: 6.40 x 17.30 x 43.70 IN
• Shipping Weight: 23.40 LB
• Headstock Thickness: 0.590"
• Fret Size: Narrow Tall (6105)
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
• Shipping Length: 43.70 IN
• Shipping Height: 6.40 IN
• Shipping Width: 17.30 IN

Accessories

• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity

Miscellaneous

• Disclaimer: WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm
  
• Commodity Code: 9207.90.0040
• Style: 3 Single-Coil