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Year: 2022
S/N: NR00735
Weight: 7lbs 10oz
Nile Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on recordings that have sold more than 500-million albums globally. Every hit record he’s produced has shared one essential element: the used 1960 Fender hardtail Stratocaster® Nile bought in a Miami music shop. Rarely is a single guitar so inseparably identified with its owner as The Hitmaker.
The Hitmaker features a 1960 alder body that is uniquely smaller and more contoured than a typical vintage Strat. The beautiful Olympic White lacquer matches the finish Nile sprayed on the guitar himself just after he acquired it in the early days of Chic. The custom ’59-profile one-piece maple neck has a 9.5” radius fingerboard, medium jumbo frets and a satin finish. A “Nile Rodgers & Chic” logo adorns the back of the headstock and a custom Hitmaker logo is stamped into the neck plate.
The Nile Rodgers Hitmaker single-coil Strat pickups are voiced to accurately replicate the quack, chime and bell-like clarity of the original Hitmaker. Other features include a hard-tail string-through bridge with period-correct bent-steel saddles, an eye-catching mirrored chrome-plated brass pickguard, locking Sperzel® tuners and a set of white speed knobs. The guitar also comes with a vintage-style case with Hitmaker-embroidered interior and a custom certificate of authenticity.
General
Series
Artist
Orientation
Right-Hand
Color
Olympic White
Country Of Origin
US
Neck
Headstock
Stratocaster®
Neck Material
Maple
Neck Finish
Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish with Gloss Headstock Face
Neck Shape
1959 "C"
Neck Construction
4-Bolt Standard
Fingerboard Radius
9.5" (241 mm)
Fingerboard Material
Maple
Position Inlays
Black Dot
Side Dots
Black
Number of Frets
21
Truss Rod
Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
Truss Rod Nut
Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
String Nut
Bone
Nut Width
1.625" (41.3 mm)
Nut Material
Bone
Body
Body
Alder
Body Finish
Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape
Stratocaster®
Body Material
Alder
Hardware
Bridge
6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Strat® Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles
Pickguard
11-hole Chrome Plated Brass
Pickup Covers
White
Control Knobs
White Speed
Switch Tip
White
Hardware Finish
Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines
Sperzel® Locking
String Trees
Dual-Wing with Metal Spacers
Strings
Fender® USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0730250403
Neck Plate
4-Bolt with Custom Hitmaker Logo, Serialized
Strap Buttons
Vintage-Style
Electronics
Bridge Pickup
Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat®
Middle Pickup
Hitmaker Nile Rogers RWRP Strat®
Neck Pickup
Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat®
Pickup Configuration
SSS
Controls
Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge 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
Potentiometers
CTS 250K
Accessories
Included Accessories
Deluxe Hardshell Case and Certificate of Authenticity.
Recommened Gig Bag
FE1225 Electric Guitar Gig Bag, P/N 0991612406 (Not Included)
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