Acclaimed guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has been creating memorable guitar riffs for decades. His deft phrasing, fleet-fingered picking, and unmistakable tone have helped make the phrase "guitar solo" a household term. The Fender Ritchie Blackmore Signature Stratocaster is based on his favorite '70s model and has a maple neck with a graduated scalloped rosewood fretboard, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat pickups, and '70s-style "F" tuners. Just like Richie's Strat, the guitar's middle pickup has been replaced with a non-working dummy pickup. Deluxe gig bag included.

Features

• Model Name: Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster
• Series: Artist Series
• Body: Alder
• Neck: Maple, U-shaped, (gloss polyurethane finish)
• Fingerboard: Graduated scalloped, rosewood, 7.25" radius (184 mm)
• No. of Frets: 21 vintage-style frets
• Pickups:
• Neck: 1 Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 single-coil Strat pickup
• Middle: 1 non-active "dummy" pickup
• Bridge: 1 reverse-wound/reverse-polarity Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 single-coil Strat pickup
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (neck pickup), Tone 2. (bridge pickup)
• Pickup Switching - 3 Position Blade:
• Position 1: Bridge Pickup
• Position 2: Bridge and Neck Pickups
• Position 3: Neck Pickup
• Bridge: Vintage-style synchronized tremolo
• Machine heads: Fender/Schaller vintage-style tuners
• Hardware: Chrome
• Pickguard: 3-ply white
• Scale Length: 25-1/2" (648 mm)
• Width at Nut: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Unique Features:
• Graduated scalloped rosewood fretboard,
• Ritchie Blackmore signature on front of headstock,
• flush-mounted Dunlop Straplocks,
• Large '70s-style headstock,
• '70s-style decal,
• bullet truss rod adjustment nut,
• 3-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt neck adjustment,
• pearloid dot position inlays,
• black plastic knobs, pickup covers, tremolo and switch tips,
• synthetic bone nut
• Strings: Fender Super Bullets 3250L, nickel plated steel, (.009 to .042), P/N 073-3250-003
• Case: Deluxe gig bag
• Introduced: 1/2009

Don't miss your chance to get a Strat made for hard rock.