2021 FENDER NILE RODGERS 'HITMAKER' STRATOCASTER® IN OLYMPIC WHITE FINISH
To pay homage to Rodgers’ indelible contributions to musical history Fender is releasing a faithful recreation of the ‘Hitmaker’, Rodger’s tone machine of choice. According to the man himself, they call it the ‘two-billion-dollar guitar’ – and that’s because it’s appeared on more than 500-million albums globally, from David Bowie to Robert Plant, Daft Punk, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mick Jagger, Steve Winwood the B-52’s and many others. You’d be hard pushed to find anyone on the planet who hasn’t heard its tone somewhere.
- 1961-Style alder body that is uniquely smaller and more contoured than a typical vintage Strat
- Custom ’59-profile one-piece maple neck with 9.5” radius fingerboard, and satin finish
- 3 Fender Custom-Voiced Hitmaker single-coil Strat pickups wound to Nile’s specifications
- Hard-tail string-through Bridge with period-correct bent-steel Saddle
- Locking Sperzel® tuners aid in excellent tuning stability
- Vintage-style case with Hitmaker-embroidered interior
- Custom Certificate of Authenticity.
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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 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.
The Hitmaker also 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.
This guitar will be listed soon – so stay tuned!
Specifications
General
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Condition |
Brand New |
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Number of Strings |
6 |
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Orientation |
Right-handed |
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Country of Origin |
U.S.A. |
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Year |
2021 |
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Limited Edition / Series |
Artist Signature |
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Weight |
7.5-lbs. (Approx.) |
body
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Body Type |
Solidbody |
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Body Shape |
Double Cutaway Strat™ SSS |
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Body Material |
2-pc Alder |
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Body Carve |
Front: Arm Contour |
Back: Waist Contour |
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Body Binding |
Front: No |
Back: No |
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Weight Relief |
Slightly Smaller and Deeply
Contoured Body |
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Body Finish Type |
High-gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish |
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Color |
Front: Olympic White |
Back: Olympic White |
neck
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Neck Material |
Quartersawn Maple, Satin Nitro Finish (back) with Gloss
Headstock Face |
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Truss Rod |
2-way Vintage-Style Butt Adjust |
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Peghead Particulars |
Front: Vintage Gloss Maple with Fender®, Stratocaster™, Synchronized
Tremolo and Original Custom Body & Artist’s Signature Decals | Back: Blank |
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Neck Profile |
1959 "C" |
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Fingerboard Material |
Maple |
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Fingerboard Radius |
9.5” |
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Scale Length |
25.5" |
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No. Frets / Type |
21 / Medium Jumbo |
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Nut Size / Material |
1.625” / Bone |
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Neck Width |
1.620” at 1st fret / 2.015” at 12th fret |
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Neck Depth |
0.756" at 1st fret /
0.933" at 12th fret |
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Fingerboard Inlays |
Acrylic White Dot |
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Neck Binding |
No |
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Side Dots |
Black |
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Neck Joint |
Standard Bolt-on |
hardware
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Bridge / Tremolo |
Nickel/Chrome, 6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Strat®
Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles |
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String Tree |
Nickel/Chrome, (twin) D/C and B/E String, Standard ‘T’ |
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Tuning Machines |
Nickel/Chrome, Sperzel® 6-in-Line Locking Tuners |
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Pickup Cover / Ring |
White Plastic, Exposed Pole, Pickguard-mounted SSS configuration / no
Rings |
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Strap Buttons |
Polished Aluminum End Pins |
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Pickguard |
11-hole Chrome Plated Brass |
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Control Knobs |
White Speed Knobs with no Dial Pointers |
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Switch |
White Plastic Blade Tip |
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Neck Plate |
Nickel/Chrome, 4-bolt with Stamped “Hitmaker” Artwork and Serial Number |
electronics
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Bridge Pickup |
Fender® Specially Voiced Hitmaker Nile Rodgers Strat |
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Middle Pickup |
Fender® Specially Voiced Hitmaker Nile
Rodgers RWRP Strat |
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Neck Pickup |
Fender® Specially Voiced Hitmaker Nile Rodgers Strat |
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Active / Passive |
Passive |
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Series / Parallel |
Series |
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Controls |
1 Master Volume, 2 Tone, 5-position Blade Pickup Selector |
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Vol Potentiometer |
250k |
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Tone Potentiometers |
250k |
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Capacitor / Resistor |
NR-H Single-Coil™ Set Values |
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Harness |
Standard pickguard-mounted Strat™ Wiring |
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S-1 Switch |
No |
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Greasebucket T-Circuit |
No |
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MDX/TBX Circuit |
No |
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Active Electronics |
No |
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Piezo |
No |
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Kill Switch |
No |
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Output Jack |
Switchcraft™ 1/4" 2-Conductor Mono |
miscellaneous
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Case / Gigbag |
Fender® U.S.A. Deluxe Limited-Edition Hardshell with
Embroidered Hitmaker Logo |
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Strap Locks |
No |
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Strings |
Fender® U.S.A. 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges |
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Tools / Accessories |
Truss Rod Wrench / Polishing
Cloth, Strap, Tremolo Arm and case keys |
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Manual / Literature |
Fender® U.S.A. Owner’s Manual, Ltd Lifetime Warranty, Hang Tags |
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C.O.A. |
Yes, Fender Certificate of Authenticity |
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Other |
No |
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Weight |
Is the actual weighed-value in US Standard Units |
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Disclosure |
Some
technical Specs may have been extracted from Fender® U.S.A. and/or internet
archives. The words Fender® and the associated designs are registered
trademarks of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and the other named
entities, if any, respectively |
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