Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Troposphere Hard Tail Stratocaster, Heavy Relic

Welcome to the Troposphere. The lowest layer of our Earth’s atmosphere lies just below the Stratosphere and is the place where earthy sounds meet the cosmos. The Limited Edition Tropo Strat features a new set of pickups that deliver those cosmic tones to the most discerning ear. Developed in the Custom Shop by master builder Paul Waller, Tropo Strat pickups are underwound, sweet-sounding pickups that allow more headroom with overdriven sounds and clean up for the most delicate tones to emerge. It’s a calibrated pickup set with ’50s-style formvar wire on the bridge pickup, a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup, and ’60s-style enamel wire on the neck pickup.

The Troposphere Strat features a two-piece off-center-seam alder body and single-piece tinted rift-sawn maple neck with a ’57 soft “V” back-shape, 7.25”-9.5” fingerboard radius and 21 medium vintage frets. Tropo pickups feature five-way switching and vintage modified #2 wiring with tone-saver treble bleed. Other features include a single-ply eggshell pickguard, hardtail Strat bridge with “Pat-Pend” saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree.

Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

BODY

BODY FINISH Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE Stratocaster®
BODY MATERIAL 2-Piece Offset Seam Lightweight Alder

HARDWARE

BRIDGE 6-Saddle Hardtail with "Pat. Pend." Saddles
TUNING MACHINES Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
PICKGUARD 1-Ply Eggshell
CONTROL KNOBS Vintage White

NECK

NECK MATERIAL Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE 1957 Soft "V"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS 7.25" to 9.5" Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Maple
NUMBER OF FRETS 21
FRET SIZE Medium Vintage
NUT WIDTH 1.650" (42 mm)
POSITION INLAYS Micarta Black Dot
TRUSS ROD NUT Vintage-Style Slotted

ELECTRONICS

BRIDGE PICKUP Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tropo Single Coil Strat®
NECK PICKUP Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tropo Single-Coil Strat®
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 CONFIGURATION SSS

VIIKING MUSIC GUITARS INCLUDE

• Full setup and inspection on every guitar 
• New set of strings of your choice
• Professional technical assistance for life
• Full insurance coverage for shipping