Fender Custom Shop Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child Signature Stratocaster NOS Olympic White (763)

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.

Body Shape: Stratocaster
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material: Flat-Sawn Maple
Neck Shape: 1966 Oval "C"
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Thickness: .810" at 1st Fret, .965" at 12th Fret
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dot
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Narrow Tall (6105)
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Nut Material: Bone
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Slotted
Headstock: Large '60s Style
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat
Bridge 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
Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Bridge Mounting: 6-Screw Vintage-Style
Tremolo Block: Cold Rolled Steel
Tremolo Arm: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Eggshell
Pickup Covers: Vintage White
Control Knobs: Vintage White
String Tree: Single-Wing with Nylon Spacer
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Engraved
Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
Strings: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046)