A Postmodern Strat with a few hot-rod touches under a DLX Closet Classic nitro finish. Three Custom Shop Hand-Wound El Diablo Strat pickups, with a reverse-wound, reverse-polarity middle, make positions two and four hum-cancelling, and a Greasebucket tone circuit on the bridge pickup keeps the low end in place as you roll the treble off.
The quartersawn maple neck has a '60s Oval "C" carve, a 9.5" to 12" compound radius and narrow tall 6105 frets, with a bone nut and an RSD Stratocaster Tremolo. The body is sassafras or two-piece select ash depending on the finish, and the board changes with it: Aged Shell Pink with 3A Rosewood, Super Faded HLE Gold with Flat-Laminated Rosewood, and Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst with Quartersawn Maple.
For a cleaner start, the Postmodern Strat RW NOS has a solid rosewood neck and a NOS finish. For more wear, see the Postmodern Stratocaster Journeyman Relic with Closet Classic Hardware.
The photos show one example. Wood grain and aging vary from guitar to guitar, so the one built for you will differ in the details.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Body Material: Sassafras or 2-Piece Select Ash (by finish)
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black or 3-Ply Black (by finish)
Aging: DLX Closet Classic
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: '60s Oval "C"
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" to 12" Compound Radius
Fingerboard Material: 3A Rosewood, Flat-Laminated Rosewood or Quartersawn Maple (by finish)
Position Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dot - 7 mm, White Micarta Dot - 0.25" or Black Micarta Dot - 0.25" (by finish)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Narrow Tall (6105)
Truss Rod: Early '60s
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound El Diablo Strat
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP El Diablo Strat
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound El Diablo Strat
Pickup Configuration: Single Coil
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck & Middle Pickup), Tone 2. Greasebucket Tone Circuit (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
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle RSD Stratocaster Tremolo with Vintage-Style Steel Saddles
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
Tremolo Arm: RSD Strat Trem Arm
Control Knobs: Vintage White Closet Classic or Black Plastic (by finish)
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
CASE
Case: Deluxe Hardshell