Hot or Not -Vintage Hot Rod '57 Strat

[Mark Wein]

Who hasn’t wanted to hot-rod their vintage Stratocaster® guitar? It’s already done for you on the new Vintage Hot Rod ’57 Stratocaster, with features including a slimmer neck with a modern 9.5” fretboard radius and medium jumbo frets, Samarium Cobalt Noiseless™ neck and middle pickups, hot DiMarzio® ToneZone™ bridge pickup, vintage styling and thin-skin nitrocellulose lacquer finish.

Model Name:	Vintage Hot Rod '57 Strat®
Series:	Vintage Hot Rod
Color / MSRP* / Part #:	2-Color Sunburst $2,399.99 010-0132-803 Candy Apple Red $2,399.99 010-0132-809
[h=4]Body[/h]
Body:	Alder
Body Shape:	Stratocaster®
Body Finish:	(0100132803, 0100132809) Nitrocellulose Lacquer
[h=4]Neck[/h]
Neck Shape:	Soft "V" Shape
Number of Frets:	21
Fret Size:	Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays:	Black Dot
Fretboard Radius:	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Neck Material:	Maple
Neck Finish:	Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Front, Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Back
Nut Width:	1.650” (42 mm)
Scale Length:	25.5" (64.8 cm)
Neck Plate:	Serialized 4 Bolt Neckplate
Truss Rod Nut:	Original Vintage Style
[h=4]Electronics[/h]
Pickup Configuration:	S/S/S
Bridge Pickup:	DiMarzio® Tone Zone™ Strat® Pickup
Middle Pickup:	Samarium Cobalt Noiseless™ (SCN) Strat® Middle Pickup
Neck Pickup:	Samarium Cobalt Noiseless™ (SCN) Strat® Neck Pickup
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
Controls:	Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
[h=4]Hardware[/h]
Hardware:	Chrome
Bridge:	American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
String Nut:	Synthetic Bone
Switch Tip:	Aged White Switch Tip
Tremolo Arm/Handle:	American Vintage Tremolo Arm
[h=4]Tools[/h]
Saddle Height Adjustment Wrench:	.050" Hex (Allen) Wrench
[h=4]Miscellaneous[/h]
Strings:	Fender® USA Super 250R, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
Additional Comments:	Uses Case P/N 0023637000
Unique Features:	Modified Soft "V" Shape Maple Neck with Satin Finish on Back of Neck, Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish, SCN™ Pickups Paired with DiMarzio® Tone Zone™ Bridge Pickup, Medium Jumbo Frets, 9.5" Fingerboard Radius, Black Dot Position Inlays
[h=4]Accessories[/h]
Case/Gig Bag:	Vintage Tweed Case
Included Accessories:	Vintage Tweed Case, Strap, Cable
Control Knobs:	Aged White Plastic Knobs

 

[Tiltsta]

Sure, why not. Think street on these is about 1699.00 or so. Not much 57 left to it, though.

 

[jaxn slim]

Looks like a good guitar. That's more than I'd pay, though, by several hundred. I doubt it's much better than a Highway One with a rail humbucker in the bridge.

 

[Kerouac]

Way hotter if it didn't have those aged-cream pickups and knobs.

 

[jaxn slim]

Way hotter if it didn't have those aged-cream pickups and knobs.

Nah. It just needs an aged pickguard, too. And maybe a tinted neck.

 

[ellengtrgrl]

Hmmm, not bad! But with the neck specs, it isn't that vintage spec-wise anymore.

 

[Elias Graves]

No strats! Ever!
(It looks like a sweet guitar, though. I dig the V neck. )

 

[irishstu]

Yes, very hot. It's pretty much the exact specs I would choose myself.

A bit pricier than I think it's worth, though. I could just buy a much cheaper model and swap the bridge pickup out.

 

[OGG]

Oh snap!

I am in love!

I want it. A lot.

Gas pain...

Oh my.


Must have.

My birthday is in a few months, I've been a good kid.

Please?

 

[mosiddiqi]

I came this close to buying one. Really good guitar, but I couldn't quite justify it.

 

[CBHScott]

V neck kills it for me; otherwise, not bad.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

i wonder why they chose the Tone Zone.

 

[B Valley]

I'd rather have a Jimmie Vaughan, essentially the same thing but without that ugly blade pickup. Why didn't they do all the same color plastic?