Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple Fingerboard, Maple Neck, Hardtail Bridge, and 3 Single-coil Pickups - Olympic White

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 Hitmaker 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.

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 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.

Fender Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features:

• Replication of Nile Rodgers legendary Hitmaker Strat, heard on several decades’ worth of pop hits
• Slightly downsized 1960-style alder body with greater contours
• 1-piece maple neck with a comfortable ’59 that fills out your hand, with a sleek satin finish
• Smooth playing 9.5-inch radius with medium-jumbo frets
• Hardtail Strat bridge offers greater tuning stability and sustain
• 3 Hitmaker Stratocaster pickups capture the rhythm bite of Nile’s original guitar
• Olympic White lacquer finish and mirrored chrome-plated brass pickguard to match the looks of the original Hitmaker
• Rock-solid Sperzel locking tuners
• “Nile Rodgers & Chic” logo on the back of the headstock, with a Hitmaker logo on the neck plate
• Custom hard case with Hitmaker-embroidered interior

Product Specs

• Number of Strings: 6

• Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed

• Body Type: Solidbody

• Body Shape: Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster

• Body Material: Alder

• Body Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer

• Color: Olympic White

• Neck Material: Maple

• Neck Shape: 1959 C

• Neck Joint: Bolt-on

• Radius: 9.5"

• Fingerboard Material: Maple

• Fingerboard Inlay: Black Dots

• Number of Frets: 21, Medium Jumbo

• Scale Length: 25.5"

• Nut Width: 1.625"

• Nut Material: Bone

• Bridge/Tailpiece: 6-Saddle String-through Body Strat Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles

• Tuners: Sperzel Locking

• Neck Pickup: Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat Single-coil

• Middle Pickup: Hitmaker Nile Rogers RWRP Single-coil

• Bridge Pickup: Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat Single-coil

• Controls: 1 x master volume, 2 x tone

• Switching: 5-way blade pickup switch

• Strings: Fender, .009-.052

• Case/Gig Bag: Hardshell Case

• Manufacturer Part Number: 0115922705