Fender Custom Shop Artisan Cocobolo Thinline Stratocaster NOS Guitar, African Blackwood Fretboard
Player's Perspective
Music Store Live is proud to offer up this gorgeous Thinline Strat from our friends over at the Fender Custom Shop department.
Obviously, when you're getting something from Fender Custom Shop, there is a very high level of expectation. But when you get a piece that is so special that it even exceeds that, you know you've got a winner. The tones out of this are smooth, warm, and lush, while still having plenty of brightness and spank to it. The neck pickup is incredibly rich and creamy, the middle gets you plenty of twang, and that bridge pup can even handle distortion very well.
The gorgeous tonewoods used on this guitar aren't just for show. The cocobolo and African blackwood combine to add punch, articulation, and some brightness to the sound of the guitar. African blackwood has a very similar tone to Brazilian rosewood and, in some ways, cocobolo does too, actually. So you get that warmth of rosewood but with the extra snap up top that Brazilian rosewood is known for. It has a very bell-like and vocal-like sound to it and the entire guitar just simply sings out beautifully.
Specifications
- Body Wood: Roasted Ash w/ F-Hole
- Top: Cocobolo
- Body Finish: Aged Natural
- Neck Material: Roasted Birdseye Maple
- Neck and Body Finish: Nitro
- Fretboard Material: African Blackwood
- Frets: Narrow Tall
- Fretboard Radius: 9.5’’
- Nut Width: 1.650’’
- Neck Shape: 63 Strat Style “C”
- Thickness at 1st Fret: .810’’
- Thickness at 12th Fret: .970’’
- Pickups: Custom Shop Handwound Fat Strat 60's
- Case: Hardshell
- Instrument Weight: 8.1 lbs
- Serial #: CZ546984
Overall Condition
Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for Fender. This Artisan Cocobolo Thinline Stratocaster NOS is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty. Photos are of the exact guitar you'll receive.
Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.