A pioneering master of neo-classical heavy rock, metal godfather Ritchie Blackmore is the man who gave the world the most imitated Stratocaster riff ever ("Smoke on the Water"), and his deft phrasing and unmistakable tone helped make the extended guitar solo an essential art form in itself. The Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster is based on his favorite '70s model and puts artful Blackmore Strat® style in your hands with distinctive features and modifications, including a graduated fingerboard scalloping, special pickups and more.
Features
- Body Material: Alder
- Neck Material: Maple
- Fingerboard Material: Graduated Scalloped Rosewood
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Vintage-Style
- Bridge Pickup: Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound Flat™ SSL-4 Single-Coil Strat®
- Middle Pickup: Non-Active "Dummy"
- Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound Flat™ SSL-4 Single-Coil Strat®
- Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
- Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Configuration: SSS
- Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Other Features: Graduated Scalloped Rosewood Fingerboard, Ritchie Blackmore Signature on Front of Headstock, Flush Mounted Dunlop®; Straplocks, Large '70s Style Headstock, '70s Style Decal, Bullet Truss Rod Adjustment Nut, 3-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™; Neck Adjustment, Pearloid Dot Position Inlays, Black Plastic Knobs, Pickup Covers, Tremolo and Switch Tips, Synthetic Bone Nut
- Manufacturer Color: Olympic White
- Series Name: Fender Artist Series
- Number of Strings: 6
- Body Style: Fender Stratocaster
- Fretboard Material: Rosewood
- Neck Joint: Bolt-On
- Pickup Configuration: SS
- Bridge/Tailpiece: Tremolo
- Left or Right Handed: Right
