Fender Blacktop™ Stratocaster® HH
Drive your sound with raw humbucking power. Fender’s new and innovative Blacktop™ guitar series expands the sonic horizon of classic Fender Stratocaster®, Telecaster®, Jazzmaster® and Jaguar® guitars by powering them with high-gain humbucking pickups. The Blacktop series delivers on modern player demands for a thick and heavy sound with guitars that drive a wide array of deep, rich and aggressive tones that match the intensity of any playing style.
Sleek and supercharged, the Blacktop Stratocaster HH has dual over-wound alnico humbucking pickups, with other distinctive touches including skirted black amp knobs and a synchronized tremolo bridge. Other features include an alder body, maple neck with 9.5”-radius rosewood or maple fretboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, gloss polyester finish and chrome hardware.
Specifications:
General | |
| Model Name: | Blacktop™ Stratocaster® HH |
| Series: | Blacktop™ |
| Color / MSRP* / Part #: |
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Body | |
| Body Material: | Alder |
| Body Shape: | Stratocaster® |
Neck | |
| Number of Frets: | 22 |
| Fret Size: | Medium Jumbo |
| Position Inlays: | Black Dots on Maple, White Dots on Rosewood |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5" (24.1 cm) |
| Fretboard: | Rosewood or Maple |
| Neck Material: | Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Gloss Urethane |
| Nut Width: | 1.650” (42 mm) |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" (64.8 cm) |
| Neck Plate: | Vintage Style 4 Bolt |
| Truss Rod Nut: | 3/16" Hex Adjustment |
Electronics | |
| Pickup Configuration: | H/H |
| Bridge Pickup: | Hot Vintage AlNiCo Humbucking Pickup (Bridge) |
| Neck Pickup: | Hot Vintage AlNiCo Humbucking Pickup (Neck) |
| Pickup Switching: | 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Full Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Two Inside Single Coils, Position 3. Both Full Humbucking Pickups, Position 4. Outer Neck Single Coil, Position 5. Full Neck Pickup |
| Controls: | Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) |
Hardware | |
| Hardware Finish: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Bridge: | Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo |
| Tuning Machines: | Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines |
| String Nut: | Synthetic Bone |
| Switch Tips: | Black or Aged White |
| Tremolo Arm Handle: | Vintage Style Tremolo Arm, Black Tip on (506),(509); Aged White Tip on (572) |
Tools | |
| Truss Rod Wrench: | 0.1875" |
Miscellaneous | |
| Strings: | Fender® USA Super 250L's, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges) |
| Unique Features: | HH Pickup Configuration, Custom Switching, Black Skirted Amp Knobs |
Accessories | |
| Pickguard: | (506, 506) 3-Ply Black (509, 572, 509, 572) 3-Ply Mint Green |
| Included Accessories: | Truss Rod Adjustment Wrench, Saddle Height Adjustment Wrench |
| Control Knobs: | Skirted Amp Knobs |
