Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster®, Scalloped Rosewood Fingerboard, Olympic White
MODEL #: 0139010305
UNMISTAKABLE BLACKMORE STYLE
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
Maple neck with “U” profile and “bullet” truss rod
Three-bolt “F”-stamped neck plate with Micro-Tilt™
7.25″-radius rosewood fingerboard with graduated scalloping and 21 vintage-style frets
Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound Flat™ SSL-4 single-coil neck and bridge pickups (bridge pickup reverse wound/reverse polarity)
Non-active middle pickup
GRADUATED SCALLOPED FINGERBOARD
Blackmore has long preferred this kind of specially scalloped fingerboard, on which the effect starts lightly at the fourth or fifth fret on the low E, A and D strings and immediately on the G, B and high E strings, gradually becoming more pronounced toward the upper reaches of the fingerboard.
SEYMOUR DUNCAN® QUARTER POUND™ PICKUPS
The formidable tone of the Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster comes from dual Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound™ Flat SSL-4 single-coil Strat pickups, with reverse winding and reverse polarity on the bridge pickup for hum cancellation.
DUMMY MIDDLE PICKUP
With accurate and classic Blackmore style, the middle pickup on his signature Strat model is actually a non-active dummy pickup.
THREE-WAY PICKUP SWITCH
The Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster features a three-way pickup switch that gives you the bridge pickup alone, the bridge and neck pickups together, and the neck pickup alone.
FLUSH-MOUNT DUNLOP® STRAP LOCKS
For Blackmore-esque guitar strap security and style, his signature Stratocaster features distinctive flush-mount Dunlop® Strap Locks.
THREE-SCREW “F”-STAMPED NECK PLATE
In an authentic nod to early-1970s Fender style, the Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster has a three-screw neck plate stamped with the stylized capital “F” of the traditional Fender script logo. The neck plate also features the Micro-Tilt™ neck angle adjustment mechanism.
BODY
Body Material
Alder
Body Finish
Gloss Polyester
Body Shape
Stratocaster®
NECK
Neck Material
Maple
Neck Finish
Gloss Urethane
Neck Shape
“U” Shape
Scale Length
25.5″ (64.77 cm)
Fingerboard Material
Graduated Scalloped Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius
7.25″ (184.1 mm)
Number of Frets
21
Fret Size
Vintage-Style
Nut Material
Synthetic Bone
Nut Width
1.650″ (42 mm)
Position Inlays
White Pearloid Dot
Truss Rod
Bullet Style
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup
Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound™ Strat® SSL-4 Flat Pole Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Single-Coil
Middle Pickup
Non-Active “Dummy”
Neck Pickup
Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound™ Strat® SSL-4 Flat Pole Single-Coil
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 (Though only really S Blank S)
HARDWARE
Bridge
6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Hardware Finish
Chrome
Tuning Machines
Fender® Vintage “F” Stamped
Pickguard
3-Ply White
Control Knobs
Black Plastic
Switch Tip
Black
Neck Plate
3-Bolt “F” Stamped with Micro-Tilt™
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings
Fender® USA Bullets® 3250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0733250403
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
ACCESSORIES
Case/Gig Bag
Included: Deluxe Gig Bag
Included Accessories
Deluxe Gig Bag
Recommended Case
Deluxe Stratocaster®/Telecaster® Molded Case, P/N 0996102306 (Not Included)
