Fender Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster Electric Guitar, 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.

Main Features

• Slim Alder body with unique contours
• Olympic White lacquer finish
• Custom headstock logo and Hitmaker neck plate
• Custom Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Single-Coil Strat Pickups
• Vintage-style hard-tail Strat bridge
• Sperzel® locking tuners

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 Sperzel® 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® Specifications

General

• Colour: Olympic White
• Country Of Origin: US
• Orientation: Right-Hand

Neck

• Fingerboard Material: Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
• Neck Construction: 4-Bolt Standard
• Neck Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish with Gloss Headstock Face
• Neck Shape: 1959 “C”
• Nut Material: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Neck Material: Maple
• Refinement Neck Shape: C Shape
• Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
• Number Of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust

Body

• Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Body Material: Alder
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®

Hardware

• Bridge: 6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Strat® Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles
• Control Knobs: White Speed
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Neck Plate: 4-bolt Serialized with Custom Hitmaker Logo
• Pickguard: 11-hole Chrome Plated Brass
• Pickup Covers: White
• Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
• String Trees: Dual-Wing with Metal Spacers
• Strings: Fender® USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0730250403
• Tuning Machines: Sperzel® Locking
• Switch Tip: White

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat®
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup)
• Middle Pickup: Hitmaker Nile Rogers RWRP Strat®
• Neck Pickup: Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat®
• Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
• Configuration: SSS

Miscellaneous

• Case Gig Bag: Deluxe Limited-Edition Hardshell with Embroidered Hitmaker Logo