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A Classic Rock Legend's Guitar - In Your Hands!





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The Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster solidbody electric guitar brings you the sound and fury of a legendary player's favorite tonal weapon! Based on the guitarist's favorite '70s Strat, the Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster includes a distinctive scalloped fingerboard, '70s-style "F" tuners, and Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 single-coil pickups (complete with a "dummy" middle position pickup). You get a vintage-style 3-bolt maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard, a large headstock design, and flush-mounted straplocks on the Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster.





Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster Solidbody Electric Guitar at a Glance:


Blackmore and Fender team up


Fantastic fingerboard


Pickups: two plus one


Blackmore and Fender team up





Legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has been creating memorable guitar riffs for decades. His deft phrasing and unmistakable tone have helped make the phrase "guitar solo" a household term. Ritchie and Fender are now proud to introduce the Ritchie Blackmore Signature Strat. Based on his favorite '70s Stratocaster, this guitar features a maple neck with a graduated scalloped rosewood fretboard, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat pickups, and '70s style "F" tuners. A heavy-duty gig bag is also included.





Fantastic fingerboard





Ritchie Blackmore's great touch and style could make any instrument sing, but his preferred tool of choice is the Strat. This model's scalloped rosewood fingerboard lets you fret and bend effortlessly. The combination of components and Blackmore's touch create a memorable tone that's become entrenched in the classic rock canon.





Pickups: two plus one





Fender equipped the Ritchie Blackmore Strat with two high-output Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound SSL-4 single-coil pickups. Bigger than usual magnets give these pickups more than double the power of an ordinary single-coil! Though you'll see three pickups mounted in this guitar, the middle unit is inactive (just like Ritchie's!). A 3-way selector switch lets you navigate between the high-output pickups.





Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:


Color: Olympic white


Body: Alder


Finish:Gloss polyester


Neck: Maple


Fingerboard: Graduated scalloped rosewood fretboard, 7.25" radius


Frets: 21, vintage frets


Scale length: 25.5"


Width at nut: 1.65"


Hardware Chrome


Tuning keys - Fender Vintage "F"-style tuning machines


Bridge: Vintage-style synchronized tremolo


Pickguard: 3-ply White


Pickups: Seymour DuncanQuarter Pound Flat SSL-4 (neck), SSL4 RW/RP (neck)


Pickup switching: 3-position blade


Controls - Master Volume, Tone 1 (Neck and Middle Pickups); Tone 2 (Bridge Pickup)


Strings - Fender Standard Tension Bullets nickel-plated steel (.009 through .042)


Included accessories: Deluxe gig bag, flush-mount Dunlop Straplocks





The Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster puts a classic tone tool at your command!


NOTE: This product is available in the United States only - no international sales.