The new Fender Standard Stratocaster Swirl model looks and sounds out of this world, with one of the most vividly arresting looks a Stratocaster has ever had – a swirling, multi-colored marbled finish that looks like something from another planet.

Features include an alder body, maple neck with “modern C” profile and satin urethane back finish, 9.5″-radius rosewood fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets, single-coil neck and middle pickups, humbucking bridge pickup, five-way switching, three-ply black-white-black pickguard and black plastic control knobs, and a vintage-style six-saddle synchronized tremolo bridge.

Each Standard Stratocaster Swirl body undergoes a unique finishing process, resulting in a design that is as random and one-of-a-kind as a thumbprint—simply put, no two are the same!

Fender Standard Stratocaster HSS Swirl features:

  • Body Material: Alder
  • Body Finish: Polyester
  • Neck Material: Maple
  • Neck Finish: Satin Urethane Finish on Back of Neck, Gloss Finish on the Face of the Headstock
  • Neck Shape: Modern “C”
  • Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
  • Number of Frets: 21
  • Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
  • String Nut: Synthetic Bone
  • Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
  • Position Inlays: White Dot
  • Bridge Pickup: Standard Humbucking
  • Middle Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat®
  • Neck Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat®
  • Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
  • Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade, Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Front Coil of Bridge Pickup and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle/Neck Pickups, Position 5. Neck Pickup
  • Pickup Configuration: HSS
  • Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
  • Hardware Finish: Chrome
  • Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed
  • Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
  • Control Knobs: Black Plastic
  • Unique Features: ’70s Fender® Logo, Black Plastic Parts

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