Fender Introduces The Billy Corgan Stratocaster

Jun 20, 2008

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Fender's new Billy Corgan Strat guitar is a Strat designed for the new millennium and built for modern high-gain sound. Made to Corgan's exact specs to create his famous mid-'90s buzzsaw tone, this instrument features three DiMarzio® pickups (two custom for this instrument), a string-through hardtail bridge and a satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Comes with a vintage tweed case.

Specifications:

• Body: Alder
• Finish: Satin Lacquer
• Neck: Maple
• Fingerboard: Maple 9.5"
• Frets: 22 Jumbo Frets
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Hardware: Chrome
• Tuning Keys: Fender® Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
• Bridge: Modern Hard Tail Bridge
• Pickguard: 3 Ply Black/White/Black on (805) Olympic White; 3-Ply White/Black/White on (806) Black
• Pickups: Special Design Dimarzio® Billy Corgan Single Spaced Humbucking Neck Pickup, Dimarzio® ChopperTM Middle Pickup, Special Design Dimarzio® Billy Corgan Single Spaced Humbucking Bridge Pickup
• Pickup Switching:
  5-Position Blade:
  Position 1. Full Humbucking Bridge Pickup
  Position 2. Inside Coil of Bridge Pickup and Full Humbucking Middle Pickup
  Position 3. Full Humbucking Middle Pickup
  Position 4. Full Humbucking Middle Pickup and Outside Coil of Neck Pickup
  Position 5. Full Humbucking Neck Pickup
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1 (Neck), Tone 2 (Bridge)

For more information, visit their web site at www.fender.com.