Fender Custom Shop Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child Signature Stratocaster NOS Black
Jimi Hendrix was the quintessential innovator of modern music. A left-handed player who wielded a right handed-guitar, he rewrote the vocabulary of contemporary guitarists with the fiery tone of his “upside-down”, reverse-strung instrument. The sounds he created with his Strat® informed his inventive technique—and in turn his songwriting—in a synergistic relationship that birthed a legend. The Voodoo Child Strat is your chance to directly experience the tone and essential configuration of his guitars, recreated for right-handed players by the artisans of the Fender Custom Shop.
The Voodoo Child Strat takes a multi-faceted approach to recreating the elements of Hendrix’s unique configuration, the most obvious being the reversed headstock. Reversing the headstock lengthens the distance between the nut and low-E string for a tighter playing feel, simultaneously shortening the distance between the nut and the high-E for easier bending and vibrato. The trio of left-handed hand-wound Custom Shop ’69 Strat single-coil pickups reverse the pole piece placement, creating inspiring tone with enhanced upper harmonics and definition. Reversing the angle of the bridge pickup gives it the same orientation as a left-handed Strat strung upside down, giving you all the elements of the Hendrix sound and feel for your own.
Other features include a two-piece select alder body, Journeyman Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish, tinted maple neck with ’65 Strat “Oval C”-shaped profile, 9.5”-radius fingerboard, 21 6105 frets, 5-way switching, vintage wiring, 3-ply Eggshell pickguard, American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines with Fender logo, bone nut and wing string tree. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
Model | Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child Signature Stratocaster® NOS®, Maple Fingerboard Black | Builder | Fender Custom Shop | Year | 2018 | Body Type | Solid Body | Body Wood | Alder | Finish Type | Nitrocellulose Lacquer | Finish Color | Black | Aging | NOS | Back Finish | Nitrocellulose Lacquer | Neck Wood | Maple | Fingerboard | Maple | Neck Carve | 66 Strat Oval "C" | Scale Length | 25.5'' | Neck Dimensions | .810'' -.965'' | Neck Radius | 9.50'' | Frets | 22 - Sanko 6105 | Nut Width | 1.650'' | Nut Material | Bone | Neck Finish | Medium Tint - Nitrocellulose Lacquer | Inlays | Micarta Black 7mm | Headstock | Reverse Head | Neck Pickup | Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single Coil Strat® (Lefty) | Middle Pickup | Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single Coil Strat® (Lefty) | Bridge Pickup | Custom Shop Hand-Wound Single-Coil '69 Strat® (Lefty Angle) | Pickguard | 3-Ply Eggshell | Hardware | Nickel/Chrome | Bridge | 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo | Tuners | Vintage-Style with Fender Logo | Controls | Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup), 5-Position Blade | Case | Fender Custom Shop Black Case | Weight | 7.85 Pounds |
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