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Sarge

01-17-2009, 04:33 AM

http://www.fender.com/products/prod_images/guitars/0139010305_xl.jpg

http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0139010

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<CENTER><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=605><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#666666><TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width=605 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=right width=605 bgColor=#dddddd colSpan=2>:: Close Window (javascript:window.close()) </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Model Name </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster® </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Model Number </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>013-9010-(305) </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Series </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>Artist Series </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Colors </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>(305) Olympic White,
(Polyester Finish) </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Body </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>Alder </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Neck </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>Maple, “U” Shape,
(Gloss Polyurethane Finish) </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Fingerboard </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>Graduated Scalloped Rosewood, 7.25” Radius (184 mm) </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>No. of Frets </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>21 Vintage Style Frets </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Pickups </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>1 Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound Flat™ SSL-4 Single-Coil Strat® Pickup (Neck),
1 Non-Active “Dummy” Pickup (Middle),
1 Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound Flat™ SSL-4 Single-Coil Strat® Pickup (Bridge) </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Controls </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>Master Volume,
Tone 1. (Neck and Middle Pickup),
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Ritchie Blackmore Signature on Front of Headstock,
Flush Mounted Dunlop® Straplocks,
Large ‘70s Style Headstock,
‘70s Style Decal,
Bullet Truss Rod Adjustment Nut,
3-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™ Neck Adjustment,
Pearloid Dot Position Inlays,
Black Plastic Knobs, Pickup Covers, Tremolo and Switch Tips,
Synthetic Bone Nut </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Strings </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>Fender® Super Bullets® 3250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), P/N 073-3250-003 </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Accessories </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>Deluxe Gig Bag </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Case </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>Deluxe Gig Bag </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Introduced </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>1/2009 </TD></TR><TR><TD class=spec_header vAlign=top align=right width=83 background="" bgColor=#dddddd>Notice </TD><TD class=spec_info width=405 background="" bgColor=#ffffff>Product Prices, Features, Specifications and Availability Are Subject To Change Without Notice </TD></TR><TR><TD align=right width=605 bgColor=#dddddd colSpan=2>:: Close Window (javascript:window.close()) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>

ELVIS

01-17-2009, 07:06 AM

Nice, but I thought the newer Blackmore Strats had three pickups...

Not the "dummy" pup...

:elvis:

Matt White

01-17-2009, 02:26 PM

Cool guitar....

I'm with ya SARGE...BLACKMORE needs to drop the ancient music and ROCK

Diamondjimi

01-17-2009, 03:11 PM

The Ritchie Blackmore Signature Lute™ ...

http://instrumentr.com/catalog/images/lute.jpg

Blackmore Lute™ Features:

Back and sides: 21 ribs, wood of choice with ebony spacers
Italian spruce front
Hand cut rose modeled on the original
Decorative carving around rose
Spruce with ebony veneer
Head maple rails with ebony trim
Ebony fingerboard, with points
Pegs: rosewood or boxwood
End button: rosewood or boxwood
Bone nut
Maple or pear bass rider with ebony lining
Maple or pear chanterelle with ebony lining
Nylon top strings and octaves with wound nylon basses
Ian Gillan Repellant Mace™ secret compartment
Pear bridge with ebony top plate
Ebony outlined mother of pearl or ivory heart at bottom of front
Ebony front edge half binding
Form fitting Kingham case w./ Blackmore Signature Tights™

:D

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chefcraig

01-17-2009, 04:43 PM

Diamondjimi

01-17-2009, 05:02 PM

Fuck that I'm gettin the Lute!;)

jhale667

01-17-2009, 06:51 PM

It's a shame there are only the two images at the Fender link. I'd really like to get a good look at the neck, in order to determine the depth of the scalloping. The term "Graduated" doesn't really offer much in the way of detail, ya know?

Yeah, though from the pic it does seem to be less drastic a scallop as the Yngwie Strat...

http://www.fender.com/products//prod_images/guitars/addtl_images/0139010305v2_axl.jpg

chefcraig

01-17-2009, 07:01 PM

Yeah, though from the pic it does seem to be less drastic a scallop as the Yngwie Strat...

Oh yeah, definitely not the "spooned-out" appearance of the Yngwie guitar. Hell, you could lose a cuff-link playing that thing.

Thanks for the image, J.

Terry

01-17-2009, 08:21 PM

Fuck that I'm gettin the Lute!;)

If this official, Ritchie Blackmore signature style endorsement doesn't spark a boost in Lute sales across the globe then nothing will!!

Terry

01-17-2009, 08:25 PM

Cool guitar....

I'm with ya SARGE...BLACKMORE needs to drop the ancient music and ROCK

He really does, agreed.

It's like, okay, Ritchie...you've done the cliched "I'm giving up the hard rock guitar hero status for the tried-and-true Renaissance Fair revival / return to my English Folk music roots" trip that so many other inactive hard rock heroes have taken:confused:...but time to put the Strat back on, leave the wench offstage and start rocking again.

GAR

01-21-2009, 01:28 PM

The Blackmore scallop is more the traditional lute-style "stair-step" version.

This is supposed to be different than the Malmsteens' which is a straight-ahead dishing of the fingerboard. The stairstep goes down a bit from the preceding fret behind it, down to a straight angle stopping just before the fret so as not to cause the fret slot to break out or splinter. Then it is radiused up ever so slightly.

They get this shit wrong, constantly. They should do the obvious correct thing instead of just throwing spaghetti to the wall so to speak seeing what the public buys as opposed to really doing it the right way the first time.

The Eric Johnson model is exactly what it looks like it should be, because otherwise he wouldn't put his name on it. Unfortunately most rock guitarists aren't so critical.

Reverberator

01-21-2009, 05:34 PM

Malmsteen scalloping,only pic i have at mo.
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GAR

01-21-2009, 05:41 PM

Pretty drastic, moreso than Yngwie's original.

Do you find it comfortable playing or are you used to dancing on the wires by now?

I'd show my neck, it tapers from -85 thousandths at the 22nd fret to about 110 at the nut, something like that, less the height of the fret.

Reverberator

01-21-2009, 05:54 PM

Well it's an 07 upgrade model with deeper scalloping than the previous models.

It's a dream to play.....well it is now that i had a tech sort out the 'factory' quality issues.
Now I'm no techno guitar guy but let me just say that the 'playing' quality of this instrument was just shit .... all for only £1200.

Diamondjimi

01-21-2009, 06:22 PM

If this official, Ritchie Blackmore signature style endorsement doesn't spark a boost in Lute sales across the globe then nothing will!!

:lol:

Diamondjimi

01-21-2009, 06:23 PM

Reverberator

01-23-2009, 05:04 PM

It's probably just the angle of the pic, it wasn't that low in real life!

ELVIS

01-24-2009, 01:14 AM

Yeah, though from the pic it does seem to be less drastic a scallop as the Yngwie Strat...

http://www.fender.com/products//prod_images/guitars/addtl_images/0139010305v2_axl.jpg

Well, I Have more scalloped Strats than most people, so let me answer this...

Thouth the types may look different, the effect is very much the same...

The two models with strings on them feel almost identical...

The Blackmore is hotter...

:elvis: