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Price Match - Found a Better Price?Nile Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on recordings that have sold more than 500-million albums globally. Every hit record he’s produced has shared one essential element: the used 1960 Fender hardtail Stratocaster® Nile bought in a Miami music shop. Rarely is a single guitar so inseparably identified with its owner as The Hitmaker.
The Hitmaker features a 1960 alder body that is uniquely smaller and more contoured than a typical vintage Strat. The beautiful Olympic White lacquer matches the finish Nile sprayed on the guitar himself just after he acquired it in the early days of Chic. The custom ’59-profile one-piece maple neck has a 9.5” radius fingerboard, medium jumbo frets and a satin finish. A “Nile Rodgers & Chic” logo adorns the back of the headstock and a custom Hitmaker logo is stamped into the neck plate.
The Nile Rodgers Hitmaker single-coil Strat pickups are voiced to accurately replicate the quack, chime and bell-like clarity of the original Hitmaker. Other features include a hard-tail string-through bridge with period-correct bent-steel saddles, an eye-catching mirrored chrome-plated brass pickguard, locking Sperzel® tuners and a set of white speed knobs. The guitar also comes with a vintage-style case with Hitmaker-embroidered interior and a custom certificate of authenticity.
| Type | Solid Body |
| Colour | Olympic White |
| Orientation | Right Handed |
| Number of Strings | 6 |
| Body Shape | Stratocaster |
| Body Material | Alder |
| Body Finish |
Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
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| Neck Material | Maple |
| Neck Shape |
1959 "C"
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| Neck Finish |
Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish with Gloss Headstock Face
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| Fretboard Material | Maple |
| Number of Frets | 21 |
| Fretboard Inlays |
Black Dot
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| Fret Size |
Medium Jumbo
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| Fretboard Radius |
9.5" (241 mm)
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| Nut Material | Bone |
| Nut Width |
1.625" (41.3 mm)
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| Neck Pickups |
Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat®
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| Middle Pickups |
Hitmaker Nile Rogers RWRP Strat®
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| Bridge Pickups |
Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat®
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| Controls |
Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup)
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| Bridge |
6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Strat® Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles
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| Tuners |
Sperzel® Locking
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| Strings |
Fender® USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
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| Case/ Bag | Deluxe Limited-Edition Hardshell with Embroidered Hitmaker Logo |