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.

Features

• Slim Alder body with unique contours
• Olympic White lacquer finish
• Custom headstock logo and Hitmaker neck plate
• Custom Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Single-Coil Strat Pickups
• Vintage-style hard-tail Strat bridge
• Sperzel® locking tuners

General     Series Artist Orientation Right-Hand Color Olympic White Country Of Origin US     Neck Headstock Stratocaster® Neck Material Maple Neck Finish Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish with Gloss Headstock Face Neck Shape 1959 "C" Neck Construction 4-Bolt Standard Fingerboard Radius 9.5" (241 mm) Fingerboard Material Maple Position Inlays Black Dot Side Dots Black Number of Frets 21 Truss Rod Vintage-Style Butt Adjust Truss Rod Nut Vintage-Style Butt Adjust String Nut Bone Nut Width 1.625" (41.3 mm) Nut Material Bone     Body Body Alder Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Body Shape Stratocaster® Body Material Alder     Hardware Bridge 6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Strat® Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles Pickguard 11-hole Chrome Plated Brass Pickup Covers White Control Knobs White Speed Switch Tip White Hardware Finish Nickel/Chrome Tuning Machines Sperzel® Locking String Trees Dual-Wing with Metal Spacers Strings Fender® USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0730250403 Neck Plate 4-Bolt with Custom Hitmaker Logo, Serialized Strap Buttons Vintage-Style     Electronics Bridge Pickup Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat® Middle Pickup Hitmaker Nile Rogers RWRP Strat® Neck Pickup Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat® Pickup Configuration SSS Controls Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) Switching 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup Potentiometers CTS 250K