A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, STRATOCASTER, ARTIST'S PROTOTYPE, NILE RODGERS HITMAKER

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FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, CORONA, CIRCA 2000
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, STRATOCASTER, ARTIST'S PROTOTYPE, NILE RODGERS HITMAKER
The logo Fender STRATOCASTER / ORIGINAL / Contour / Body, the neck plate stamped NR00303 / THE / HITMAKER, the finish of Olympic White, maple neck and walnut strip, with original Fender Custom Shop case
Length of back 15 3⁄4 in. (40 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Over the course of the Nile Rodgers Hitmaker project Fender worked tirelessly to replicated his legendary Stratocaster. Of the many prototypes produced and sent, both Rodgers and his guitar technician, Ralph Legnini, described this guitar as the prototype that accurately mirrored the weight, feel, and contours of his 1960 Fender Stratocaster dubbed The Hitmaker. Please see Lot 1.

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