Drive your sound with raw humbucking power. Fender's new and innovative Blacktop guitar series expands the sonic horizon of classic Fender Stratocaster®, Telecaster®, Jazzmaster® and Jaguar® guitars by powering them with high-gain humbucking pickups. The Blacktop series delivers on modern player demands for a thick and heavy sound. These guitars drive a wide array of deep, rich and aggressive tones that match the intensity of any playing style.
Sleek and supercharged, the Blacktop Stratocaster HH has dual over-wound alnico humbucking pickups, with other distinctive touches including skirted black amp knobs and a synchronized tremolo bridge. Other features include an alder body, maple neck with 9.5"-radius rosewood or maple fretboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, gloss polyester finish and chrome hardware.
In Depth
Series: Blacktop
Body shape: Stratocaster
Colors: (506) Black, (509) Candy Apple Red, (572) Sonic Blue
Body material: alder
Neck: maple
Neck finish: gloss urethane
Fretboard: rosewood
Position inlays: white dots
String nut: synthetic bone
Bridge pickup: Hot Vintage alnico humbucking pickup with nickel cover
Neck pickup: Hot Vintage alnico humbucking pickup with nickel cover
Pickup switching: 5-Position blade:
Position 1. Full bridge pickup
Position 2. Two inside coils
Position 3. Full neck & bridge pickups
Position 4. Outer neck single coil
Position 5. Full neck pickup
Controls: Volume, tone 1 (neck pickup), tone 2 (bridge)
Hardware: nickel/chrome
Tuning keys: standard cast/sealed tuning machines
Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Strap buttons: vintage style
Control knobs: skirted amp knobs
Pickguard: 3-ply black (506 Black, 509 Candy Apple Red), or aged white (572 Sonic Blue)
Strings: Super 250L's, NPS (.009-.042 gauges)
Included accessories: truss rod adjustment wrench, saddle height adjustment wrench