Used - Fender Roadhouse Stratocaster USA 1997
In 1997 Fender USA introduced a trio of upgraded American Standard Strats, the "Lone Star", "Big Apple" and "Roadhouse", with cosmetic changes and custom pickups. The Roadhouse model you see here featured three over-wound Texas Special single-coil pickups in the traditional Strat configuration, pearl guard, full maple neck with double string trees and a beautiful Candy Apple Red finish.
These "hot-rodded" Strats had a short, three-year production run from 1997 to 2000 - and were replaced by with the more common "Texas Special" line. This one is a first-year model Maple neck option that wasn't very popular in '97.
- Body Material: Alder
- Body Finish: Polyurethane
- Body Shape: Stratocaster
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Polyurethane, Lightly Tinted
- Neck Shape: "C"
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood or Maple
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.6875” (43 mm)
- Position Inlays: Black (maple neck); Narrow Spacing
- Truss Rod: BiFlex
- Micro Tilt
- Skunk Stripe: Yes
- Bridge Pickup: Texas Special*
- Middle Pickup: Texas Special*
- Neck Pickup: Texas Special*
- Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
- Switching: 5-Position Blade
- Configuration: SSS
- Bridge: American Standard Tremolo
- Saddles: Stainless Steel Block American Standard Saddles
- Tuning Machines: Fender/Schaller Deluxe Cast/Sealed
- String Tree: #2, Ezy Glider
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Pickguard: 11 screw (config. modern); White Shell on (809) Candy Apple Red
- Control Knobs: White
- Switch Tip: White
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt; "Fender"
- Colour :(809) Candy Apple Red
- Truss Rod Wrench: 1/8” Hex
- Saddle Height Adjustment Wrench: .050 Hex
- Deluxe Black Tolex Case with Red Brick Lining
