The Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster® Electric Guitar, Olympic White is a Ritchie Blackmore signature guitar based on Blackmore’s favourite ’70s model.
Ritchie Blackmore found fame for his innovative blend of classical and blues styles, as well as his songwriting and playing in bands such as Deep Purple and Rainbow. His signature Fender Stratocaster features an alder body with a maple neck in a 'U'-shaped profile. The neck is topped by a rosewood fingerboard with 21 graduated scalloped frets.
The Blackmore Strat's sounds come from a pair of Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat pickups, with the pickup in the middle position being a 'dummy' that is screwed down to the guitar and not is use, just like on Ritchie's 1970s original.
The vintage '70s look of the Blackmore Stratocaster is complete with its ’70s-style “F” tuners and '70s style decal. The Blackmore Stratocaster comes with a deluxe gigbag.
The main features of the Fender Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster® Electric Guitar, Olympic White include:
- Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster
- Olympic White Finish
- Alder Body
- Maple, “U” Shape, Gloss Finished Neck
- Graduated Scalloped Rosewood Fingerboard With 7.25” Radius
- 21 Vintage Style Frets
- 1 Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 Single-Coil Strat Pickup In Neck Position
- 1 Non-Active “Dummy” Pickup In Middle Position
- 1 Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 Single-Coil Strat Pickup In Bridge Position
- 1 x Master Volume Control, 2 x Tone Controls
- 3-Way Pickup Selector Switch For Choosing Bridge Pickup, Neck Pickup Or Both
- Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo Bridge
- Fender/Schaller® Vintage “F” Style Tuning Machines
- Chrome Hardware
- 3-Ply White Pickguard, 25.5” Scale Length
- Width at Nut 1.650” (42 mm)
- Ritchie Blackmore Signature on Front of Headstock
- Flush Mounted Dunlop Straplocks
- Large ‘70s Style Headstock
- ‘70s Style Decal
- Bullet Truss Rod Adjustment Nut
- 3-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™ Neck Adjustment
- Pearloid Dot Position Inlays
- Black Plastic Knobs, Pickup Covers, Tremolo and Switch Tips
- Synthetic Bone Nut
- Deluxe Gig Bag Included