The instrument's resonant alder body is capped with a rippling quilt maple top and features a scalloped lower back bout and sculpted shredder's cut heel for comfortable and unencumbered upper-fret access. The bolt-on maple neck has a "caramelized" heat and drying treatment that makes it sound and feel much older, along with graphite reinforcement, satin finish on the back, Luminlay® side dots and a conveniently located heel-mount truss rod adjustment wheel.
Designed to deliver unrivaled playability, the 12"-16" compound radius caramelized maple fingerboard has a more pronounced curvature across its width near the nut for comfortable chording, and gradually flattens to a very slight curvature toward the upper frets for blazing fast solos and comfortable bends. The rolled fingerboard edges and 22 jumbo frets combine for even more enhanced comfort and high-performance playability.
Given Sfogli's propensity to cut across genres ranging from progressive metal to jazz, he required extremely versatile and well-balanced pickups in an HSS configuration. He selected an EMG® '89 for the bridge, which houses separate preamps and coils to deliver that warm and powerful humbucker punch along with that bright and chiming single-coil sound. A pair of active EMG® SA single-coil pickups in the middle and neck positions bring even more of that unmistakable Strat® sound - bright and airy with rich low end. Tap into these expansive tonal options using the five-way blade pickup switch, tone control and volume control with push/pull coil splitting for the bridge pickup.
A Floyd Rose® 1000 Series double-locking tremolo bridge system provides excellent tuning stability throughout flutters and aggressive dive bombing.
Sophistication personified, the Marco Sfogli Signature Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HSS FR CM QM is clad in a gorgeous Transparent Purple Burst finish with black pickguard, skirted black Strat®-style control knobs, chrome hardware and a licensed Fender® Strat® headstock.
Specifications
General
- Series: Artist Signature
- Orientation: Right-Hand
- Color: Transparent Purple Burst
Neck
- Headstock: Licensed Fender® Stratocaster®
- Neck Material: Caramelized Maple
- Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
- Neck Shape: Speed Neck with Rolled Fingerboard Edges
- Neck Construction: Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Caramelized Maple
- Position Inlays: Cream Dot
- Side Dots: Luminlay®
- Number of Frets: 22
- Truss Rod: Dual-Action with Wheel
- Truss Rod Nut: Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
- String Nut: Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Locking
- Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- Nut Material: Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Locking
- Fret Size: Jumbo
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Body
- Body: Alder
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Body Shape: So-Cal Style 1
- Body Top: Quilt Maple
- Body Style: Solid Body
- Body Material: Alder
Hardware
- Bridge: Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Double-Locking Tremolo (Recessed)
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
- Pickup Covers: Black
- Control Knobs: Strat®-Style Skirt
- Switch Tip: Black
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Charvel®-Branded Die-Cast
- String Trees: Floyd Rose® Retainer Bar
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
- Tremolo Arm: Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Locking
- Neck Plate: None - 4-Bolt Sculpted Heel
- Strap Buttons: Standard
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: EMG® 89
- Middle Pickup: EMG® SA Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: EMG® SA Single-Coil
- Pickup Configuration: HSS
- Controls: Volume (Push/Pull Coil Split), Tone
- Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck, Position 5. Neck Pickup - (Split Engaged) Position 1. Single-Coil Bridge, Position 2. Single-Coil Bridge and Middle Pickup
- Special Electronics: Active Electronics
