This is the order form for your Custom Order guitar.

To complete your Custom Order reservation, you must follow these steps:

1. Complete the reservation form. In it, you will need to specify the features you want for your guitar and any other descriptive notes you need to add.

2. After filling out the form and accepting the custom order conditions, you will be redirected to a payment screen.

3. Once you have filled in the form and made the reservation, we will contact you to provide more details about the features and configuration of your Bad Dog guitar.

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BODY

• Wood: American Alder. Lightweight, individually selected for weight and grain
• Number of pieces: 1-piece
• Construction: Solid body
• Routing: SSS (Single / Single / Single)
• Finish: Genuine nitrocellulose
• Finish type: Thin skin, no plasticizers
• Relic: Options (Closet Classic / Journeyman / Heavy Relic)

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• Available colors/finishes (1960 official catalog):
– 3-Tone Sunburst
– Fiesta Red
– Dakota Red
– Sonic Blue
– Daphne Blue
– Lake Placid Blue (metallic)
– Olympic White
– Black
– Shoreline Gold (metallic)
– Surf Green
– Foam Green (Sea Foam Green)
– Shell Pink
– Burgundy Mist (metallic)

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NECK

OPTION A · VINTAGE CORRECT

• Wood: American maple
• Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood, slab board
• Profile: Medium C (0.85” Fret 1 – 0.97” Fret 12)
• Fingerboard radius: 7.25”
• Frets: Narrow vintage (1.98W x 1.09H mm)
• Scale length: 25.5”
• Nut: Genuine natural bone, aged
• Nut width: 41.5 mm
• Truss rod: Heel-adjust
• Finish: Nitrocellulose – Vintage Amber

OPTION B · PLAYER / MODERN VINTAGE

• Wood: American maple, one-piece
• Profile: Medium C (0.85” Fret 1 – 0.95” Fret 12)
• Fingerboard radius: 10”
• Frets: Medium (2W x 1.40H mm)
• Scale length: 25.5”
• Nut: Genuine natural bone, aged
• Nut width: 41.5 mm
• Truss rod: Heel-adjust
• Finish: Nitrocellulose – Vintage Amber

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HEADSTOCK

• Shape: Pre-CBS Strat-style
• Logo: Optional (with logo or unbranded)
• String tree: Rounded vintage style
• Tuners: Kluson Vintage “Single Line”, period-correct reproductions

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HARDWARE

• Type: Vintage 6-screw tremolo
• Construction: Steel base plate (83.4 x 38.4 mm) + solid steel block
• Saddles: 6 bent steel saddles, vintage style
• String holes: Countersunk for smooth operation
• Tremolo arm: Screw-in type
• Included: Arm, springs, claw, screws, Allen keys
• Finish: Nickel / lightly aged
• Screws: Vintage specification

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PICKGUARD

• Type: 3-ply
• Colors: White/Creme / Mint Green / Parchment
• Edge: Beveled
• Mounting: 11-hole pattern

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ELECTRONICS

• Configuration: Classic Stratocaster

• Pickups:
– Bad Dog Custom Hand-Wound
– 1960 style
– Alnico V magnets
– Low output (vintage correct)

• Tone configuration:
– No tone on bridge (vintage correct)
– Bridge tone available (optional)

• Switch:
– 3-way (original specification)
– 5-way (optional)

• Wiring: Vintage cloth push-back wire

• Potentiometers: Individually selected and measured (real values)

• Capacitor: Paper-in-Oil (period-correct reproduction)

• Electronics philosophy: 1950s Fender specification