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.

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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Official 1962 Catalogue Colors

• 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 – Veneer (not slab board)
Profile: Medium C
Fingerboard radius: 7.25”
Frets: Narrow vintage
Scale length: 25.5”
Nut: Genuine aged natural bone
Nut width: 41.5 mm
Truss rod: Heel access
Finish: Nitrocellulose – Vintage Amber

OPTION B · PLAYER / MODERN VINTAGE

Wood: One-piece American maple
Profile: Medium C
Fingerboard radius: 10”
Frets: Medium
Scale length: 25.5”
Nut: Genuine aged natural bone
Nut width: 41.5 mm
Truss rod: Heel access
Finish: Nitrocellulose – Vintage Amber

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HEADSTOCK

Shape: Pre-CBS Stratocaster style
Logo: Optional (with logo or blank)
String tree: Vintage rounded style
Tuners: Kluson Vintage “Single Line” period-correct reproductions

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HARDWARE

Type: Vintage-style 6-screw tremolo (true to original 1950s design)

• Steel base plate (83.4 × 38.4 mm)

• Solid steel block

• Vintage-style bent steel saddles

• Countersunk string holes for smooth operation

• Screw-in tremolo arm

• Includes arm, springs, claw plate, screws, and Allen keys

Finish: Nickel / light aged
Screws: Vintage specification

Pickguard: 3-ply White/Cream, Mint Green, or Parchment

• Beveled edge

• 11 screws

• Middle screw positioned closer to middle pickup (1962 spec)

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ELECTRONICS

Configuration: Classic Stratocaster layout

Pickups: Bad Dog Custom Hand-Wound – 1962 style
Magnets: Alnico V
Output: Low (vintage correct)

Bridge tone control:

• No tone on bridge (vintage correct)

• Bridge tone available as optional configuration

Switch:

• 3-position (original specification)

• 5-position (optional)

Wiring: Vintage-style cloth push-back wire
Potentiometers: Individually selected and measured, installed according to actual value
Capacitor: Paper-in-Oil, period-correct reproduction

Electronic philosophy: Early 1960s Fender specification

ST 1962 Reservation Form