LsL Instruments Fleming Series Saticoy '50s Maple Neck SSS – Dakota Red

Information

Brand New w/ Warranty. We are an authorized LsL Dealer.

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What Does Josh Think?

What a Strat! First of all, the obvious… it weighs just 7 ¼ pounds with an alder body and bigger ‘50s style neck. As you might expect, resonance is NOT lacking. Light aging is completed by Chris Fleming (former Fender Masterbuilder). The pickups are wound to Chris’ specs and to good effect.

The neck position is juicy and just slightly scooped. In place of the more aggressive midrange of the ‘60s Strats, this one has a more gentle mid register with a round, throaty attack. This is bookended by a bodacious bottom and smooth highs.

Moving backwards to the neck/middle “in between” tone, I love that this position suffers zero volume loss and maintains the bold bottom end of the neck pickup. It has the quintessential spank, but it leaves out the more filtered quality that can suck the volume and body out of this position. The perfect middle ground in my opinion.

If you want the more quacky Strat flavor, you have only to switch to the bridge/middle position. The midrange rises upward and the pickups interplay with a more funk-leaning, filtered quality.

I love a pickup that has a vowel you can move around with the tone knob, and the bridge pickup on this guitar absolutely nails it! At the lower reaches of the tone knob you can garner tones that vary from the sound of a wah cocked back, to the rich midrange of a humbucker. Around seven you transition to just a gently rolled-off top end and then progress gradually to the wide open, bitey single coil tone beyond.

How Does It Play?

The neck features a very well-proportioned V to remove a little bulk under the palm, transitioning smoothly to C at the heel. There are necks that make their V-ness immediately evident, and then there are those that simply make a chunky neck more comfortable. This is the latter. The string action measures just 4/64” across all strings at the 12^th fret without a hint of buzz.

Weight: 7lb 4.5oz

The G&G hard case pictured is included!

Aging Specs

Body Aging: Light Aging (by Chris Fleming)

Neck Aging: Light Aging (by Chris Fleming)

Hardware Aging: Light Aging (by Chris Fleming)

Hardware Specs

Hardware: Nickel

Bridge: Vintage

Tuners: Vintage 6-In-Line

Knobs: Parchment

Body Specs

Body Woods: Alder

Top Wood: None

Body Color: Dakota Red (Fleming Style Ultra Thin Nitrocellulose)

Binding: None

Pickguard: Parchment 1-Ply

Neck Specs

Neck Shape: Fleming Spec Soft V to Round C (1st fret .850”, 12th Fret .980”)

Neck Wood: Rift sawn Maple (15 Degrees Off Center Or Less)

Neck Finish: Ultra Thin Nitrocellulose (Hand Aged By Chris)        

Fingerboard: 1pc Maple

Radius: 9.5”

Nut Width: 1.625”

Headstock: Ultra Thin Nitrocellulose

Frets #: 21

Fretwire: 6105

Scale Length: 25.5”

Electronics Specs

Electronics: VTT 5-way Blade

Pickups: SSS (Fleming Recipe) LsL Hand-Wound Single Coils

Pickup Color: Parchment

Notes

Modern tone wiring (bridge & neck/middle)