Anatomy of a 1955 Stratocaster Section Six: Composite Image of Parts
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Composite image of all the parts and screws

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This Fender Stratocaster has 220 different parts. Not all of the parts listed below are in the photo and some of the parts in the photo are no longer on the guitar.

5 body parts
ash body
2 Schaller straplock buttons
2 strap button mounting screws - 1" #6 oval-head Phillips wood screws

73 neck parts
1 maple neck
1 walnut "skunk stripe" truss rod channel filler plug
1 truss rod
1 truss rod tensioning nut
1 bone nut
21 frets
10 large black fretboard position indicator dots
10 small black neck top position indicator dots
1 butterfly string tree
1 nylong string tree bushing
1 string tree screw - 1/2" #2 oval-head Phillips wood screw
6 Kluson "no-line" tuning machines
6 tuning machine ferrules
7 tuning machine screws - 3/8" #2 round-head Phillips wood screws
1 neck mounting plate
4 neck mounting screws - 2" #8 oval-head Phillips wood screws

60 bridge and tremolo parts
1 "ashtray" bridge cover
1 tremolo arm
1 tremolo arm tip
1 bridge plate
6 bridge pivot screws - 1 1/4" #6 round-head Phillips wood screws
6 bridge saddles
6 bridge saddle springs
6 bridge saddle intonation adjustment screws - 5/8" 4-40-thread round-head Phillips machine screws
12 saddle height adjustment screws - 5/16" and 3/8" 4-40-thread set screws
1 bridge inertia block
3 inertia block mounting screws - 3/8" 8-32-thread flat-head Phillips machine screws
5 tremolo springs
1 tremolo spring claw
1 tremolo spring claw ground wire
2 tremolo spring claw screws - 1 7/8" #8 oval-head Phillips wood screws
1 tremolo spring cavity cover
6 tremolo spring cavity cover screws - 1/2" #4 oval-head Phillips wood screws

82 pickguard and electronics parts
1 celluloid tortoiseshell pickguard
8 pickguard mounting screws - 1/2" #4 oval-head Phillips wood screws
3 polystyrene "Bakelite" control knobs
1 CTS, 2 Stackpole 250 K Ω audio taper potentiometers
3 potentiometer lock washers
3 potentiometer retaining nuts
1 CRL 5 position selector switch
1 "football" selector switch tip
2 selector switch mounting screws - 9/16" 6-32-thread oval-head Phillips machine screws
6 pickup mounting screws - 9/16" 6-32-thread oval-head Phillips machine screws
6 rubber pickup mounting screw grommets
3 pickup covers
3 cast pickup bobbins
3 pickup windings - #42 AWG copper wire
18 pickup pole pieces - Alnico V magnets
3 pickup signal wires
3 pickup ground wires
3 controls to selector switch ground wires
1 tone filter capacitor - Cornell Dubilier .1 MFD 150VDC rated
1 volume control to output signal wire
1 volume control to output ground wire
1 Switchcraft 1/4" mono output jack
1 output jack washer
1 output jack retaining nut
1 output jack cup
2 output jack cup mounting screws - 5/8" #5 oval-head Phillips wood screws

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