Fender Artist Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster Olympic White Electric Guitar. Along for the ride. Affectionately dubbed the. This guitar features unique modifications and an unmatched pedigree that helped create decades of legends. CUSTOM’59 “C”-SHAPED NECK. With vintage-inspired feel and tone, this maple neck offers snap and excellent playability when paired with a warm 9.5-radius maple fingerboard. Voiced to accurately replicate the quack, chime and bell-like clarity of the original. These pickups will channel Niles unmistakable tone. LACQUER OLYMPIC WHITE FINISH. A beautiful finish exactly matches the one Nile sprayed on the guitar himself after he acquired it in the early days of Chic. Over the past 40-plus years Nile Rodgers has penned, played and produced a vast wealth of hit songs, starting with “Le Freak” and “Good Times, ” the era-defining late-’70s smashes by the band he co-founded, disco powerhouse CHIC. Innumerable session, writing, production, arranging and film music credits commenced in the 1980s and continue today, with Rodgers making essential contributions to work by David Bowie. She’s the Boss. L is For Lover. Back in the High Life. More recently, Rodgers and the. Contributed to 2013 blockbuster albums. By Daft Punk, including the latter’s Grammy-winning smash, Get Lucky. Its a challenge to keep up with just how many songs he’s impacted by now, but what is known is most of the songs in his vast. Were created with the help of the. With a 1959 neck that Rodgers fortuitously happened upon in a Miami Beach, Fla. T really think of myself as a. But I think of my guitar as having the sound to give any track that I play on a better than even shot of being a hit, Rodgers said. Rodgers grew up in New York (the Bronx, Alphabet City, Greenwich Village) with jazz records permeating the walls. By the time he was 19, Rodgers was working as a session guitarist and had scored a gig with the. But it was joining the house band at Harlem’s famous Apollo. That truly elevated his game. There, Rodgers encountered the world’s biggest R&B artists Aretha Franklin, Betty Wright. Jay Hawkins, Maxine Brown, Ben E. King and many others. It was there where he also met bassist Bernard Edwards, with whom he would form Chic in the mid-1970s. Not only did Rodgers and Edwards change the game with CHIC, they also became the hottest producing team after bringing Sister Sledges 1978 album. To the top of the charts. Of course, we all know now that Rodgers and his. Have never stopped since. To pay homage to Rodgers indelible contributions to musical history and the exciting projects he undoubtedly has coming in the future Fender is releasing a faithful recreation of the. Featuring a lacquer Olympic White finish that accurately mimics the. He sprayed on it himself in a tribute to. Its custom 59-profile one-piece maple neck boasts a 9.5 radius fingerboard, medium jumbo frets and satin finish, while Nile Rodgers. Pickups are voiced to accurately replicate the quack, chime and bell-like clarity of the original instrument. For an artist who has a top billing amongst the influencers of modern music, this guitar is the only one to recreate his signature sound. Everybody whos playing a. Their Stats have a certain vibe, he said. Plays I dont know how to explain it. Ive bought more than 200 of these things trying to find one, and the only way I could find another one is Fender had to make it. Get in Touch Today! Welcome to Mann’s Music, a specialist musical instruments shop that has been supplying musicians since 1854. We pride ourselves in being able to offer a wide variety of musical instruments both online and from our High Street store including electric pianos, guitars, keyboards, woodwind instruments, percussion, music scores, tuition books and all the accessories you might need for your instruments. Our popular products include Roland Digital Pianos, Yamaha Wind Instruments, Tanglewood and Fender Guitars and Vox Amplifiers to name just a few. We have been a popular and successful musical instruments shop for over 166 years, initially supplying the residents of Colchester, Essex where we are based; now our popularity has grown we are a trusted supplier of musical instruments throughout the UK. Our friendly team here at Mann’s Music are not only passionate about music, but knowledgeable about all the products we have in stock; ready to answer any questions you may have or give advice where needed.