Northwest Guitars

Stratocaster Compatible Body Hardtail - Black Gloss

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STBHT-BK

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Product details

Our hardtail Stratocaster-style guitar bodies offer the iconic Stratocaster shape with a stable and reliable fixed-bridge design, perfect for players who prefer simplicity and enhanced tuning stability. Carefully routed to accommodate your preferred pickups, these bodies are ideal for guitarists seeking the classic Strat tone without the complexity of a tremolo system.

Hand-Selected Alder

Our hardtail guitar bodies are crafted from 2-piece A-grade alder, a favourite among top guitar manufacturers due to its lightweight to medium weight and excellent tonal qualities. The fine grain and light colour of alder make it perfect for a range of finishes, whether solid or transparent, ensuring a high-quality look for your guitar build.

Sonically, alder provides a resonant, well-balanced tone with rich sustain and sharp attack. Its closed-pore structure enhances tonal clarity across the frequency spectrum, making it a reliable choice for a variety of playing styles.

Finished in Iconic Colours

Our hardtail Strat bodies are available in a range of iconic colours, precisely recreated using genuine shades from the big F. Whether you’re aiming for a vintage-inspired look or something bold and unique, we offer a finish to match your vision.

Perfectly Sized Neck Pocket

Each body is designed with precision to ensure a snug neck pocket fit, making it fully compatible with most aftermarket guitar necks, including those styled after Fender models. Pre-drilled holes simplify the neck installation process, ensuring a perfect fit every time.

Hardtail Bridge Compatibility

Just like the original Fender Hardtail Strat, our bodies have a E to E string spacing of  56.5mm (2 7/32"), making them compatible with the Fender Original Hardtail Bridge, and the Hosco T105P.

Ready-to-Use Routing

All of our hardtail bodies come fully routed for electronics, including pickups, control cavities, and hardware mounts, so you can get started on your project quickly. Since bridge options can vary widely, some models may not include pre-drilled bridge mounting holes, giving you the freedom to install the bridge of your choice.

Material: Alder
Body Thickness: 46mm (1 13/16")
Neck Pocket Width: 55.5mm (2 3/16")
Neck Pocket Depth: 17mm (43/74")
Control Cavity Depth: 38.5mm (1 33/64")
Pickup Cavity Depth: 17mm (43/64")
Finish: Polyurethane
String Spacing: 11.3mm (56.5mm E to E)
Other Info: Strap button holes pre-drilled
Weight: 2.4kg (5lb 3oz)

Compatible Bridges

NWG Classic Hardtail Bridge (BN01F) or Fender Classic Hardtail 6-Saddle Bridge (60068000).

String Ferrlues

All of our Hadtail Strat Style bodies require vintage string ferrules (HS017)

• Northwest Guitars, Unit A Hoyle Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 0LW, GB
• Phone: +44 1925 407056
• Email: sales@northwestguitars.co.uk

Responsible Person:
• EU Comply OÜ, Pärnu Mnt 139b-14, Tallinn, Tallinn, 11317, EE
• Email: hello@eucompliancepartner.com
• Phone: +33 757 690241

2 3/16" neck pocket

Standard F-sized neck pocket fits most genuine Fender necks as well as our own branded models.

A snug-fitting neck improves resonance and sustain, enhancing tonal clarity and stability. This ensures optimal performance, making your custom guitar build both reliable and sonically rich

Hardtail Bridge

With a precise 2 7/32” string spacing that mirrors original Fender specs, these bodies are fully compatible with genuine Fender hardtail bridges, delivering vintage authenticity, improved tone, and reliable tuning stability.

Customer Reviews

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Pier Murru
Nice wood and finish, but CNC needs some serious rework.

Hope this will be used to improve the CNC, as the body I received was wrong in many ways; Pickup routing (SSS) is offset of around 2.5mm, toward the neck pocket, so when you mount the pickups, the bobin plate will hit the wood making impossible to align the loaded pickguard. Tried 3 different set of Fender SSS and 3 different Fender pickguards, all original and perfectly working on Fender bodies, and problem is costant with all of them. Had to do lot of woodwork to make it working some way, to remove the wood to get some clearance. Also the body outline is wrong, so when you mount the pickguard and align it with the neck pocket (original fender pickguards), the distance between pickguard edge and body contour, will be all over the place, like narrow on the low side, and very wide on the horn. Disappointed.

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Mikael Sjokvist
100%

Everything perfect.
Extra + for fast delivery.
Best regards from SWE

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Geoff Tugby
BIRTHDAY GIFT

I HAVNT OPENED IT YET. ITS A BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR ME TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER. THANKS