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The Squier Paranormal Custom Nashville Stratocaster is unlike any instrument you've seen ? or played ? before. This unique-looking electric guitar is built around a double-bound, Strat-like poplar body, with a hand-filling "C"-shaped maple neck and a slick-playing, 21-fret laurel fingerboard. You get three alnico-loaded, single-coil pickups, in a typical Nashville Tele configuration, arming you with a veritable greatest-hits package of Fender-style tones. Moreover, 5-way switching supplies access to all the requisite "in between" settings, while a push-pull tone knob engages the neck pickup in positions one and two. Whatever your application, the Paranormal Custom Nashville Strat can deliver the right tone for the job. This attention-grabbing mashup also includes a 3-ply parchment Tele-style pickguard, vintage-style tuners, a reversed Tele control plate, and a 3-saddle strings-through-body Tele bridge. Players searching for one guitar that's a jack of all tones will be absolutely delighted by the Squier Paranormal Custom Nashville Stratocaster.





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A well-appointed patchwork of parts





Squier pulled out all the stops with the Paranormal Custom Nashville Stratocaster. For starters, it's built around a double-bound, Custom Telecaster-inspired, Strat-like body carved out of a solid hunk of poplar. The Paranormal Custom Nashville Strat includes a 3-ply parchment Tele-style pickguard and a reversed Tele control plate, along with rock-solid vintage-style tuning machines and a 3-saddle strings-through-body Tele bridge. Chrome-plated hardware and a spotlight-stealing gloss finish complete this head-turning solidbody electric guitar.





Versatile, alnico-loaded pickups





The Squier Paranormal Custom Nashville Stratocaster comes loaded with three Fender-designed alnico single-coil pickups. This guitar's bridge and neck pups deliver all the twang, bite, and snarl you'd expect from a high-quality set of Tele pickups. The third pickup expands your tonal options further, supplying you with the warm-yet-biting sound you'd get from a Strat's middle pickup. You get 5-way switching, and beyond that, a push-pull on the guitar's tone knob adds the neck pickup to positions one and two, unleashing even more sonic textures. If you're already a Tele player like many of us are here at Sweetwater, then you'll hear your guitar rig in a whole new light with the Paranormal Custom Nashville Strat.





Effortlessly playable neck





Navigating the Paranormal Custom Nashville Stratocaster's fretboard is almost too easy. Its bolt-on maple neck boasts a comfortable "C" shape that fills your hand nicely while also staying out of your way. This guitar's laurel fingerboard features a modern-feeling 9.5-inch radius, with 21 narrow-tall frets for fleet-fingered playability and silky smooth bends. The Paranormal Custom Nashville Strat also includes a synthetic bone nut and classy pearloid dot fingerboard inlays.





Squier Paranormal Custom Nashville Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features:


Built around a double-bound, Custom Telecaster-inspired, Strat-like poplar body


Bolt-on maple neck boasts a comfortable "C" shape


Laurel fingerboard features a modern-feeling 9.5-inch radius with 21 narrow tall frets


Loaded with 3 Fender-designed alnico single-coil pickups


Bridge and neck pickups deliver Tele-style twang, bite, and snarl


3rd pickup produces the warm yet biting sound of a Strat's middle pickup


5-way switching supplies access to all the requisite "in-between" settings


Push-pull tone knob engages the neck pickup in positions 1 and 2


3-ply parchment Tele-style pickguard and a reversed Tele control plate


Rock-solid, vintage-style tuning machines, and a 3-saddle strings-through-body Tele bridge


Chrome-plated hardware and a spotlight-stealing gloss finish


Synthetic bone nut and classy pearloid dot fingerboard inlays