1980's Navigator (by ESP Japan) Custom Order Stratocaster w/Van Zandt Pickups (Three-Tone Sunburst)

1980's Navigator (by ESP Japan) Custom Order Stratocaster w/Van Zandt Pickups (Three-Tone Sunburst)Custom ordered from ESP's Japanese factory in the early 1980's, these Navigator models are one off craftsman built instruments from a very highly regarded era of Japanese manufacturing. Beautiful two piece ash body with a three tone Sunburst poly finish bolted to a 50's style maple neck (7. 25" radius, jumbo frets, slight soft V profile), it weighs 3. 7kg's. Loaded with a set of Van Zandt alnico pickups and some custom wiring, it's got a steel trem

Maple/Agathis body with a bolt on maple neck and heel-less cutaway for easy access to all 22 frets on the rosewood fingerboard

a quick access battery box on the rear of the instrument makes battery changes a snap

Frets have light use but were polished

There's some light wear to the frets but they're polished and play smooth

Reasonable players condition as pictured with some tarnish to the hardware and some dings to the body

aged glossy maple neck and 21 fret rosewood fingerboard

There's also been a Bigsby installed on the 6-string side

24 fret ebony fingerboard (triple triangle inlays) and a slim mahogany neck with two maple stripes up the back

it's wired with a 5-way blade selector and a master volume knob with push/pull coil split capabilities and a straight-to-output switch that can also operate as a killswitch

Two Dog Fighter rail humbucker pickups in an alder body

Part of the modern Greco Atomic series of the late 1980's

You can globally adjust the Volume