FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The Skyhawk was one of the first "S-style" models to switch from ebony to rosewood fingerboards by mid 1987. The Skyhawk shown here has the rosewood board, typical ash body, and is fitted with the optional 1st style Leo Fender Fine Tuner Vibrato and Graph-Tech locking nut. Very few Skyhawks were fitted with this tailpiece.

  
 Body: Solid; 2-piece ash

 Finish: Clear Red, nitrocellulose lacquer

 Neck: 2-piece maple, bolt-on

 Fingerboard: Rosewood; white pearloid dot markers

 Number of Frets: 22

 Pickguard: Black-white-black plastic laminate with black crinkle powder coated steel control plate

 Bridge: G&L Fine Tuner Vibrato, chrome

 Nut: Plastic with G&L Graph-Tec locking nut

 Tuners: Schaller M5, chrome

 Pickups: Three, G&L Magnetic Field Design single coil with adjustable pole pieces

 Controls: Master volume, treble, and bass, 5-way pickup selector

 Scale Length: 25 1/2 inches

 Neck Width at Nut: 1 5/8 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout: 12 7/8 inches

 Body Depth: 1 5/8 inches

 Weight: 8.7 lb