Iconic players from around the globe have always known the secret to Stratocaster shredding…the scalloped fingerboard. A scalloped fingerboard allows your fingers to make contact only with the strings and not with the wood of the fingerboard itself. This allows a lighter touch, greater speed and improved grip on the strings, facilitating effortless string bending, pull offs and tapping technique.Crafted at our Corona, Calif. manufacturing facility, this genuine Fender American Pro II Scalloped Stratocaster guitar neck features a Deep “C”-shaped profile and 9.5″-radius maple or rosewood fingerboard with 22 narrow-tall frets.This replacement neck is for a Fender or Squier® by Fender guitar. Because Fender genuine replacement necks have not been mounted to guitar bodies, nut slots must be cut by qualified personnel. Other installation processes may be required, such as fret work, fitting the neck to the neck pocket, and other instrument setup procedures. Your local FMIC Authorized Service Center can install genuine replacement necks; find Authorized Service Center locations near you in the “Support” section of fender.com.