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PERFECTED FOR THE LEGENDS

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THE WORLD’S GREATEST ARTISTS HAVE COME TO THE FENDER CUSTOM SHOP FOR DECADES IN SEARCH OF THEIR PERFECT INSTRUMENTS. A WONDERFUL RESULT OF THIS IS THAT WE CAN CONSEQUENTLY OFFER THE SAME ARTIST INSTRUMENTS TO YOU, BUILT IN THE SAME SHOP BY THE SAME SKILLED CRAFTSMEN.

JEFF BECK

"AS LONG AS THERE'S SOMETHING ORIGINAL GOING ON, THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS."

FROM HIS BLISTERING BRITISH INVASION BEGINNINGS THROUGH HIS AMAZINGLY VARIED SOLO CAREER AND RIGHT UP TO TODAY, JEFF BECK HAS MADE THE STRATOCASTER® GUITAR AN INTEGRAL PART OF HIS SIGNATURE SOUND. THE JEFF BECK SIGNATURE STRATOCASTER FEATURES A THINNER C-SHAPED MAPLE NECK WITH A ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD AND A CONTOURED HEEL FOR EASIER ACCESS TO THE HIGHER REGISTERS. FURTHER, IT’S “WIRED” WITH DUAL CERAMIC NOISELESS™ PICKUPS AND HAS A TWO-POINT SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO WITH STAINLESS STEEL SADDLES, LSR ROLLER NUT, AGED KNOBS AND PICKUP COVERS, AND BECK’S SIGNATURE ON THE HEADSTOCK.

JEFF BECK

SIGNATURE STRATOCASTER®

Neck Material:

Neck Shape:

Scale Length:

Fingerboard Radius:

Number of Frets:

Fret Size:

String Nut:

Nut Width:

Neck Plate:

Neck Finish:

Fingerboard:

Position Inlays:

Maple

Thin "C"

25.5" (648 mm)

9.5" (241 mm)

22

Medium Jumbo

LSR Roller

1.6875" (42.86 mm)

4-Bolt Serialized

Satin Urethane

Rosewood

White Dot

NECK

HARDWARE

6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo 

 

Vintage-Style 

Right-Hand

1-Ply Gold Anodized

White Plastic

 

Bridge:

 

 

Tuning Machines:

Orientation: 

Pickguard: 

Control Knobs:

ELECTRONIC

Bridge Pickup:

Neck Pickup:

Middle Pickup:

 

Controls:

 

 

 

Pickup Switching:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pickup Configuration:

 

Dual-Coil Ceramic Noiseless™

 

 

Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup)

 

5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup

 

Stratocaster®

Select Alder

 

Urethane

Body Shape:

Body Material:

 

Body Finish:

BODY

SSS

ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD, OLYMPIC WHITE

#0150083805

MISCELLANEOUS

ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD, SURF GREEN

#0150083857

Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)

 

Thinner "C" Shape Maple Neck, Contoured Heel for Easier Access to Upper Frets, LSR Roller Nut, Aged Knobs and Pickup Covers, Jeff Beck's Signature on Headstock

 

Deluxe Black Hardshell Case, Strap, Cable, Custom Shop 4-Pack of Picks, Certificate of Authenticity, Polishing Cloth

 

DAVID GILMOUR

SIGNATURE STRATOCASTER®

Neck Material:

Neck Shape:

 

 

Scale Length:

Fingerboard Radius:

Number of Frets:

Fret Size:

String Nut:

Nut Width:

Neck Plate:

Neck Finish:

Fingerboard:

Position Inlays:

Maple

1983 Thin-Shouldered "C" (.790" to .870" Taper)

 

25.5" (648 mm)

7.25" (184.1 mm)

21

Vintage-Style

Synthetic Bone

1.675" (42.5 mm)

4-Bolt Serialized

Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Maple

Black Dot

NECK

HARDWARE

American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Custom Beveled Tremolo Block and Shortened

Tremolo Arm

 

Vintage-Style 

Right-Hand

1-Ply Black

Parchment Plastic

 

Bridge:

 

 

 

 

 

Tuning Machines:

Orientation: 

Pickguard: 

Control Knobs:

ELECTRONIC

Bridge Pickup:

 

 

Neck Pickup:

 

 

Middle Pickup:

 

 

Controls:

 

 

 

Pickup Switching:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pickup Configuration:

 

Seymour Duncan® SSL-5 Single-Coil Strat 

 

Custom-Wound Single-Coil Strat 

 

Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat

 

Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)

 

5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges) 

 

Thin-Shouldered "C" Neck Shape Duplicated from David's 1983 U.S. Vintage '57 Strat®; Neck, Custom Shortened Tremolo Arm, Custom Beveled Tremolo Block, No Back Tremolo Cover Plate, Black Dot Position Inlays (Narrow Spacing), Aged White Pickup Covers, Aged Parchment Control Knobs Covers, A Faithful Re-creation of David's Infamous "Black Strat", The First 500 Sold in Either Finish Option will Include a Limited Edition, Signed Copy of "The Black Strat" Book, Autographed by the Author, David's Long-Standing Guitar Tech, Phil Taylor.

 

Hardshell Case, Evidence Audio™ High-End Guitar Cable, Custom Leather Strap, GHS® DG Boomers Strings, David Gilmour's Three Disc "Live In Gdansk" CD/DVD Package, Copy of Phil Taylor's "The Black Strat" Book, Polishing Cloth

 

Strings: 

 

Unique Features: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Included Accessories: 

 

 

 

Stratocaster®

Select Alder

 

Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Body Shape:

Body Material:

 

Body Finish:

BODY

SSS

NOS MAPLE FINGERBOARD, BLACK

#0150068806

#0150069806

RELIC® MAPLE FINGERBOARD, BLACK

Strings: 

 

Unique Features: 

 

 

Included Accessories: 

 

 

 

DAVID GILMOUR AND THE FENDER CUSTOM SHOP ARE EXTREMELY PROUD TO RELEASE ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY ANTICIPATED GUITARS EVER - THE DAVID GILMOUR SIGNATURE SERIES STRATOCASTER®. GILMOUR’S FAMOUS “BLACK STRAT®” GUITAR WAS A CORNERSTONE OF THE PINK FLOYD SOUND; FEATURED EXTENSIVELY ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, WISH YOU WERE HERE, ANIMALS, THE WALL AND HIS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED 2006 SOLO EFFORT, ON AN ISLAND. THE FENDER CUSTOM SHOP WORKED CLOSELY WITH GILMOUR AND HIS LONGTIME GUITAR TECHNICIAN, PHIL TAYLOR, TO CREATE HIS SIGNATURE MODEL, A REPRODUCTION OF THE BLACK STRAT COMPLETE WITH ITS UNMISTAKABLE LOOK, SOUND AND FEEL. FEATURING A BLACK NITROCELLULOSE LACQUER FINISH, ALDER BODY WITH BLACK PICKGUARD, ONE-PIECE MAPLE NECK, CUSTOM PICKUPS, AND GILMOUR’S OWN DISTINCTIVE ELECTRONICS AND SHORTENED VINTAGE TREMOLO ARM, THE DAVID GILMOUR SIGNATURE SERIES STRATOCASTER IS AS BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL AND INDIVIDUAL AS GILMOUR’S PLAYING. ADDITIONALLY, THE GUITAR COMES WITH A CUSTOM CASE, EVIDENCE AUDIO™ HIGH-END GUITAR CABLE, GILMOUR’S THREE-DISC LIVE IN GDANSK CD/DVD PACKAGE, AND A COPY OF TAYLOR’S BOOK, THE BLACK STRAT.

"EVERYTHING IN MODERATION - THAT'S WHAT I LIVE BY."

DAVID GILMOUR

BUILT TO CLAPTON’S SPECS, THE CUSTOM SHOP ERIC CLAPTON SIGNATURE STRATOCASTER® GUITAR FEATURES AN ALDER BODY, SPECIAL SOFT V-SHAPED MAPLE NECK, THREE VINTAGE NOISELESS™ PICKUPS, BLOCKED TREMOLO AND CLAPTON’S SIGNATURE ON THE HEADSTOCK.

"RISK IS TRYING TO CONTROL SOMETHING YOU ARE POWERLESS OVER."

ERIC CLAPTON

ERIC CLAPTON

SIGNATURE STRATOCASTER®

Neck Material:

Neck Shape:

Scale Length:

Fingerboard Radius:

Number of Frets:

Fret Size:

String Nut:

Nut Width:

Neck Plate:

Neck Finish:

Fingerboard:

Position Inlays:

Maple

Soft "V"

25.5" (648 mm)

9.5" (241 mm)

22

Vintage-Style

Synthetic Bone

1.650" (42 mm)

4-Bolt Serialized

Satin Urethane

Maple

Black Dot

NECK

HARDWARE

Blocked American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo

 

Vintage-Style 

Right-Hand

1-Ply Gold Anodized

White Plastic

 

Bridge:

 

 

Tuning Machines:

Orientation: 

Pickguard: 

Control Knobs:

ELECTRONIC

Bridge Pickup:

Neck Pickup:

Middle Pickup:

 

Controls:

 

 

 

Pickup Switching:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pickup Configuration:

Special Electronics:

 

 

Vintage Noiseless™ Single-Coil Strat

 

 

Master Volume, Tone 1. Master TBX™ Tone Control, Tone 2. Master Active Mid Boost

(0-25dB). Mid boost kit

 

5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup

 

Stratocaster®

Select Alder

 

Urethane

Body Shape:

Body Material:

 

Body Finish:

BODY

SSS

TBX™ Tone Circuit

 

MAPLE FINGERBOARD, BLACK

#0150082806

MISCELLANEOUS

Strings: 

 

Unique Features: 

 

 

Included Accessories: 

 

 

 

Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)

 

Special Soft "V" Shape Neck, Blocked Tremolo, Active Mid-Boost Circuit, Eric Clapton's Signature on Headstock

 

Vintage Tweed Case, Strap, Cable, Custom Shop Picks, Certificate of Authenticity, Polishing Cloth

 

WORLD-RENOWNED SESSION ACE MICHAEL LANDAU HAS PLAYED ON HUNDREDS OF ALBUMS SINCE THE EARLY 1980S, WITH ARTISTS AS VARIED AS JONI MITCHELL, SEAL, MICHAEL JACKSON, JAMES TAYLOR, B.B. KING, PINK FLOYD AND MILES DAVIS, TO NAME ONLY A FEW. HE HAS ALSO FRONTED SEVERAL BANDS, INCLUDING THE RAGING HONKIES, BURNING WATER AND, MORE RECENTLY, RENEGADE CREATION WITH ROBBEN FORD. WITH HIS OWN GROUP, HE CONTINUES TO RAISE THE BAR IN ELECTRIC JAZZ, INSTRUMENTAL AND ROCK GUITAR.

 

THE FENDER CUSTOM SHOP ARTIST COLLECTION MICHAEL LANDAU SIGNATURE 1963 RELIC STRATOCASTER IS BASED ON LANDAU’S 1963 STRATOCASTER, WITH A HAND-SELECTED LIGHTWEIGHT ALDER BODY, SPECIAL "CUSTOM OVAL C" NECK PROFILE, CUSTOM HAND-WOUND PICKUPS AND WIRING, AND A WORN FIESTA RED OVER THREE-COLOR SUNBURST NITROCELLULOSE LACQUER FINISH. OTHER FEATURES INCLUDE A ROUND-LAMINATED DARK ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD WITH A 7.25" RADIUS AND 6105 FRETS, PERIOD-CORRECT SMALL HEADSTOCK, FIVE-WAY PICKUP SWITCHING, AND CUSTOM VINTAGE-STYLE TREMOLO BRIDGE. THE GUITAR COMES WITH A CASE, STRAP AND FENDER CUSTOM SHOP CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.

MICHAEL LANDAU

MICHAEL LANDAU

SIGNATURE 1963 RELIC STRATOCASTER®

Neck Material:

Neck Shape:

Scale Length:

Fingerboard Radius:

Number of Frets:

Fret Size:

String Nut:

Nut Width:

Neck Plate:

Neck Finish:

Fingerboard:

Position Inlays:

Maple

Thin "C"

25.5" (648 mm)

7.25" (184.1 mm)

21

Narrow Jumbo

Bone

1.650" (42 mm)

4-Bolt Custom

Nitrocellulose Lacqueratin Round-Laminated Rosewood

White Dot

NECK

HARDWARE

6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo 

 

Vintage-Style 

Right-Hand

3-Ply Mint Green

Aged White Plastic

 

Bridge:

 

 

Tuning Machines:

Orientation: 

Pickguard: 

Control Knobs:

ELECTRONIC

Bridge Pickup:

Neck Pickup:

Middle Pickup:

 

Controls:

 

 

 

Pickup Switching:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pickup Configuration:

 

Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat

 

 

Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)

 

5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup

 

Stratocaster®

Select Lightweight Alder

 

Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Body Shape:

Body Material:

 

Body Finish:

BODY

SSS

ROUND-LAMINATED ROSEWOOD, FIESTA RED OVER 3-COLOR SUNBURST

#1552400140

MISCELLANEOUS

Fender® USA 250L, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges)

 

Case, Cable, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity

 

Strings: 

 

Unique Features: 

 

 

 

 

JEFF BECK
DAVID GILMOUR
ERIC CLAPTON
MICHAEL LANDAU

T R A D E

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