Fender Custom Shop Rory Gallagher Signature Relic Stratocaster Electric Guitar - 3 Color Sunburst

$ 6,300.00 $ 6,560.00

Fender Custom Shop designers met Donal Gallagher, brother of late great guitarist Rory Gallagher, in Los Angeles in 1997 and received one of the most coveted guitars of all time - Gallagher's heavily worn 1961 Stratocaster® guitar. Fender initially built 40 replicas for European sale, but was subsequently besieged with requests for more. The Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster guitar is an exact replica of that revered instrument, down to the extremely worn Three-color Sunburst alder body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. It even has five Sperzel® tuners and one Gotoh® tuner, and the 12th-fret dot marker is white plastic rather than the original clay. It also features three custom-wound '60s single-coil pickups, aged chrome hardware, 21 medium jumbo frets and a synthetic bone nut. Our homage to a true and truly missed master.

Serial Number: R133001

Weight: 7.6lbs

Product Number: 9235001128

FEATURES

Select alder body
3-Color Sunburst Relic® finish
Three Custom '60s single-coil Strat® pickups
Early-'60s "C"-shaped maple neck; 9.5"-radius rosewood fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets
Three-position blade pickup switch
Replicates wear pattern of Rory's original guitar; one mismatched Sperzel® tuning machine; one mismatched white dot inlay at 12th fret
Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity

General

SERIES: Custom Artist
ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
COLOR: 3-Color Sunburst
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
PLATFORM: Custom Shop Electrics

Neck

NECK MATERIAL: Maple
NECK FINISH: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: Early '60s "C"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 9.5" (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Rosewood
POSITION INLAYS: Clay Dots with One Mis-matched White Plastic Dot at the 12th Fret
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
STRING NUT: Synthetic Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Synthetic Bone

Body

BODY: Select Alder
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Stratocaster®
BODY MATERIAL: Select Alder

Hardware

BRIDGE: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Mint Green
CONTROL KNOBS: Parchment Plastic
SWITCH TIP: Aged White
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: 5 Sperzel® Die-Cast Machine Heads with 1 Mis-Matched Gotoh®
STRINGS: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
TREMOLO ARM: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt Serialized

Electronics

BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom '60s Single-Coil Strat®
MIDDLE PICKUP: Custom '60s Single-Coil Strat®
NECK PICKUP: Custom '60s Single-Coil Strat®
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SSS
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
SWITCHING: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Middle Pickup, Position 3. Neck Pickup

Measurements

FRET SIZE: Medium Jumbo
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (64.77 cm)

Accessories

INCLUDED ACCESSORIES: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity
SADDLE HEIGHT WRENCH: .050" Hex (Allen) Wrench

Miscellaneous

UNIQUE FEATURES: Aged White Plastic Parts, Original Dot Spacing, One Mis-matched Sperzel®; Tuning Machine, Clay Dots with One Mis-matched White Plastic Dot at the 12th Fret, Slot-Head Mounting Screws in Selector Switch, Heavily Worn and Distressed with Most of the Paint Missing, Replicates the Wear Patterns of Rory's Original Guitar