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Jeff Beck: select
alder body with a thinner
C-shaped maple neck, contoured neck
heel, rosewood fretboard with 22
medium-jumbo frets, three dual-coil
Ceramic
Vintage Noiseless pickups with
5-way switching, LSR Roller Nut,
Schaller locking tuners and an
American 2-point synchronized
tremolo with stainless steel
saddles. Available in Olympic White
and Surf Green finishes (Artist
Series, Custom Artist), as well as a
Custom Thinskin Nitro version
with a "Thinskin" nitrocellulose
lacquer finish.
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Ritchie Blackmore: a variety of
versions, each with a 22-fret neck,
CBS large headstock with
'70s-style decals and two Gold
Fender
Lace Sensors; some variants have
the neck set into the body rather
than bolted on and a
Roland GK2A synth pickup.
Reintroduced in 2009 with a 21-fret
maple neck, graduated scalloped
rosewood fingerboard, Bullet truss
rod nut with 3-bolt neck plate and
Micro-Tilt neck adjustment,
flush-mounted
Jim Dunlop locking strap buttons
and three
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound
Flat single-coil pickups.
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Eric Clapton: select
alder body with a special soft
V-shaped maple neck/fretboard, 22
vintage-style frets, three
Vintage Noiseless pickups, 25dB
active mid-boost circuit and a
"blocked" original vintage
synchronized tremolo. Available in
olympic white, pewter, candy green,
torino red (Artist Series), antigua
burst, gold leaf, mercedes blue,
black and midnight blue (Custom
Artist), as well in olympic white
and pewter with a "Thinskin"
nitrocellulose lacquer finish
(Custom Thinskin Nitro).
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Billy Corgan: based on Fender's
Highway 1 series. Available in
Olympic White or Flat Black satin
nitro finishes with a hardtail,
string through body bridge. Other
unique features include three
DiMarzio humbucking pickups
(BC-1, Chopper and BC-2 models), two
of which are signature Billy Corgan
models wound specifically for this
instrument.
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Dick Dale: white pickguard with
a
rosewood fretboard. The whammy
bar is optional (as Dale's guitar
was originally supplied with one,
but it broke off during a
performance and he decided not to
reattach it).
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Tom Delonge: Single humbucking
Strat with pearloid pickguard, a
Seymour Duncan Invader
humbucking pickup, single volume,
hardtail bridge and a maple neck
with a 21-fret rosewood fingerboard
and a
CBS large headstock.
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David Gilmour: Two models of
Gilmour's famous "black Strat" are
available from the
Fender Custom Shop: One which is
a standard American Stratocaster
(labeled as
New old stock) with electronic
and cosmetic modifications and a
"relic" style guitar that replicates
the "black Strat" down to every
scratch and dent. The relic version
even has two completely different
coats of paint, just like the
original.
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Buddy Guy:
ash body with a V-shaped maple
neck featuring a 22-fret fretboard,
three
Lace Sensor "Gold" single-coil
pickups and a 25dB active midrange
boost circuit. Available in a
variety of finishes, including black
with white
polka dots, 2-color sunburst and
honey blonde transparent.
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Eric Johnson: highly contoured
two-piece select
alder body finished in a
"Thinskin Nitro" lacquer, one-piece
quarter-sawn maple neck with a
V-shaped profile, 12” fingerboard
radius and 21 polished frets,
Fender/Gotoh staggered vintage-style
machine heads eliminating the need
for a string tree and three
special-design custom-wound
single-coil pickups with countersunk
mounting screws. Other features
include a parchment ’57-style
pickguard, four-spring vintage
tremolo, silver-painted block and
’57-style string recess with no
paint between the base plate and the
block. Colors include White Blonde,
2-Colour Sunburst, Black and Candy
Apple Red. Also available as a
rosewood neck version with a bound
round-laminated 12”-radius rosewood
fretboard, a three-ply parchment
pickguard, staggered vintage-style
tuners, a custom tremolo block and
four brand-new finish options
(including Dakota Red), three of
which (Lucerne Aqua Firemist,
Tropical Turquoise and Medium
Palomino Metallic) are exclusive to
this model.
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Dave Murray: select
alder body with a nitrocellulose
lacquer finish, flat soft V-shaped
maple neck with satin back, 21
medium-jumbo frets, American Vintage
hardware and a
humbucker/single-coil/humbucker
configuration -
DiMarzio Super Distortion DP100
(bridge), American Vintage '57/'62
(middle),
DiMarzio PAF DP103 (neck) - with
3-way switching. Other features
include chrome pickup bezels,
synthetic bone nut and aged white
plastic parts with black switch tip.
Available in Black only and as a
Japanese "Tribute" version with an
original
Floyd Rose locking vibrato
system, dual
DiMarzio Super Distortion DP100
humbucking pickups (Neck/Bridge)
with a Fender Texas Special
single-coil pickup (Middle), 5-way
switching and a "TEXAS" sticker
stamped on the pickguard.
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John Mayer: features a select
alder body, a thick C-shape
maple neck with African rosewood
fingerboard and 21
Jim Dunlop 6105 narrow-jumbo
frets, American Vintage hardware and
a trio of "Big Dipper" single-coils
with a special “Scooped” midrange
voicing and 5-way pickup switching.
Available in a variety of finishes,
including 3-tone sunburst and
olympic white with brown shell
pickguard and as a limited-edition
version with a cypress mica finish,
white vintage amp knobs and a 3-ply
parchment pickguard.
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Mark Knopfler: 57-style ash body
with 62-style C-shaped maple neck,
rosewood fretboard and 21
medium-jumbo frets, gold
"transitional" headstock decals and
three Fender "Texas Special"
single-coil pickups with 5-way
switching. Introduced in 2002.
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Yngwie Malmsteen: select
alder body with a C-shaped maple
neck, scalloped
rosewood or
maple fingerboard, 21
super-sized
Jim Dunlop 6000 frets, large
headstock with Bullet truss-rod and
brass nut,
DiMarzio YJM single-coil pickups
(neck, middle),
DiMarzio HS-3 Stack humbucking
pickup (bridge) with 3-way
switching, 3-ply W/B/W pickguard,
aged plastic parts and American
Vintage hardware.
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Richie Sambora: features an
alder body, a 22-fret neck with
maple fingerboard, abalone
"star" fingerboard inlays,
Floyd Rose "Original" locking
tremolo, 25dB active mid-boost
circuit with active/passive switch,
two Fender Texas Special
single-coil pickups
(neck/middle) and a
DiMarzio PAF Pro
humbucker in the bridge
position. Updated in 1999 with
American Vintage hardware,
Vintage Noiseless pickups and a
12dB active mid-boost preamp with
"no-load" tone circuit and bypass
switch. Also available as a
"standard" version with a
poplar body,
rosewood fingerboard with 21
medium-jumbo frets,
DiMarzio PAF Pro
humbucker with two standard
alnico
single-coils and a
Floyd Rose II locking tremolo.
Discontinued in 2002.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan: a
reproduction of "Number One",
Vaughan's favourite guitar. First
offered in 1992, has a black
pickguard with Vaughan's initials,
three Fender Texas Special pickups
and a
pau ferro fretboard.
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd: based on
Kenny's own '61 Stratocaster, it
features an alder body, maple neck
and rosewood fretboard as well as
custom-voiced Kenny Wayne Shepherd
pickups. Comes in 2-tone sunburst,
white with a cross graphic, or black
with a racing stripe graphic.
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