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May 23, 2005

John Mayer Fender Signature Stratocaster

Source: Fender Europe

The classic workingman's blues tool, the Fender® Stratocaster®, gets a new voice. Grammy Award-winning recording artist John Mayer has teamed up with Fender® to create a great Signature guitar, loaded with John's personal preferences and many stylish player features. Here is a run-down of the specs:

Specifications

Body: Alder

Neck: Maple neck with a slightly bigger "C"-shape Satin Urethane neck, buffed headstock and vintage '50s decal

Fingerboard: African rosewood, 9.5" radius

Frets: 21 Dunlop 6105 frets

Tuners: Fender®/Gotoh® vintage-style machines

Vibrato: American Vintage synchronised tremolo

Pickguard:
Three-ply Brown Shell pickguard on Sunburst finish
Three-ply White pickguard on Shoreline Gold with Racing Stripe
Three-ply white pickguard on Charcoal Frost Metallic finish

Pickups: "Big Dipper" single-coil Stratocaster® pickups with special "scooped" mid range voicing to meet John Mayer's specifications

Switching: Five-Way Switching

Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1 = neck pickup, Tone 2 = bridge/middle pickup

Unique Features: Five tremolo springs installed at factory
Back plate comes in case, NOT installed on guitar
String tree slightly closer to the nut
INCASE® gig bag, strap and cable
Fender® Super ST250R strings, NPS, (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046)

Colours:
011-9700-800 -- Three-Colour Sunburst
011-9705-844 -- Shoreline Gold with Racing Stripe!
011-9700-869 -- Charcoal Frost (Limited to 100 pieces)





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