Description
Fender will not fail to impress. The Fender Custom Shop Artist Collection Michael Landau 1968 Stratocaster in Bleached Three Colour Sunburst (45826) in Guitar Dept is New, in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Guitar Dept, additional Electric Guitars options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below.
World-renowned session ace Michael Landau has played on hundreds of albums since the early 1980s. 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 1968 Relic Stratocaster is based on Landau's 1968 Stratocaster, with a hand-selected lightweight alder body, special "custom oval" neck profile, custom hand-wound pickups and wiring, and a worn Bleached 3-Colour Sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer finishes. Other features include a round-laminated dark rosewood fingerboard with a 7.25" radius and 6105 frets, period-correct large headstock, five-way pickup switching, and custom vintage-style tremolo bridge.
Specifications
Body
- Material: Select Lightweight Alder
- Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Shape: Stratocaster
Neck
- Material: Maple
- Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Shape: Custom “C”
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25”
- Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood
- Position Inlays: White Dot
- Number of Frets: 21
- Scale Length: 25.5”
- Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo
Electronics
- Bridge, Middle & Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat
- Pickup Configuration: SSS
- Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
- Switching: 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
Hardware
- Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
- Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Custom
Miscellaneous
- Strings: Fender USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0730250403
- Deluxe Hardshell Case: Included
- Also Included: Strap & Certificate of Authenticity
