Fender Custom Shop Ltd Ed Vincent Van Trigt Masterbuilt Mike McCready 1960 Strat, Faded 3-Colour Sun

In this first-time collaboration between Fender and McCready, the Fender Custom Shop is honoured to re-create this incredible instrument in exact detail, and in doing so a long held secret about the guitar’s lineage was forced to be revealed to its owner: the Strat was actually constructed in 1960, not 1959 as had long been believed.

For this limited 60-piece Masterbuilt run, the Custom Shop’s Vincent Van Trigt carefully disassembled the guitar in order to note and measure every detail, curve and scratch - and there are plenty of scratches, thanks to McCready’s exuberant style! The recreation features an ultimate Relic® lacquer finish on a two-piece select alder body; a flat-sawn flame maple neck with a 1960 “oval C” profile; and a flat-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 vintage frets. Custom Josefina hand-wound pickups matched to the originals are connected to a five-way switch and vintage wiring, including a “treble bleed” tone capacitor. Other features include a three-ply vinyl pickguard, vintage-style synchronized tremolo with Callaham bridge block, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, and wing string tree with metal spacer. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap, polishing cloth, McCready case candy kit and certificate of authenticity.

Specifications

• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Profile: 1960 Oval "C"
• Fretboard Material: AAA Rosewood
• Fretboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• No. of Frets: 21 Medium Vintage
• Fretboard Inlays: White Dot
• Pickups: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Mike McCready Strat® (Bridge), Custom Shop Hand-Wound Mike McCready Strat® (Middle), Custom Shop Hand-Wound Mike McCready Strat® (Neck)
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo with Callaham Bridge Block
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Mike McCready Case Candy Kit, Certificate of Authenticity