Showing posts with label Celebrity Guitars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebrity Guitars. Show all posts

John 5 Telecaster


This Telecaster guitar is equipped with an aggressive Fender Enforcer humbucking pickup in the bridge position and a Custom Shop Twisted Tele neck pickup. A three-way pickup selector switch, chrome hardware and a radical headstock design put the John 5 at the front of the pack. Available in Black (806).


James Burton Telecaster

The James Burton Telecaster features a '50s "U"-shape neck, three Fender-Lace Sensor pickups, and special five-way Strat-o-Tele switching, and is available in Black with Gold Paisley (810), Black with Red Paisley (811), Pearl White (823) and Frost Red (877).


Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster


In addition to Yngwie's trademark scalloped fingerboard and brass nut, his signature Strat guitar features a unique pickup combination of two DiMarzio YJM pickups (neck and middle), and one DiMarzio HS-3 Stack (bridge), plus a large headstock, original synchronized tremolo, and aged plastic parts. Available with maple or rosewood fingerboard in Candy Apple Red (809), Vintage White (841) and Sonic Blue (872).


Robert Cray Stratocaster

A Strong persuader and definite style-maker, the Cray signature Strat guitar captures Robert's trademark tone and style. Outfitted with a vintage hard-tail bridge ant the Custom Shop's own Custom Vintage Strat pickups, this guitar is truly unique. Play it through a Vibro-King or a Super Reverb amp to nail his sound. Available in Three-color Sunburst (300), Inca Silver (324) and Violet (326).




Jimmie Vaughan Tex-Mex Stratocaster


The Jimmie Vaughan Tex-Mex Strat guitar features an alder body, specially shaped, tinted maple neck equipped with medium jumbo frets, vintage hardware and a single-ply white pickguard. Single-coil Tex-Mex pickups in the neck and middle positions, plus an extra hot Tex-Mex bridge pickup with special wiring add just the right amount of spice and bite. Available in Two-color Sunburst (303), Olympic White (305), Black (306) and Candy Apple Red (309).

Buddy Guy Stratocaster


The Chicago blues legend's signature Stratocaster features a soft "V"-shaped neck and three gold Fender-Lace Sensor pickups with a 25 dB active mid-boost circuit. Available in Two-color Sunburst (803), Honey Blonde (867) or Buddy's trademark Black with Polka Dot finish (306).

Mark Knopfler Stratocaster

Mark's Strat guitar features a '57 Strat guitar ash body and a vintage tinted '62 "C"-shape maple neck with a rose wood fingerboard. His unmistakable tone comes from three Texas Special single-coil pickups and a five-way switch. Fender/Gotoh vintage tuners and an American vintage tremolo system round out this sultan of swing. Available in Hot Rod Red (815).

Jeff Beck Stratocaster


Jeff's Strat guitar is an integral part of his signature sound, You'll notice the neck shape as a softer "C" not as large or deep as Jeff's previous choice. Also, the guitar features the Fender Special Design dual-coil ceramic Noiseless pickups, a contoured heel for easier access to the higher registers, and straight-ahead five-way switching. Available in Olympic White (805) and Surf Green (857).


Muddy Waters Telecaster


You will be satisfied with this guitar, inspired by the modern blues master's distinctive tone and trusty Tele guitar. Fender recreated all its essential specs including the '50s- era Tele guitar body, '60s "C"-shape neck, and replaced the traditional chrome knobs with vintage amp control knobs - just like Muddy did. Features Muddy's signature on the neck-plate, and comes with our deluxe gig bag. Available in Muddy's favorite color - Candy Apple Red.

Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster


Stevie Ray Vaughan collaborated with Fender to produce a signature Stratocaster guitar shortly before his untimely death in 1990. It features an early '60s "oval" neck shape, pau ferro fingerboard with jumbo frets, three Fender Texas Special single-coil pickups, gold-plated hardware and an inverted left-hand vintage tremolo unit. Available in Three-color Sunburst (800).

Eric Clapton Stratocaster


Fender Clapton Signature Strat guitar is guaranteed to please all you "slowhand" fans. A trio of Vintage Noiseless pickups, a powerful active mid-boost and TBX circuits make it one of the most versatile instruments Fender offers. Other unique features include a special soft "V"-shape neck and a blocked original vintage synchronized tremolo. Available in Olympic White (805), Black (806), Pewter (843), Torino Red (858) and Candy Green (871).



Eric Clapton's, Blackie

Blackie, Eric Clapton's favorite Fender Stratocaster is well known mostly for it's selling price of $959,500, it was sold in 2004 at a Christie's auction to support the Crossroads Centre, a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation centre witch is founded by Clapton. Blackie was bought by the music equipment chain Guitar Center, in that time Clapton's guitar set the record as the world's most expensive.
Clapton played many guitars, such as Fender Telecaster, cherry-red Gibson ES-335, Gibson Les Paul Sunburst Standard, 1964 Gibson SG, Gibson Firebird, and many others. In 1969 he made the switch to the Fender Stratocaster. First was "Brownie" witch is now on display at the Experience Music Project, Eric played it during the recording of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, then in 1970, Eric bought 6 Fender Stratocasters from the Sho-bud a small guitar shop in Nashville, Tennessee, he payed $100 each. On his way back to England he gave one each to George Harrison, Steve Winwood and Pete Townshend, keeping the remaining three for himself. After playing each one, he decided to build one guitar out of the best parts of each Stratocaster, Blackie was created, and quickly become Clapton's favourite stage guitar until its retirement in 1985. Clapton introduced Blackie to the world in January 13, 1973 at the Rainbow Concert, then he returned to the studio with Blackie to record his second solo album, 461 Ocean Boulevard. From 1973 to 1985 he recorded 13 solo albums all with Blackie. Finally, after a tour concert in Hartford in 1985, Blackie was retired due to issues with the neck, last public appearance was during the 1991 Royal Albert Hall shows when it was brought out for one number.
In November 2006, Fender announced a limited run of 275 Blackie reissues (185 for Guitar Center, 90 for international markets) by the Fender Custom Shop. These are identical to the original and have a suggested retail price of $24,000 USD. They were sold out within hours.
Clapton's Blackie is no longer the world's expensivest guitar, in 2006, another Stratocaster, signed by a large group of celebrities, including Clapton, was auctioned to benefit the victims of the 2004 Asian Tsunami, it was sold for $2.6 million.

The Most Expensive Guitar in the World

The latest most expensive electric guitar in the world dethroned its predecessor at an auction in Doha, Qatar on November 16th, 2005. The Strat was signed by several rock musicians to benefit a tsunami charity, ‘Reach out to Asia’. It was bought one year ago by Qatar’s royal family for a million dollars and donated back to the Asia Program, bringing in $2.7 million USD at the more recent auction, whose attendees included Former President Bill Clinton. Technically, the guitar has generated a total of $3.7 million USD, making it the most expensive guitar yet.

Signees of this expensive electric guitar included Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Pete Townsend, Mark Knopfler, Ray Davis, Liam Gallagher, Ronnie Wood, Tony Iommi, Angus & Malcolm Young, Paul McCartney, Sting, Ritchie Blackmore, Def Leppard, and Bryan Adams, the coordinator of the project.

Fender Artist Series Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster Electric Guitar

The Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster has been updated to be more like his current number-one Fender! Updates include a White /Black/White pickguard, bullet truss rod nut and machine screw neck mounting! This neck mounting method provides a better connection and overall tone transfer to the guitar body.

Like the original Yngwie Strat, this amazing axe features a solid alder body, modern "C" shape maple neck, and Yngwie's signature scalloped maple fretboard with Dunlop 6000 Super-Jumbo frets for a playing experience as fast as you are!

The pickups are all Yngwie tone, too! Neck and middle pickups are DiMarzio YJMs and the bridge pickup is a DiMarzio HS-3 Stack. Switch pickups with a 3-position blade and make it wail with the American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo bridge. The brass nut provides a bright sound you can't get any other way. Made in Fender's Corona, California factory.
Fender Artist Series Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features:

* Body: Alder
* Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
* Fingerboard: Scalloped Rosewood (p/n 01 0-7100) or Scalloped Maple (pin 010-71 02), 9.5" radius (241 mm)
* Frets: 21 Dunlop 6000 Super-Jumbo Frets
* Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
* Nut Width: Brass Nut, 1.650" (42 mm)
* Hardware: Chrome
* Machine Heads: Fender Vintage "F" Style Tuning Machines
* Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
* Pickguard: 3-Ply WBW
* Pickups: 2 Dimarzio YJM Pickups (Neck & Middle), 1 Dimarzio HS-3 Stack (Bridge)
* Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade
* Position 1. Bridge Pickup
* Position 2. Middle Pickup
* Position 3. Neck Pickup
* Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. No-Load Tone Control (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. No-Load Tone Control (Bridge and Middle Pickups)
* Colors: (809) Candy Apple Red, (841) Vintage White, (872) Sonic Blue [Polyurethane Finish)
* Strings: Fender Super Bullets 3250L, Nickel Plated Steet, (.009 to ,042), p/n 073-3250-003
* Unique Features: Scalloped Fingerboard, pickups, machine screw neck mounting
* Source: US.