Fender Custom Shop designers met Donal Gallagher, brother of late great guitarist Rory Gallagher, in Los Angeles in 1997 and received one of the most coveted guitars of all time – Gallaghers heavily worn 1961 Stratocaster guitar. Fender initially built 40 replicas for European sale, but was subsequently besieged with requests for more. The Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster guitar is an exact replica of that revered instrument, down to the extremely worn Three-color Sunburst alder body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. It even has five Sperzel tuners and one Gotoh tuner, and the 12th-fret dot marker is white plastic rather than the original clay. It also features three custom-wound ’60s single-coil pickups, aged chrome hardware, 21 medium jumbo frets and a synthetic bone nut. Our homage to a true and truly missed master..
Standard Specifications
General Info
| Brand: |
Fender Custom Shop |
| Model: |
Rory Gallagher Stratocaster |
| Color: |
Sunburst |
| Serial: |
R9564 |
| Weight: |
7lbs, 9oz. |
| Condition: |
Used |
Body
| Top Material: |
N/A |
| Body Material: |
Select Alder |
| Finish: |
Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck
| Material: |
Maple |
| Finish: |
Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Fingerboard Material/Radius: |
Rosewood/9.5″ (241 mm) |
| Frets (Number and Size): |
21, Medium Jumbo |
| Inlays: |
Clay Dots with One Mis-matched White Plastic Dot at the 12th Fret |
| Nut (Material and Width): |
Synthetic Bone, 1.650″ |
| Scale Length: |
25.5″ (64.77 cm) |
| Profile: |
Early ’60s “C” |
Electronics
| Pickups: |
3x Custom ’60s Single-Coil Strat |
| Pickup Switching: |
3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Middle Pickup, Position 3. Neck Pickup |
| Controls: |
Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup) |
Hardware
| Tuning Machines: |
5 Sperzel Die-Cast Machine Heads with 1 Mis-Matched Gotoh |
| Bridge: |
6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
| Pickguard: |
3-Ply Mint Green |
| Control Knobs: |
Parchment Plastic |
| Hardware Finish: |
Nickel/Chrome |
Accessories
Hardshell Case, COA Included
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