Fender CS Michael Landau Signature 68 Relic Stratocaster 3 Tone Sunburst
Model: Michael Landau Signature 1968 Relic Stratocaster 3 Tone Sunburst
DESCRIPTION
Michael Landau Signature 1968 Relic Stratocaster 3 Tone Sunburst
Michael Landau Signature 1968 Relic Stratocaster®
World-renowned session ace Michael Landau has played on hundreds of albums since the early 1980s, with artists as varied as Joni Mitchell, Seal, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, B.B. King, Pink Floyd and Miles Davis, to name only a few. 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 Black and Bleached Three-color 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.
The guitar comes with a case, strap and Fender Custom Shop certificate of authenticity.
FEATURES
Model | Michael Landau Signature 1968 Relic Stratocaster 3 Tone Sunburst |
Builder | Fender Custom Shop USA |
Body Type | Solid Stratocaster – Sort for Light Weight |
Body Wood | Sort for Lightweight Alder |
Finish Type | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Finish Color | 3 Tone Sunburst |
Aging | Heavy Relic |
Back Finish | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck Wood | Maple |
Fingerboard | Rosewood |
Neck Carve | Special “Custom Oval” Neck Profile |
Scale Length | 25.5 |
Neck Radius | 7.25 |
Frets | 21 Narrow Jumbo Frets |
Nut Width | 1.650 |
Nut Material | Bone |
Neck Finish | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Inlays | White Dots |
Side Dots | White Dots |
Headstock | 1968 Stratocaster |
Neck Pickup | Custom Shop Fat ’50s Single-Coil |
Middle Pickup | Custom Shop Fat ’50s Single-Coil |
Bridge Pickup | Custom Shop Fat ’50s Single-Coil |
Pickguard | 3-Ply Mint Green |
Hardware | Nickel Relic |
Bridge | 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo |
Tuners | Vintage-Style Tuning Machines |
Controls | 1 Master Volume, 2 Tone |
Electronics | 5-Position Blade |
Extras | Body is sorted for light weight |
Case | Hardshell Tolex – Black |
Weight | 7.65 |