Fender Custom Shop Mark Kendrick Founders Design Stratocaster Golden Teal Sparkle Burst
- Fender Serial#: MK6458
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- THE BUILDER:MARK KENDRICK Founding Master Builder(1991-2016) In April of 1991, Mark Kendrick was hired to paint for the Fender Custom Shop and went on to be a builder in 1992. While at the Custom Shop, he touched several aspects — from painting and building to artist relations...
More Info - Model: Mark Kendrick Founders Design Stratocaster®, Flat-Lam Indian Rosewood Fingerboard, Golden Teal Sparkle Burst
- Top Wood: Alder
- Finish Color: Golden Teal Sparkle Burst
- Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
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- NOTE: This product is available in the United States only - no international sales.
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DESCRIPTION
Fender Custom Shop Mark Kendrick Founders Design Stratocaster Golden Teal Sparkle Burst
THE BUILDER:MARK KENDRICK
- Founding Master Builder(1991-2016)
In April of 1991, Mark Kendrick was hired to paint for the Fender Custom Shop and went on to be a builder in 1992. While at the Custom Shop, he touched several aspects — from painting and building to artist relations and R&D. “There was no hard line,” he said. During his 25 years at the Custom Shop, he worked with some of the most-respected names in music: Merle Haggard, Keith Richards and Eric Clapton–for whom he worked on the “Gold Leaf” Stratocaster. Throughout his 25 years, the Custom Shop always represented “unshackled creativity in the guitar arena.”
Kendrick continues to pursue all things guitar, namely his own vision of creating “wonderfully electric” guitar sounds under the Mark Kendrick Design brand, building pedals and guitars to be released in 2017.
THE GUITAR
- Mark Kendrick Founders Design Stratocaster
Mark Kendrick looks for inspiration all around him, finding creative ideas from the sky, sunsets and sunrises, to the California coast and Technicolor movies. His Founders Design Stratocaster is an amalgam of the work he did during his time at the Custom Shop–focusing on simplicity, as well as his three core design elements: color, lines and sound. The golden teal sparkle burst with transparent walnut back and sides is inspired by the “Cholo low-rider culture” out of Santa Ana during the ‘70s. The Stratocaster will feature three Mark Kendrick OEM Strat pickups, and the control plate is a tip of the hat to George Fullerton, who did something similar but less characteristic to a Stratocaster pickguard, on an unreleased ‘50s guitar. Taking on a vintage feel, the Stratocaster features nickel/chrome hardware with vintage-style staggered tuning machines and an American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo bridge.
MORE ABOUT MARK KENDRICK FOUNDERS DESIGN STRATOCASTER
Mark Kendrick looks for inspiration all around him, finding creative ideas from the sky, sunsets and sunrises, to the California coast and Technicolor movies. His Founders Design Stratocaster is an amalgam of the work he did during his time at the Custom Shop – focusing on simplicity, as well as his three core design elements: color, lines and sound. The golden teal sparkle burst with transparent walnut back and sides is inspired by the “Cholo low-rider culture” out of Santa Ana during the ‘70s.
The Stratocaster will feature three Mark Kendrick OEM Strat pickups, and the control plate is a tip of the hat to George Fullerton, who did something similar but less characteristic to a Stratocaster pickguard, on an unreleased ‘50s guitar. Taking on a vintage feel, the Stratocaster features nickel/chrome hardware with vintage-style staggered tuning machines and an American Vintage synchronized tremolo bridge.
FEATURES
Model | Mark Kendrick Founders Design Stratocaster®, Flat-Lam Indian Rosewood Fingerboard, Golden Teal Sparkle Burst |
Builder | Fender Custom Shop |
Year | 2017 |
Body Type | Solid Body |
Top Wood | Alder |
Finish Type | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Finish Color | Golden Teal Sparkle Burst |
Back Finish | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Binding | 1-Ply White |
Neck Wood | Maple |
Fingerboard | Indian Rosewood |
Neck Carve | '60s "C" |
Scale Length | 25.5" (648 mm) |
Neck Dimensions | .800'' - .960'' |
Neck Radius | 7.25" to 12" Compund Radius (184 mm to 305 mm) |
Neck Finish | 21 - Medium Jumbo |
Inlays | Pearloid Dots |
Side Dots | Pearloid Dots |
Neck Pickup | Custom Mark Kendrick Design Single-Coil Strat |
Middle Pickup | Custom Mark Kendrick Design Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Single-Coil Strat |
Bridge Pickup | Custom Mark Kendrick Design Single-Coil Strat |
Pickguard | 3-Ply Aged White |
Hardware | Vintage Chrome |
Bridge | 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
Tuners | Vintage-Style Staggered |
Controls | Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup), 5-Position Blade |
Extras | Custom accessory kit; Founders Design Signature neck plate; engraved bridge cover;signed Certificate of Authenticity. |
Case | Fender Custom Shop Black Tolex Case |
Weight | 8.15 Pounds |