Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilt Dale Wilson 69 Strat - Relic Vintage White
Dale Wilson is known across the globe as one of Fenders highly revered Masterbuilders, a select group of the worlds most esteemed luthiers. With this Godly status, any guitar with his name attached generates a huge amount of interest, and rightly so. The Fender Custom Shop Dale Wilson Masterbuilt '69 Strat Heavy Relic is a great example of the legendary prowess of the Masterbuilders.
An Alder body is finished in a Heavy Relic Vintage White lacquer, it's a real beauty! Authentically aged, this finish will wear beautifully with time and develop its own character even further. The thin nitro finish also allows the natural resonance of the body to sing and sustain much more effectively. Dale is the King of relic work at the custom shop and this certainly doesn't disappoint though!
The Plain Grain Maple neck has a worn in finish and feels great underhand, it also features an awesome reverse headstock, this is definitely one for the Jimi fans! With a 9.5" radius and 21 Jumbo frets this '69 Custom Shop Stratocaster can handle anything you throw at it without even breaking a sweat; it's supremely comfortable and well balanced. The 1969 “U” profile is a joy to play and offers a great platform for both rhythm and lead playing. It measures .850 at the 1st fret and .910 at the 12th
Loaded with a trio of handwound 65 single coils, you get a broad variation of tones. From clean sparkle to a raunchy growl, this guitar really is a players dream. It also features a reverse bridge pickup which makes this guitar really chimey, perfect for Hendrix’s style of playing
Supreme quality from top to bottom and shipped in a Fender Custom Shop hardcase, it's easy to see the Fender Masterbuilders are so highly regarded. Guitars of this calibre just don't come around every day, we love it and we're pretty sure you will to!