Fender Custom Shop David Gilmour Signature Stratocaster Relic 2016

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The guitar that helped Pink Floyd take on the world. The Fender Custom Shop David Gilmour Signature Stratocaster Relic is inspired by the rig Gilmour has used for decades. David Gilmour and the Fender Custom Shop released one of the most iconic and highly-anticipated musical instruments of the past 50 years, the Fender Custom Shop David Gilmour Signature Series Stratocaster Relic, based on David's famous "Black Strat" guitar.

A cornerstone of Pink Floyd's revolutionary and incomparable sound, Gilmour's Black Strat is featured extensively on The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall and his critically-acclaimed 2006 solo effort, On An Island.

The Stratocaster has been the backbone of rock music since its release in 1954 and the list of artists who rely on them each day is endless. The Fender Custom Shop worked hand-in-hand with David and his longstanding guitar technician, Phil Taylor, to create his signature model, a reproduction of the Black Strat-complete with its unmistakable look, sound and feel. Featuring a Black lacquer over Three-color Sunburst alder body with a black pickguard, one-piece maple neck, custom pickups, and David's now-famous electronics and shortened vintage tremolo arm, the David Gilmour Signature Series Stratocaster is as beautiful, powerful and idiosyncratic as David's playing.

Designed to look like Gilmour's original strat this guitar is stunning. Fender have metciulously studied each nick and dent in the lacquer and recreated the effects of a regular gigging schedule. This really is as close as you can get to the original classic.

The world’s greatest artists have come to the Fender Custom Shop for decades in search of their perfect instruments. They are able to offer the same artist instruments to you, built in the same shop by the same skilled craftsmen. Each guitar gets the attention of a master craftsman so when you pick up a custom shop guitar you can see the difference. They are simply flawless.

Specifications

• Model Name: David Gilmour Signature Stratocaster® Relic, Maple Fingerboard, Black

• Series: Artist

• Color: Black

Body

• Body Material: Select Alder

• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

• Body Shape: Stratocaster®

Neck

• Neck Material: Maple

• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

• Neck Shape: 1983 Thin-Shouldered "C" (.790" to .870" Taper)

• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)

• Fingerboard: Maple

• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)

• Number of Frets: 21

• Fret Size: Vintage-Style

• String Nut: Synthetic Bone

• Nut Width: 1.675" (42.5 mm)

• Position Inlays: Black Dot

• Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Slotted

• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Serialized

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan® SSL-5 Single-Coil Strat

• Middle Pickup: Custom-Wound Single-Coil Strat

• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat

• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)

• Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup

• Pickup Configuration: SSS

Hardware

• Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Custom Beveled Tremolo Block and Shortened Tremolo Arm

• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

• Tremolo Arm Handle: Custom Shortened Tremolo Arm

• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style

• Pickguard: 1-Ply Black

• Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic

• Switch Tips: Black

• Modern Wiring Kit: Includes Modern Wiring Kit

• Auxiliary Switching: 2-Position Toggle Pickup Enhancement Switch

Miscellaneous

• Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)

• Unique Features: Thin-Shouldered "C" Neck Shape Duplicated from David's 1983 U.S. Vintage '57 Strat® Neck, Custom Shortened Tremolo Arm, Custom Beveled Tremolo Block, No Back Tremolo Cover Plate, Black Dot Position Inlays (Narrow Spacing), Aged White Pickup Covers, Aged Parchment Control Knobs Covers

• Included Accessories: Deluxe Black Hardshell Case, Custom Leather Strap, GHS® DG Boomers Strings, David Gilmour's Three Disc "Live In Gdansk" CD, Evidence Audio Guitar Cable and DVD Package and the Certificate of Authenticity

Accessories

• Picks: Includes 4-Pack of Custom Shop Picks