Fender Custom Shop Michael Landau 1968 Stratocaster Relic Bleached 3-Tone Sunburst (092)

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.

Body Shape: Stratocaster®
Body Material: Select Lightweight Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Custom "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo
Position Inlays: White Dots
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Nut Material: Bone
Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Tuners: Vintage-Style
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Custom
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®
Pickup Configuration: SSS
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1 (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2 (Bridge Pickup)
Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge & Middle Pickups, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle & Neck Pickups, Position 5. Neck Pickup
Strings: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046)