Fender Custom Shop Michael Landau Signature 1963 Stratocaster, Round-Laminated Rosewood, Fiesta Red over 3-Color Sunburst (327)

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 1963 Relic Stratocaster is based on Landau's 1963 Stratocaster, with a hand-selected lightweight alder body, special Custom Oval "C" neck profile, custom hand-wound pickups and wiring, and a worn Fiesta Red over Three-Color Sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Other features include a round-laminated dark rosewood fingerboard with a 7.25" radius and 6105 frets, period-correct small headstock, five-way pickup switching, and a custom vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge. The guitar comes complete with a deluxe hardshell 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 Shape: Custom "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard: 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
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
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), Tone 2 (Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade Switch
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Tuners: Vintage-Style
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic
Strings: Fender USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042)
Orientation: Right-Handed
Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case
Included Accessories: Strap, Fender Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity