Description
Description
Fender Custom Shop designers met Donal Gallagher, brother of late great guitarist Rory Gallagher, in Los Angeles in 1997 and received one of the most coveted guitars of all time - Gallagher's heavily worn 1961 Stratocaster guitar. Fender initially built 40 replicas for European sale, but was subsequently besieged with requests for more. The Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster guitar is an exact replica of that revered instrument, down to the extremely worn Three-color Sunburst alder body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. It even has five Sperzel tuners and one Gotoh tuner, and the 12th-fret dot marker is white plastic rather than the original clay. It also features three custom-wound '60s single-coil pickups, aged chrome hardware, 21 medium jumbo frets and a synthetic bone nut. Our homage to a true and truly missed master.
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Fender Custom Shop |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Serial Number: | R150714 |
| Product Color: | 3-Color Sunburst |
| Relic/Aging Level: | Relic |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Stratocaster |
| Body Material: | Select Alder |
| Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Neck Shape: | Early '60s "C" |
| Fingerboard Material: | Rosewood |
| Nut Material: | Synthetic Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.65" (42mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5" (241mm) |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" (647.7mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 21 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | 4 Bolt |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Clay Dots with One Mis-matched White Plastic Dot at the 12th Fret |
| Inlay Shape: | Dots |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Dots |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Custom '60s Single-Coil Strat |
| Middle Pickup: | Custom '60s Single-Coil Strat |
| Neck Pickup: | Custom '60s Single-Coil Strat |
| Controls and Switching: | Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup) |
| Electronics Notes: | 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Middle Pickup, Position 3. Neck Pickup |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Bridge: | 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
| Tuning Machines: | 5 Sperzel Die-Cast Machine Heads with 1 Mis-Matched Gotoh |
| Fret Wire: | Medium Jumbo |
| Saddle: | Metal |
| Pickguard: | 3-Ply Mint Green |
| Knobs: | Parchment Plastic |