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Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster RW (Dakota Red)

Item ID: StratEJRWDR

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and Three Custom-wound Single-coil Pickups - Dakota Red

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The FENDER® Eric Johnson Stratocaster® RW solidbody electric guitar brings you an instrument fit for a guitar tone master! Eric is also known for his perfectionism and dedicated search for an "ultimate" guitar. The brainchild of Johnson himself, the Eric Johnson Stratocaster RW is designed with Eric's own personal features and preferences, and it is made possible because of his expressed desire to give something back to the collectors, players and, especially, the fans who have supported him throughout his career. Call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer today and start making your own tonal magic with the fantastic Eric Johnson RW!



Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster RW at a Glance:
  • Made with the finest woods available
  • Custom pickups wound to Eric's specifications
  • Vintage tremolo and '57-style features

Made with the finest woods available
The Eric Johnson Stratocaster RW guitar is built from some of the finest materials available. The light 2-piece alder body is dressed in a very thin nitro cellulose lacquer finish; the quartersawn maple neck is paired with a rosewood fingerboard with a 12" radius and 21 highly polished frets.

Custom pickups wound to Eric's specifications
Additional features on the Eric Johnson Strat® include staggered vintage style machine heads, thus eliminating the need for a string tree, custom pickups with countersink screws and wound to Eric's specifications, and highly contoured body and neck.

Vintage tremolo and '57-style features
The Eric Johnson Stratocaster RW comes with a parchment '57 style pickguard, 5-way pickup switch, master volume, neck tone and bridge tone controls, and a Vintage tremolo with a silver painted block and '57 style string recess with no paint between base plate and the block.

Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster RW Features:
  • Color: Dakota Red
  • Body: 2-piece, deep-contoured, '57-style alder
  • Finish: Nitrocellulose
  • Neck wood: Quartersawn maple
  • Fingerboard: Bound rosewood, 12" radius
  • Machine heads: Staggered vintage style
  • No. of frets: 21 highly polished medium jumbo
  • Pickguard: 3-ply parchment (8-hole)
  • Scale length: 25.5"
  • Pickups: Three special-design Custom Shop Eric Johnson single-coil
  • Controls: Master Volume, Neck Tone, Bridge Tone
  • Bridge/tailpiece: Vintage tremolo with '57-style string recess
  • Pickup switching: 5-way switch
  • Hardware: Nickel/chrome
  • Case: Deluxe Blonde hardshell case included with brown ends (gold interior)
  • Accessories: strap, cable, and bridge cover


Fender Guitars
You could easily make the case that Fender electric guitars were responsible - at least in great part - for the birth of modern rock 'n' roll. Originally designed to be easier to build, and thus more affordable, Leo Fender's masterpieces, which include classics like the Stratocaster (is there a more distinctive guitar shape in the world?), the Telecaster® and the original Precision Bass®, were at the core of a musical revolution that spawned everything from surf to country to punk!

In the 1960s, when Fender guitars first hit bandstands and stages all around the country, it was astonishing to see that trademark Fender maple neck and fingerboard. Though the company eventually offered rosewood fingerboards as standard or optional on its entire line of instruments, those first"blonde" necks really shook things up. Others have picked up on the maple neck theme, but it's clearly yet another of Leo Fender's "firsts."

Today, no other manufacturer can match Fender for the sheer number of options available throughout its entire line. While vintage Fenders can command astronomical prices, the company now has the widest range of quality instruments in the world. Fender instruments have been played and prized by some of the highest-profile players in music, including such luminaries as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, and Stevie Ray Vaughan - to name a just a few.
Specification Detail
Body Material Alder
Body Finish Nitrocellulose
Color Dakota Red
Neck Material Maple, Bolt-on
Neck Shape Soft V
Scale Length 25.5"
Fingerboard Material Rosewood, 12" Radius
Fingerboard Inlay White Dots
Number of Frets 21
Nut Width 1.650"
Bridge/Tailpiece Tremolo
Tuners Staggered Vintage Style
Number of Pickups 3
Neck Pickup Specially Voiced Eric Johnson Single-Coil
Middle Pickup Specially Voiced Eric Johnson Single-Coil
Bridge Pickup Specially Voiced Eric Johnson Single-Coil
Controls 1 x Volume, 2 x Tone, 5-way switch
Case Included Yes
Manufacturer Part Number 011-7700-854

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The best Strat I own

by TucsonStrat from Tucson, the other Arizona
February 20, 2011
Music Background: Playing guitar since 1967.
I already have 1956, 1958 and 1964 r/w Strats but I worry about taking them out of the house as the climate here is often so dry (like 8% r.h. at times) and it isn't unusual to have 35 degree temperat... read more [+]ure swings in a day. I do have a 90 Clapton Strat but with my smaller hands I find the neck shape awkward and tiring after awhile.

Stopped by the local guitar store and played some Fender Custom Shop Strats but then I came across several E.J. Strats. While the specs say that the E.J. model has a 'soft V' neck profile it is softer than the Clapton and my left hand fit the neck well. The frets are fabulous on the r/w neck, and while I would have preferred to have the neck unbound the white binding wasn't a deal breaker. Very resonant body and neck. The special pickups are voiced quite well and perform through a variety of amps (Fender, Mesa, Fractal Axe), and having the bridge pickup wired to the tone control is quite useful.

The bottom line is that I play this guitar quite a bit (I have other vintage Fender, Gibson, and Gretsch guitars) because I enjoy it so much, and am looking to buy another with the maple neck. Yes, the nitrocellulose finish will eventually show some weather-related wear but I believe it contributes to the great resonant tone you get. close [-]

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