Yes, Now You Can Own and Play SRV's Guitar

Shortly before his tragic death in 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan collaborated with FENDER^® guitars to produce an Artist Series Stratocaster^®. Few guitarists have had as much impact on popular music as Stevie, except maybe Clapton, Beck and Hendrix. He seemingly brought blues into the mainstream singlehandedly, just when people began to forget the genre even existed and this signature Strat^® is a fitting monument to the man's brilliance. It features an deep, early '60s oval neck shape, a pao ferro fingerboard with 21 jumbo frets, three Texas Special™ single coil pickups, a reversed (left-handed) tremolo and a black three-ply pickguard engraved with "SRV"! This is an instrument that's truly as unique as the man who helped design it, and now it can be yours!

Stevie Ray Vaughan Artist Series Stratocaster^® at a Glance:

• Solid alder body with three-color sunburst polyurethane finish and three-ply black pickguard with engraved SRV.
  
• Reversed (left-handed) American vintage tremolo.
  
• Three Texas Special single coil pickups.
  
• One-piece maple neck and pao ferro fingerboard with special thick "oval" shape and gloss polyurethane finish.

The Guitar SRV Helped Design
Much like fellow Strat slinger, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray literally burst upon the music scene and blew everyone away with his fierce, passionate playing style, though he actually paid his dues for years in hundreds of gigs in dark, smoky clubs in and around Austin, Texas. Like Hendrix, his career was tragically cut short. Sadly, he was not able to see the Artist Series Strat he helped Fender design, which was officially introduced in 1992. The special SRV features are immediately recognizable by any fan of Stevie's music and include an alder body with a rich three-color sunburst polyurethane finish along with that distinctive black pickguard (with SRV engraved boldly for everyone to see). Just like Stevie's own guitar, this Artist Series Strat has a reversed (left-handed) tremolo and comes with three blistering Texas Special single coil pickups that deliver all the raw tone and power you'd expect!

A Blistering Strat Sound
The original Strat had three single coil pickups, so it was able to produce sounds that no other guitar could deliver, particularly once players discovered they could lodge the three-position blade switch in those "in-between" positions to access neck / middle and bridge / middle pickup combinations. These were often erroneously referred to as the "out-of-phase" settings. The Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat comes standard with a modern five-way blade switch, making it easy to access all the pickup combinations. To deliver that signature SRV tone, this guitar comes with a matched set of Texas Special single coil pickups, so you can go from the classic Strat "spank" to a screaming, red hot lead sound with ease.  

Fast Playing Maple Neck with Deep, Thick Oval Shape
Leo Fender wasn't afraid to "think outside the box" when it came to guitar designs - after all, he was an engineer, not a guitar player. In the 1950s and well into the 1970s, the blond natural maple neck became almost synonymous with Fender guitars. The Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster comes with a one-piece maple neck that sports a special early '60s deep, thick oval shape and it's the only Strat in the Fender line to come standard with a pao ferro fingerboard. Pao ferro is an exotic type of rosewood that's most often used in bass guitar fretboards. Next add 21 jumbo Dunlop frets and a special gloss polyurethane finish, which our resident guitar gurus swear makes this one of the fastest-playing Strats in existence (at least in a production guitar) and you have an instrument worthy of the initials SRV!

Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat Features:

• Color: Three-color sunburst.
  
• Body Type: Solidbody electric.
  
• Finish: Polyurethane.
  
• Neck Wood: Maple.
  
• Neck Shape: Deep, thick oval with 12-inch radius.
  
• Body Wood: Solid alder.
  
• Machine Heads: Fender / Gotoh vintage style tuners    
  
• Fingerboard: Pao ferro.
  
• No. of Frets: 21.
  
• Position Markers: Dot inlays.
  
• Pickups: Three Texas Special single coils.
  
• Controls: Master volume, two tone.
  
• Bridge/Tailpiece: Reversed (left-handed) American vintage synchronized tremolo.
  
• Pickup Switching: Five-position blade switch.
  
• Hardware: Gold.
  
• Case: Vintage tweed case.
  
• Scale Length: 25.5 inches.

Specification Detail Body Type Stratocaster Left-/Right-handed Right-handed Body Material Alder Top Material Not Applicable Body Finish Urethane Color 3-color Sunburst Neck Material Maple, bolt-on Neck Shape Thick oval Scale Length 25.5" Fingerboard Material Pau Ferro, 12" radius Fingerboard Inlay Pearl dots Number of Frets 21 Nut Width 1.650" Bridge/Tailpiece Synchronized tremolo Tuners Vintage style tuners Number of Pickups 3 Neck Pickup Texas Special single-coil Middle Pickup Texas Special single-coil Bridge Pickup Texas Special single-coil Controls Master Volume, 2 x Tone, 5-way pickup selector Case Included Hardshell Manufacturer Part Number 0109200800

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