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Ultra-limited, Amazingly Accurate Replica of Malmsteen's Prized Axe!

The Fender Custom Shop Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster limited-edition solidbody electric guitar puts an amazingly detailed replica of the neo-classical shredder's signature axe in your hands! The Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster is accurate in every detail to Yngwie's favorite Strat, right down to the pickup combination, scalloped fingerboard, and weathered finish. Only 100 of these guitars will be produced, so call your Sales Engineer today to create a musical "rising force" of your own with the Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster!

Fender Custom Shop Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster Limited Solidbody Electric Guitar at a Glance:

• An amazingly accurate replica
  
• The same components, build, and looks as the original
  
• A legendary shredder with classical chops

An amazingly accurate replica
The Fender Custom Shop Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster is a meticulous recreation of the battle-hardened 1971 Stratocaster guitar that fueled Malmsteen's meteoric rise to metal stardom, complete with heavily worn Olympic white finish, scalloped fingerboard and distinctive body graphics. Malmsteen was one of the very first Fender signature artists; a Stratocaster bearing his name appeared in 1988, the first year that Fender offered artist signature guitars.

The original on which Malmsteen's new Tribute Series Stratocaster is based is a highly significant instrument in the annals of metal and of instrumental rock music. The replica is authentic in nearly every detail, including the famous "Play Loud" sticker on the upper horn and the distinctive scalloped maple fingerboard.

The same components, build, and looks as the original
Like the original, it features DiMarzio HS-3 pickups in the bridge and neck positions and a standard '70s-era Fender middle pickup. It has a standard Fender bridge, a large headstock and a heavily worn finish expertly treated to mirror each of the original guitar's many road scars - the nicks, dings, scratches, burns and worn finish spots from decades of heavy use (and abuse) in Malmsteen's masterful hands.

A legendary shredder with classical chops
Malmsteen need no introduction to shred fans, of course. He rose to fame in the early 1980s as the phenomenally talented and flamboyantly theatrical sole progenitor of "neoclassic" metal. Live and on record, his classically inflected guitar chops dazzled all who heard him. His phenomenal playing proved highly influential and served as the foundation for an entire new metal sub-genre. Several of his many albums are considered metal classics, including Rising Force (1984), Marching Out (1985), Fire and Ice (1992) and Unleash the Fury (2005).

Fender Custom Shop Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster Limited Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

• Color: Age Olympic white
  
• Body: Alder
  
• Neck: Maple, modern "C" shape
  
• Fingerboard: Scalloped maple
  
• Fingerboard radius: 7.25"
  
• Scale length: 25.5"
  
• No. of frets: 21
  
• Headstock: Large '70s-style
  
• Nut: Brass, 1.650"
  
• Truss rod nut: '70s-era Bullet-style
  
• Pickups: Two DiMarzio HS-3 stacked humbuckers (bridge and neck), one Fender single-coil (middle)
  
• Pickup selector: 3-position blade pickup selector
  
• Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized tremolo
  
• Machine Heads: Vintage "F"-style tuning machines
  
• Hardware: Chrome
  
• Pickguard: 3-ply white/black/white

The limited Fender Custom Shop Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster looks, feels, and plays just like the legendary original!

Specification Detail Manufacturer Part Number 015-7001-841