Serial: SN #US23018507
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FENDER JEFF BECK ARTIST SERIES STRATOCASTER -OLYMPIC WHITE WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD INCLUDES FENDER HARDSHELL CASE TWEED
***OPEN BOX . . IN STOCK AND READY TO SHIP! ***
MINT CONDITION
THERE ARE FEW BIGGER NAMES IN THE ENTIRE GUITAR WORLD THAN JEFF BECK! HIS CAREER SPANS OVER 40 YEARS AND INCLUDES MANY HITS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF INFLUENTIAL SINGLES WITH THE YARDBIRDS! AS YOU CAN INMAGINE, THIS IS A MUSICIAN THAT CAN PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT HE CHOOSES - AND HE CHOOSES THE FENDER JEFF BECK ARTIST SERIES STRAT. THAT'S RIGHT, THE SAME GUITAR YOU CAN OWN AND PLAY. YOU'LL NOTICE THE NECK SHAPE IS A SOFTER "C" SHAPE AND NOT AS LARGE OR DEEP AS JEFF'S PREVIOUS CHOICE. THE GUITAR FEATURES THE FENDER SPECIAL DESIGN DUAL-COIL CERAMIC NOISELESS PICKUPS, A CONTOURED HEEL FOR EASIER ACCESS TO THE HIGHER REFISTERS, AND STRAIGHT-AHEAD STRAT GUITAR FIVE-WAY SWITCHING.
JEFF BECK PREFERS TO STAY WITH A FAIRLY BASIC STRAT DESIGN. ONCE YOU PLAY IT, YOU'LL SEE WHY HE NEVER REALLY ASKED FOR ANYTHING MORE. YOU START WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT ALDER BODY WITH A WHITE OLYMPIC POLYURETHANE FINISH AND THREE -PLY WHITE PICKGUARD AND THREE 'HOT, DUAL-COIL CERAMIC, NOISELESS PICKUPS. IF YOU'VE HEARD JEFF BECK PLAY, YOU KNOW HE REALLY WORKS THE TREMOLO UNIT HARD, SO THIS ARTIST SERIES INSTRUMENT COMES WITH A MODERN AMERICAN TWO-POINT SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO FOR OUTSTANDING TUNING STABILITY. BEND NOTES OR ENTIRE CHORDS UP AND DOWN AND THE GUITAR STAYS IN TUNE!
SCREAMING HOT 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 JEFF BECK STRAT COMES STANDARD WITH A MODERN FIVE-WAY BLADE SWITCH, MAKING IT EASY TO ACCESS ALL THE PICKUP COMBINATIONS. THREE DUAL-COIL CERAMIC NOISELESS PICKUPS DELIVER A SEARING STRAT SOUND, BUT OTHERWISE THERE ARE NO SPECIAL TONE CIRCUITS SINCE JEFF'S FINGERS PRODUCE THE OUTRAGEOULY DIVERSE RANGE OF TIMBERS, FROM CRYSTAL CLEAR TO SMOKING HOT.
FAST PLAYING MAPLE NECK WITH SPECIAL "C" 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 1070S, THE BLOND NATURAL MAPLE NECK BECAME ALMOST SYNONYMOUS WITH FENDER GUITARS. THE JEFF BECK STRATOCASTER COMES WITH A ONE-PIECE MAPLE NECK AND A SLIGHTY WARMER-SOUNDING ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD WITH 22 MEDIUM JUMBO FRETS AND JEFF'S PERSONAL FAVORITE "C" SHAPE, ALLOWING YOU TO REALLY DIG INTO THE STRINGS. IN KEEPING WITH CONTEMPORARY PLAYER PREFERENCES, THE FAST PLAYUNG NECK IS FINISHED IN A SMOOTH SATIN POLYURETHANE.
THE NECK RADIUS IS 9.5 INCH'S
DOT INLAYS
THE MACHINE HEADS ARE SCHALLER DELUXE CAST SEALED LOCKING TUNERS
CHROME HARDWARE
DELUXE FENDER CASE
MINT CONDITION
READY TO SHIP!