A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, CUSTOM SHOP STRATOCASTER

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FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, CORONA, 2007
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, CUSTOM SHOP STRATOCASTER
The headstock bearing the decal logo Fender STRATOCASTER / WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO / ORIGINAL / Contour / Body, the neckplate stamped R35540, the back of the headstock with decal logo Fender / Custom Shop, the finish black, with original hardshell case bearing a label inscribed FENDER STRATOCASTER -CUSTOM SHOP '07 BLACK. CALLAHAN [sic] BRIDGE+ ELECTRONICS p/u’s LINDY FRALIN CRYO #R35540; accompanied by a handwritten list of various modifications on Astoria headed notepaper, dated 28th January 2008
Length of back 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Supplied directly by the Fender Custom Shop in 2007, this guitar was used as a platform for David Gilmour to experiment with different pickup and control configurations, including a set of cryogenically treated Callaham H/SRV Fralin pickups.

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