A SOLID-BODY STRATOCASTER BODY AND NECK, CUSTOM SHOP FOR JEFF BECK, BY J.W. BLACK

The composite elements of this Stratocaster were all put together by Former Fender Custom Shop Founding Master Builder J.W. Black for Jeff Beck, albeit at different times. The cream-coloured guitar body, with three gold Lace Sensor pickups, was originally supplied by Black in December 1993 with a rosewood neck, the headstock bearing Black's 'serial number' JB12 and noted as having a 'new Roller nut' - evidently the Wilkinson nut. This neck is now located on Beck's Fiesta Red Strat body (see the following lot). Less than six months later, the present figured maple neck, bearing Black's 'serial number' JB13, was supplied to Beck in May 1994 as a neck only, with a soft 'V' shape and 'Vintage frets / gears.' Dating to the mid-1990s, the Roland GK-2A midi guitar synth pickup was likely added to the guitar body at around the same time, although it is not known for what or when it might have been used to write, record or perform.