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The long-awaited Eric Johnson Stratocaster guitar
Description
The long-awaited Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster guitar arose from Johnson’s express wish to give something
back to the collectors, players and fans who’ve supported him throughout his career.
Designed by Johnson himself with his own personal features and preferences, this signature model has a
highly contoured two-piece alder body with a very thin nitrocellulous lacquer finish. This beauty is
based on a '57, and combines the best of vintage design with modern electronics technology. The one-piece
quarter-sawn maple neck has a V-shaped profile, 12" fingerboard radius and 21 polished frets. The
staggered vintage-style machine heads eliminate the need for a string tree, and the custom pickups
are wound to Johnson’s specs. Other features include a parchment ’57-style pickguard, four-spring
vintage tremolo, silver-painted block and ’57-style string recess with no paint between the base plate
and the block. Johnson and Custom Shop guru Michael Frank-Braun also included one of Eric's most famous
Fender Strat modifications by ... |
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