In 1997, the Fender Custom Shop met with Donal Gallagher (Rory's brother) at LAX airport and received a gig bag holding one of the most coveted and instantly recognizable guitars of all time – Rory's worn-to-the-wood, 1961 Stratocaster guitar. Initially, Fender built 40 “clones” for the European market. Since then, we've been besieged with requests for us to build more.
The Rory Gallagher Stratocaster guitar is an exact representation of the Irish blues singer/songwriter's personal instrument and features three custom wound ‘60s single-coil pickups, aged chrome hardware, 21 jumbo frets and a bone nut. We take extra detail during the Relic® process to replicate Gallagher's extremely worn 3-Color Sunburst alder body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. We've even gone as far as to include five Sperzel tuners and one Gotoh tuner; as well as, replacing the 12th dot marker with white plastic instead of the original clay. The wait is over!
BODY Select Alder
NECK Maple, Early ‘60s “C” Shape,
(Nitro-Cellulose Lacquer Finish)
MACHINE HEADS 5 Sperzel Die-Cast Machines with 1 Mis-Matched Gotoh Tuner
FINGERBOARD Rosewood, (9.5” Radius/241mm)
NO. OF FRETS 21 Medium Jumbo Frets
PICKUPS 3 Custom ‘60s Single-Coil Strat Pickups
CONTROLS Master Volume, Tone (Neck), Tone (Middle)
BRIDGE American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
PICKUP SWITCHING 5-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
Position 3. Middle Pickup
Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup
Position 5. Neck Pickup
HARDWARE Nickel/Chrome
STRINGS Fender Super 250R, (.010 to .046) Nickel Plated Steel pn# 073-0250-006
CASE Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case
PICKGUARD 3-Ply Mint Green
SCALE LENGTH 25.5” (648 mm)
UNIQUE FEATURES Aged White Plastic Parts,
Original Dot Spacing
One Mis-matched Sperzel Tuning Machine,
Clay Dots with One Mis-matched White Plastic Dot at the 12th Fret,
Slot-Head Mounting Screws in Selector Switch,
Heavily Worn and Distressed with Most of the Paint Missing,
Replicates the Wear Patterns of Rory’s Original Guitar
WIDTH AT NUT 1.650” (42 mm)
ACCESSORIES Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case, Strap, Cable
INTRODUCED 1/2004
3900 Fiscal Ct, Suite 200 West Palm Beach, Florida 33404 USA
Telephone: 1-877-778-7845
Toll Free or 561-842-7451
Fax:
561-840-9032Contact Us! Hours: Mon-Fri 930 am - 630 pm ET/
Sat 11 am - 4 pm ET/Sun: Closed
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