BODY
Body Material: Eastern White Pine Reclaimed From the Original El Mocambo
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Roasted Canadian Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Medium Tinted
Neck Shape: 1959 “D”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: African Blackwood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jumbo (6100)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Gold Mother of Pearl Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
Other Decals, back: Master Builder V Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Josefina Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Josefina Hand-Wound Vintage '65 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Josefina Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, Blend Control for Neck Pickup Only in Positions 1 and 2
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage-Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style with Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Gold-Plated
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black, 11-Hole (Config. Vintage)
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, El Mocambo Palm Tree, Thorn Signature, Serial Number
COLORS
Aged Natural
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Custom El Mocambo Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
DVD El Mocambo
Pin Enamel El Mocambo
Poster El Mocambo
Stickers El Mocambo
Strap El Mocambo
COMMENTS
El Mocambo Palm Tree Inlay at 1st Fret
Only 25 made
FENDER SAYS
The list of acts who played Toronto’s famed El Mocambo nightclub in its ’70s-to-’90s heyday reads like a veritable Who’s Who of rock, soul, jazz and R&B. From Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Sam and Dave, Gil Scott Heron and Charlie Mingus to Jimi Hendrix, Tom Waits, Blondie, U2, the Ramones, Squeeze, Duran Duran, Hall and Oates, Bon Jovi, Joan Jett, Queens of the Stone Age and many more, the El Mocambo has reverberated with the sounds of the greats. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, the Cars and Elvis Costello and the Attractions all recorded incendiary live albums there from 1978 to 1983 and, famously, the Rolling Stones played a surprise two-night appearance there in March 1977 (billed as “The Cockroaches”), which was recorded for 1977 album Love You Live.
The El Mocambo and Fender itself both trace their founding to the post-WWII era (1948 and 1946, respectively), and the Fender Custom Shop is excited to introduce a very special Master Built paired instrument set—the Limited Edition El Mocambo Telecaster and El Mocambo Stratocaster, crafted by Master Builder Ron Thorn, himself a Toronto native. Limited to 25 paired sets, the instruments are fashioned from 300-year-old eastern white pine reclaimed from the rafters between floors one and two during the massive 2014 renovation of Canada’s most famous nightclub. Each board was examined with a metal detector to locate and extract nails, and the extremely tight-grained old-growth timbers are light and extremely resonant, making for amazing body wood for these guitars.
The first-fret inlay and engraved neckplate are inspired by the El Mocambo’s signature feature, the giant 22-foot sign on the front of the building since its 1948 opening—an enormous palm tree with “El Mocambo” spelled out in glowing neon letters beneath the cascading white lights of the tree’s moonlit leaves.
Other premium features include a quartersawn and roasted Canadian maple neck with a ’59-style “D” profile, 9.5” radius flat-laminated African blackwood fingerboard with 21 jumbo (6100) frets and bone nut, hand-wound Josefina Campos '69 Strat (neck), vintage '65 Strat (middle) and Texas Special (bridge) single-coil pickups, Fat '50s 1/2 blender wiring, Heavy Relic lacquer finish with gold hardware, three-ply black pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuners, and wing string tree. Includes custom El Mocambo hardshell case, strap, collectible case candy kit, and certificate of authenticity.
Body Material: Eastern White Pine Reclaimed From the Original El Mocambo
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Roasted Canadian Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Medium Tinted
Neck Shape: 1959 “D”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: African Blackwood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jumbo (6100)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Gold Mother of Pearl Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
Other Decals, back: Master Builder V Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Josefina Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Josefina Hand-Wound Vintage '65 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Josefina Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, Blend Control for Neck Pickup Only in Positions 1 and 2
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage-Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style with Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Gold-Plated
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black, 11-Hole (Config. Vintage)
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, El Mocambo Palm Tree, Thorn Signature, Serial Number
COLORS
Aged Natural
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Custom El Mocambo Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
DVD El Mocambo
Pin Enamel El Mocambo
Poster El Mocambo
Stickers El Mocambo
Strap El Mocambo
COMMENTS
El Mocambo Palm Tree Inlay at 1st Fret
Only 25 made
FENDER SAYS
The list of acts who played Toronto’s famed El Mocambo nightclub in its ’70s-to-’90s heyday reads like a veritable Who’s Who of rock, soul, jazz and R&B. From Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Sam and Dave, Gil Scott Heron and Charlie Mingus to Jimi Hendrix, Tom Waits, Blondie, U2, the Ramones, Squeeze, Duran Duran, Hall and Oates, Bon Jovi, Joan Jett, Queens of the Stone Age and many more, the El Mocambo has reverberated with the sounds of the greats. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, the Cars and Elvis Costello and the Attractions all recorded incendiary live albums there from 1978 to 1983 and, famously, the Rolling Stones played a surprise two-night appearance there in March 1977 (billed as “The Cockroaches”), which was recorded for 1977 album Love You Live.
The El Mocambo and Fender itself both trace their founding to the post-WWII era (1948 and 1946, respectively), and the Fender Custom Shop is excited to introduce a very special Master Built paired instrument set—the Limited Edition El Mocambo Telecaster and El Mocambo Stratocaster, crafted by Master Builder Ron Thorn, himself a Toronto native. Limited to 25 paired sets, the instruments are fashioned from 300-year-old eastern white pine reclaimed from the rafters between floors one and two during the massive 2014 renovation of Canada’s most famous nightclub. Each board was examined with a metal detector to locate and extract nails, and the extremely tight-grained old-growth timbers are light and extremely resonant, making for amazing body wood for these guitars.
The first-fret inlay and engraved neckplate are inspired by the El Mocambo’s signature feature, the giant 22-foot sign on the front of the building since its 1948 opening—an enormous palm tree with “El Mocambo” spelled out in glowing neon letters beneath the cascading white lights of the tree’s moonlit leaves.
Other premium features include a quartersawn and roasted Canadian maple neck with a ’59-style “D” profile, 9.5” radius flat-laminated African blackwood fingerboard with 21 jumbo (6100) frets and bone nut, hand-wound Josefina Campos '69 Strat (neck), vintage '65 Strat (middle) and Texas Special (bridge) single-coil pickups, Fat '50s 1/2 blender wiring, Heavy Relic lacquer finish with gold hardware, three-ply black pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuners, and wing string tree. Includes custom El Mocambo hardshell case, strap, collectible case candy kit, and certificate of authenticity.
ENG: The Fender Custom Shop and Vince Cunetto and the birth of Relics
ITA: Il Custom Shop Fender e Vince Cunetto e la nascita del Relic
ITA: Il Custom Shop Fender e Vince Cunetto e la nascita del Relic
Courtesy of Empire Music
