MODEL NUMBER
1544520140
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Offset Seam Lightweight Alder
Body Finish: Custom Relic Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Flat Sawn Select Maple
Neck Finish: Custom Relic Tinted Lacquer
Neck Shape: Custom Oval "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Select Dark African Blackwood, Slab
Fingerboard Radius: 10” (254 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Dunlop 6100 Jumbo
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Custom "Clay" Colored Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend."
Other Decals, back: John Cruz Master Builder Logo, Serial "JC"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound John Cruz "Bone-Tone" Strat, beveled, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound John Cruz "Bone-Tone" Strat, beveled, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound John Cruz "Bone-Tone" Strat, beveled, staggered
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid, Bridge)
Switching: 3-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style with Fender Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Custom Relic Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: Custom Relic 3-Ply Mint Green, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Back Plate: None
Control Knobs: Custom Relic Vintage White
Switch Tip: Custom Relic Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Custom Relic Vintage White
Pickup covers: Custom Relic Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "55108"
COLORS
Color Matched Fiesta Red
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.049
ACCESSORIES
Custom Anvil flight case with Gary Moore graphic.
Replicas of two of Moore's preferred straps: studded leather handmade by Dru Whitefeather and White Di Marzio ClipLock.
Special certificate of authenticity and accessory kit.
COMMENTS
Only 60 pieces wordwide, officially relased on the 20th o May 2016
Masterbuilt by John Cruz.
Relic Finish.
FENDER SAYS
Known for his fierce, take-no-prisoners virtuosic guitar playing that encompassed every style from jazz-fusion and progressive rock to heavy metal and blues, Irish guitarist Gary Moore set the world afire every time he took the stage or entered a studio.
Since 1987, when he first joined Fender’s production line, Custom Shop Master Builder John Cruz has dreamed of creating a reproduction of the 1961 Fiesta Red Stratocaster Moore, his favorite guitarist, favored in the ’80s, as “the ultimate tribute to the man and his fans.” When he was offered the chance to analyze Moore’s original instrument and create this peerless reproduction, he enthusiastically obliged. Cruz experimented endlessly with the notoriously variable Fiesta Red color, matching the precise shade on Moore’s guitar, and lovingly reproduced every hard-won battle scar on the guitar.
Moore’s instrument was close to “stock,” including the original-spec low-output pickups and traditional 3-way pickup switch. The only modifications were the addition of copper shielding in the cavity and jumbo frets. Cruz’ masterful replica accurately reflects these modifications—even going so far as incorporating a 10”-radius rosewood fingerboard that reflects the original after many years of hard play and multiple re-frets. The pickups are Cruz’ own “Bonetone” design, hand wound by Josefina Campos, and packed full of soulful, authentic Fender tone.
1544520140
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Offset Seam Lightweight Alder
Body Finish: Custom Relic Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Flat Sawn Select Maple
Neck Finish: Custom Relic Tinted Lacquer
Neck Shape: Custom Oval "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Select Dark African Blackwood, Slab
Fingerboard Radius: 10” (254 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Dunlop 6100 Jumbo
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Custom "Clay" Colored Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend."
Other Decals, back: John Cruz Master Builder Logo, Serial "JC"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound John Cruz "Bone-Tone" Strat, beveled, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound John Cruz "Bone-Tone" Strat, beveled, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound John Cruz "Bone-Tone" Strat, beveled, staggered
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid, Bridge)
Switching: 3-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style with Fender Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Custom Relic Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: Custom Relic 3-Ply Mint Green, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Back Plate: None
Control Knobs: Custom Relic Vintage White
Switch Tip: Custom Relic Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Custom Relic Vintage White
Pickup covers: Custom Relic Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "55108"
COLORS
Color Matched Fiesta Red
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.049
ACCESSORIES
Custom Anvil flight case with Gary Moore graphic.
Replicas of two of Moore's preferred straps: studded leather handmade by Dru Whitefeather and White Di Marzio ClipLock.
Special certificate of authenticity and accessory kit.
COMMENTS
Only 60 pieces wordwide, officially relased on the 20th o May 2016
Masterbuilt by John Cruz.
Relic Finish.
FENDER SAYS
Known for his fierce, take-no-prisoners virtuosic guitar playing that encompassed every style from jazz-fusion and progressive rock to heavy metal and blues, Irish guitarist Gary Moore set the world afire every time he took the stage or entered a studio.
Since 1987, when he first joined Fender’s production line, Custom Shop Master Builder John Cruz has dreamed of creating a reproduction of the 1961 Fiesta Red Stratocaster Moore, his favorite guitarist, favored in the ’80s, as “the ultimate tribute to the man and his fans.” When he was offered the chance to analyze Moore’s original instrument and create this peerless reproduction, he enthusiastically obliged. Cruz experimented endlessly with the notoriously variable Fiesta Red color, matching the precise shade on Moore’s guitar, and lovingly reproduced every hard-won battle scar on the guitar.
Moore’s instrument was close to “stock,” including the original-spec low-output pickups and traditional 3-way pickup switch. The only modifications were the addition of copper shielding in the cavity and jumbo frets. Cruz’ masterful replica accurately reflects these modifications—even going so far as incorporating a 10”-radius rosewood fingerboard that reflects the original after many years of hard play and multiple re-frets. The pickups are Cruz’ own “Bonetone” design, hand wound by Josefina Campos, and packed full of soulful, authentic Fender tone.
Courtesy of Centro Chitarre
Courtesy of Fender
