MODEL NUMBER
9235001512: Lydian Gold Metallic
9235001669: Sunset Glow Metallic with Gold Hardware
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder with Offset Seam
Body Finish: Flash Coat Lacquer, Time Capsule Finish
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: 3A Birdseye Maple
Neck Finish: Medium Tinted Flash Coat Lacquer, Time Capsule Finish
Neck Shape: 1965 “C”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated 9mm AAA Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184.1 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo (6150)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.625” (41.3 mm)
Position Inlays: Clay-Style Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: “STRATOCASTER”, “WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO”, “PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146 2,960,900”, Signature
Other Decals, back: “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo “LIMITED EDITION”
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Special Design Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 11/56 Single-Coil Strat with Steel Bottom Plate, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 11/56 Single-Coil Strat with Steel Bottom Plate, Staggered Poles
Controls: Master Volume with Tone-Saver Bleed, Master Tone, Neck/Bridge Pickup Blend
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
POSITIONS
Position 1. Bridge with Neck Blend
Position 2. Bridge and Middle with Neck Blend
Position 3. Middle
Position 4. Neck and Middle with Bridge Blend
Position 5. Neck with Bridge Blend
HARDWARE
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage-Style, “FENDER”/“PAT.PEND.”
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style with Logo
String Tree: Wing with Tall Metal Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome on Lydian Gold Metallic, Gold-Plated on Sunset Glow Metallic
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green, 11-Hole (Config. Vintage)
Back Plate: Vintage White, Oval Holes
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Asymmetrical, Custom Engraving, Serial Number
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
FENDER SAID
Many a fine and fiery guitarist has hailed from Boston, and the Custom Shop is Proud to honor one of the City on the Hill's finest guitarist/songwriters with the Johnny A. Signature Stratocaster. The guitar's special Time Capsule flash-coat lacquer finish comes in striking Lydian Gold Metallic with Closet Classic chrome hardware and in Sunset Glow Metallic with Closet Classic gold hardware, and it combines several classic '60s design elements to honor one of New England's most accomplished sidemen and solo artists.
Born John Antonopoulos in Malden, Mass., he first got the guitar bug when he saw the Beatles in Boston at age 13. He saw Jimi Hendrix a couple years after that and avidly soaked up the era's finest fretwork, especially that of the Yardbirds holy trinity of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Taking the stage name "Johnny A.", he steadily acquired a sterling reputation as a rock, blues and jazz ace with artists including Delaney & Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos keyboardist Bobby Whitlock and Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford. The 1990s saw a seven-year stint as guitarist and musical director for J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf, and to really bring his career full circle, Johnny A. joined the Yardbirds in 2015 for a three-year stint. Today, he continues to wow listeners with his impeccable playing in a variety of studio and onstage projects.
The Johnny A. Signature Stratocaster is an amalgamation of his four favorite model years - 1963 through 1966 - and features a select two-piece alder body with off-center seam, paired with a 3A birdseye maple neck featuring a '65-style "oval C" profile and contoured heel. The round-lam rosewood fingerboard has a comfortable 7.25" radius and 21 medium jumbo (6150) frets. The neck and middle pickups are hand-wound 11/56 models, while a steel bottom plate on the custom 11/56 bridge pickups delivers livelier tone with more wide-ranging response; all are fixed to a three-ply mint green pickguard, along with a five-way switch and Strat Blender wiring with Tone-Saver bleed circuitry. Other premium features include Custom Shop synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, bone nut, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
ENG: About Fender Artist and Signature Stratocasters
ITA: Le Signature
9235001512: Lydian Gold Metallic
9235001669: Sunset Glow Metallic with Gold Hardware
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder with Offset Seam
Body Finish: Flash Coat Lacquer, Time Capsule Finish
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: 3A Birdseye Maple
Neck Finish: Medium Tinted Flash Coat Lacquer, Time Capsule Finish
Neck Shape: 1965 “C”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated 9mm AAA Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” (184.1 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo (6150)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.625” (41.3 mm)
Position Inlays: Clay-Style Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: “STRATOCASTER”, “WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO”, “PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146 2,960,900”, Signature
Other Decals, back: “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo “LIMITED EDITION”
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Special Design Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 11/56 Single-Coil Strat with Steel Bottom Plate, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 11/56 Single-Coil Strat with Steel Bottom Plate, Staggered Poles
Controls: Master Volume with Tone-Saver Bleed, Master Tone, Neck/Bridge Pickup Blend
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
POSITIONS
Position 1. Bridge with Neck Blend
Position 2. Bridge and Middle with Neck Blend
Position 3. Middle
Position 4. Neck and Middle with Bridge Blend
Position 5. Neck with Bridge Blend
HARDWARE
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage-Style, “FENDER”/“PAT.PEND.”
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style with Logo
String Tree: Wing with Tall Metal Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome on Lydian Gold Metallic, Gold-Plated on Sunset Glow Metallic
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green, 11-Hole (Config. Vintage)
Back Plate: Vintage White, Oval Holes
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Asymmetrical, Custom Engraving, Serial Number
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
FENDER SAID
Many a fine and fiery guitarist has hailed from Boston, and the Custom Shop is Proud to honor one of the City on the Hill's finest guitarist/songwriters with the Johnny A. Signature Stratocaster. The guitar's special Time Capsule flash-coat lacquer finish comes in striking Lydian Gold Metallic with Closet Classic chrome hardware and in Sunset Glow Metallic with Closet Classic gold hardware, and it combines several classic '60s design elements to honor one of New England's most accomplished sidemen and solo artists.
Born John Antonopoulos in Malden, Mass., he first got the guitar bug when he saw the Beatles in Boston at age 13. He saw Jimi Hendrix a couple years after that and avidly soaked up the era's finest fretwork, especially that of the Yardbirds holy trinity of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Taking the stage name "Johnny A.", he steadily acquired a sterling reputation as a rock, blues and jazz ace with artists including Delaney & Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos keyboardist Bobby Whitlock and Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford. The 1990s saw a seven-year stint as guitarist and musical director for J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf, and to really bring his career full circle, Johnny A. joined the Yardbirds in 2015 for a three-year stint. Today, he continues to wow listeners with his impeccable playing in a variety of studio and onstage projects.
The Johnny A. Signature Stratocaster is an amalgamation of his four favorite model years - 1963 through 1966 - and features a select two-piece alder body with off-center seam, paired with a 3A birdseye maple neck featuring a '65-style "oval C" profile and contoured heel. The round-lam rosewood fingerboard has a comfortable 7.25" radius and 21 medium jumbo (6150) frets. The neck and middle pickups are hand-wound 11/56 models, while a steel bottom plate on the custom 11/56 bridge pickups delivers livelier tone with more wide-ranging response; all are fixed to a three-ply mint green pickguard, along with a five-way switch and Strat Blender wiring with Tone-Saver bleed circuitry. Other premium features include Custom Shop synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, bone nut, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
ENG: About Fender Artist and Signature Stratocasters
ITA: Le Signature
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