MODEL NUMBER
9215005514
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Flat-Sawn Flame Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 1960 Oval "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: AAA Slab Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Vintage
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.648” (41.85 mm)
Position Inlays: Clay Style Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Slotted
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: Worn Out and Incomplete: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body",
Other Decals, back: Master Builder Logo, Serial Number
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Mike McCready Strat, Staggered Poles, by Josefina Campos
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Mike McCready Strat, Staggered Poles, by Josefina Campos
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Mike McCready Strat, Staggered Poles, by Josefina Campos
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Special Electronics: Treble Bleed
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo with Callaham Bridge Block
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
String Tree: Wing with Metal Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green, 11 Hole (Config. Vintage)
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "52692", "TX 500/620"
COLORS
Faded 3-Color Sunburst
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
Only 60 units were made
Not to be confused with the Mexican Mike McCready Stratocaster
Relic Finish, Hardware and Plastics
FENDER SAYS
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready has earned his place among the giants of rock ‘n’ roll guitar. Best known for playing a ’59 Strat, his searing leads are steeped in blues and classic rock reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend and Keith Richards, and his peerless work on hits, including “Yellow Ledbetter”, “Even Flow”, “Nothing As It Seems” and countless others, helped pave the way for Pearl Jam’s 2017 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. McCready’s guitar work in Seattle supergroups Temple of the Dog and Mad Season also featured instantly recognizable Strat riffs, such as those heard on “Hunger Strike” and “River of Deceit”.
Inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan, McCready set out early on to acquire his own ’59 Strat, and, serendipitously, with his first ever vintage guitar purchase, he found “the one” that has been his primary Fender instrument ever since. Now some 28 years later, McCready’s iconic Strat can be heard featured on tracks “Superblood Wolfmoon” and “Dance Of The Clairvoyants" from Pearl Jam's most recent studio LP, Gigaton.
In this first-time collaboration between Fender and McCready, the Fender Custom Shop is honored to re-create this incredible instrument in exact detail, and in doing so a long held secret about the guitar’s lineage was forced to be revealed to its owner: the Strat was actually constructed in 1960, not 1959 as had long been believed.
For this limited 60-piece Masterbuilt run, the Custom Shop’s Vincent Van Trigt carefully disassembled the guitar in order to note and measure every detail, curve and scratch - and there are plenty of scratches, thanks to McCready’s exuberant style! The recreation features an ultimate Relic lacquer finish on a two-piece select alder body; a flat-sawn flame maple neck with a 1960 “oval C” profile; and a flat-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 vintage frets. Custom Josefina hand-wound pickups matched to the originals are connected to a five-way switch and vintage wiring, including a “treble bleed” tone capacitor. Other features include a three-ply vinyl pickguard, vintage-style synchronized tremolo with Callaham bridge block, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, and wing string tree with metal spacer. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap, polishing cloth, McCready case candy kit and certificate of authenticity.
9215005514
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Flat-Sawn Flame Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 1960 Oval "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: AAA Slab Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Vintage
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.648” (41.85 mm)
Position Inlays: Clay Style Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Slotted
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: Worn Out and Incomplete: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body",
Other Decals, back: Master Builder Logo, Serial Number
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Mike McCready Strat, Staggered Poles, by Josefina Campos
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Mike McCready Strat, Staggered Poles, by Josefina Campos
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Mike McCready Strat, Staggered Poles, by Josefina Campos
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Special Electronics: Treble Bleed
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo with Callaham Bridge Block
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
String Tree: Wing with Metal Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green, 11 Hole (Config. Vintage)
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "52692", "TX 500/620"
COLORS
Faded 3-Color Sunburst
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
Only 60 units were made
Not to be confused with the Mexican Mike McCready Stratocaster
Relic Finish, Hardware and Plastics
FENDER SAYS
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready has earned his place among the giants of rock ‘n’ roll guitar. Best known for playing a ’59 Strat, his searing leads are steeped in blues and classic rock reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend and Keith Richards, and his peerless work on hits, including “Yellow Ledbetter”, “Even Flow”, “Nothing As It Seems” and countless others, helped pave the way for Pearl Jam’s 2017 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. McCready’s guitar work in Seattle supergroups Temple of the Dog and Mad Season also featured instantly recognizable Strat riffs, such as those heard on “Hunger Strike” and “River of Deceit”.
Inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan, McCready set out early on to acquire his own ’59 Strat, and, serendipitously, with his first ever vintage guitar purchase, he found “the one” that has been his primary Fender instrument ever since. Now some 28 years later, McCready’s iconic Strat can be heard featured on tracks “Superblood Wolfmoon” and “Dance Of The Clairvoyants" from Pearl Jam's most recent studio LP, Gigaton.
In this first-time collaboration between Fender and McCready, the Fender Custom Shop is honored to re-create this incredible instrument in exact detail, and in doing so a long held secret about the guitar’s lineage was forced to be revealed to its owner: the Strat was actually constructed in 1960, not 1959 as had long been believed.
For this limited 60-piece Masterbuilt run, the Custom Shop’s Vincent Van Trigt carefully disassembled the guitar in order to note and measure every detail, curve and scratch - and there are plenty of scratches, thanks to McCready’s exuberant style! The recreation features an ultimate Relic lacquer finish on a two-piece select alder body; a flat-sawn flame maple neck with a 1960 “oval C” profile; and a flat-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 vintage frets. Custom Josefina hand-wound pickups matched to the originals are connected to a five-way switch and vintage wiring, including a “treble bleed” tone capacitor. Other features include a three-ply vinyl pickguard, vintage-style synchronized tremolo with Callaham bridge block, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, and wing string tree with metal spacer. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap, polishing cloth, McCready case candy kit and certificate of authenticity.
Courtesy of Reverb (Nitro Guitars)