MODEL NUMBER
015-0080-(800)
BODY
Body Material: Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Early ‘60s “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Clay Dots with One Mis-matched White Plastic Dot at the 12th Fret; Wide spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti (worn-out)
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO ", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend.", "PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146 2,960,900" (all worn-out)
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop V Logo, Signature
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom ‘60s Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom ‘60s Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom ‘60s Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" reverse direction
Tuning Machines: #5 Sperzel Die-Cast Machines with #1 Mis-Matched Gotoh Tuner
String Tree: #2, Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Control Knobs: Aged White
Switch Tip: Aged White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Aged White
Pickup covers: Aged White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial
COLORS
(800) 3-Color Sunburst
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010 to .046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case
COMMENTS
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
Called also Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster
Fender initially built 40 “clones” for the European market (all John Cruz Master Built), and was subsequently besieged with requests for more
Maggiori notizie sulla Stratocaster di Rory Gallagher e sulla nascita della Tribute
015-0080-(800)
BODY
Body Material: Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Early ‘60s “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Clay Dots with One Mis-matched White Plastic Dot at the 12th Fret; Wide spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti (worn-out)
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO ", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend.", "PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146 2,960,900" (all worn-out)
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop V Logo, Signature
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom ‘60s Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom ‘60s Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom ‘60s Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" reverse direction
Tuning Machines: #5 Sperzel Die-Cast Machines with #1 Mis-Matched Gotoh Tuner
String Tree: #2, Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Control Knobs: Aged White
Switch Tip: Aged White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Aged White
Pickup covers: Aged White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial
COLORS
(800) 3-Color Sunburst
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010 to .046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case
COMMENTS
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
Called also Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster
Fender initially built 40 “clones” for the European market (all John Cruz Master Built), and was subsequently besieged with requests for more
Maggiori notizie sulla Stratocaster di Rory Gallagher e sulla nascita della Tribute
La Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster (reverb.com). E' interessante vedere la testa delle viti dello switch nella seconda foto, le meccaniche double "Fender" stamped a direzione inversa e il decal, consumato, "PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146 2,960,900" che, in realtà, non veniva ancora utilizzato sulle Stratocaster del '61 come quella di Rory.
Under the pickguard (foto di Davidof di Gearpage)
