Fender Custom Shop designers met Donal Gallagher, brother of late great guitarist Rory Gallagher, in Los Angeles in 1997 and received one of the most coveted guitars of all time - Gallagher's heavily worn 1961 Stratocaster guitar. Fender initially built 40 replicas for European sale, but was subsequently besieged with requests for more. The Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster guitar is an exact replica of that revered instrument, down to the extremely worn Three-color Sunburst alder body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. It even has five Sperzel tuners and one Gotoh tuner, and the 12th-fret dot marker is white plastic rather than the original clay. It also features three custom-wound '60s single-coil pickups, aged chrome hardware, 21 medium jumbo frets and a synthetic bone nut. Our homage to a true and truly missed master.
Body: Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Control Buttons: Parchment Plastic
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Cover plate: 3-Ply Mint Green
Fingerboard Insert: Clay Dots with One Mis-matched White Plastic Dot at the 12th Fret
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Pickup: Custom '60s Single-Coil Strat
Orientation: Right-Hand
Configuration: SSS
Saddle: Synthetic Bone
Bridge Pickup: Custom '60s Single-Coil Strat
Center pickup : Custom '60s Single-Coil Strat
Pickup Selector: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Middle Pickup, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: SSS
Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Tunings: 5 Sperzel Die-Cast Machine Heads with 1 Mis-Matched Gotoh
Strings: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
Unique Features: Aged White Plastic Parts, Original Dot Spacing, One Mis-matched Sperzel; Tuning Machine, Clay Dots with One Mis-matched White Plastic Dot at the 12th Fret, 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
Supplied Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity
Case / Cover: Deluxe Brown Hardshell (Gold Interior)
Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Frets Size: Medium Jumbo
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Material Type: Maple
Neck Shape: Early '60s "C"
Neck Profile Type: C Shape
Number of Frets: 21
Headstock Material: Synthetic Bone
Saddle Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Adjustments : Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
Brand reference number:
923-5001-128
