Michael Landau Signature 1968 Stratocaster®
Serial Number: R141281Weight: 3400gWorld-renowned session guitarist Michael Landau has played on hundreds of albums since the early 1980s. He has also led several bands, including the Raging Honkies, Burning Water, and more recently, Renegade Creation with Robben Ford. With his own group, he continues to push the boundaries of electric jazz, instrumental guitar, and rock music.
The Fender Custom Shop Artist Collection Michael Landau Signature 1968 Relic Stratocaster is based on Landau’s original ’68 Strat. It features a hand-selected lightweight alder body, a custom oval "C"-shaped neck profile, custom hand-wound pickups and wiring, and nitrocellulose lacquer finishes in Black and Bleached 3-Color Sunburst.
Other features include a round-laminated dark rosewood fingerboard with a 7.25" radius and narrow jumbo (6105) frets, a large '60s-style headstock, a 5-way pickup selector, and a custom vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge.
Specifications:
General
- Orientation: Right-Handed
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Body
- Body Material: Hand-Selected Lightweight Alder
- Body Shape: Stratocaster®
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Shape: Custom "C"
- Neck Profile: Oval "C"
- Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
- Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo
- Number of Frets: 21
- Nut Material: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Fingerboard: Round-Laminated Rosewood
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Position Inlays: White Dots
Hardware
- Bridge: Custom Vintage-Style 6-Saddle Synchronized Tremolo
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
- Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic
- Strings: Fender® USA 250L Nickel-Plated Steel (.009-.042), PN 0730250403
- Tuners: Vintage-Style
Electronics
- Pickup Configuration: SSS
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat® Single-Coil
- Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat® Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat® Single-Coil
- 5-Position Blade Switch:
- Position 1: Bridge Pickup
- Position 2: Bridge and Middle Pickups
- Position 3: Middle Pickup
- Position 4: Middle and Neck Pickups
- Position 5: Neck Pickup
- Controls:
- Master Volume
- Tone 1: Neck and Middle Pickups
- Tone 2: Bridge Pickup
Accessories
- Included Accessories:
- Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Strap
- Certificate of Authenticity