1st 6 pictures are New Owner Eiji Kadota in Taiwan Playing it out Live... Happy Camper....:)
1961 2011 Roadshow Limited Master Built Only 8 Made Fender Strat Built By Paul Waller... Fender Custom Shop.... Master Builder!
Paul and Fender Custom Shop Mgr Mike Eldridge were on the Fender Roadshow across the Big Fender Dealers.. showing how they built these Limited Road Show Guitar's... Part of History in the making****Last 3 pictures are showing Paul , working in the custom Shop:
Master Builder Paul Waller is a Southern California native with woodworking and guitar making in his blood. He built his first guitar at age 14 in his high school woodshop and hasn’t looked back since.
He joined a cabinet shop right out of high school and, after a stint at a small Southern California guitar maker, enrolled at the acclaimed Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix in 2000. There he trained extensively in electric and acoustic guitar construction and repair, specializing in arch-top work, which remains his favorite.
Waller joined Fender in 2003 fresh from his training at Roberto-Venn. He spent two years working closely with master arch-top craftsman Bob Benedetto, and he became steeped in the many facets of building techniques from all the Custom Shop’s Master Builders.
His Fender Custom Shop work has included bass guitars for U2’s Adam Clayton, co-work on a Stratocaster® for Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, and highly unusual hand-carved arch-top and “carved brick” Telecaster
designs.
Fender Specs:
• Heavy Relic Nitro Lacquer Arctic White over 3-Tone Sunburst
• Select Alder Body
• Straight Grain Maple Neck with Indian Rosewood Fretboard
• Early 60's Oval "C" neck shape
• 9.5" Radius Neck, 6105 Frets
• Abby Handwound "Red Hot" Pick-Ups
• Limited Edition Certificate, Neckplate and Decal
OK, My Words.... I never said this before.. but I am proud to offer this Great Collector item.. I seen the other 7 of these made. I got to Coolest, MOST Relic one there is.. Musician friend has 1, it's $5280 and NOT like this.. It weight is 7-1/2 lbs... Look at back of single line tuners.. They say Fender on them.. Never seen that before.. Look at the real Nitro Pickguard? UNREAL like real deal pre cbs
Look at them Hand Wound pickups by Abby? They are South Polarity Alnico Staggard Pole magnets
Bridge reads:7.24k
Middle Reads 7.05k
Neck Reads 6.64k
Necks measures 20.20mm @ 1st fret
23.60mm @ 12th fret
If you ever wanted to treat yourself to one of the Best ever.. here is the one.....
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