World-renowned session ace Michael Landau has played on hundreds of albums since the early 1980s. He has also fronted several bands, including the Raging Honkies, Burning Water and, more recently, Renegade Creation with Robben Ford. With his own group, he continues to raise the bar in electric jazz, instrumental and rock guitar.
The Fender Custom Shop Artist Collection Michael Landau Signature 1968 Relic Stratocaster is based on Landau's 1968 Stratocaster, with a hand-selected lightweight alder body, special "custom oval" neck profile, custom hand-wound pickups and wiring, and a 3-Tone Sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer finishes. Other features include a round-laminated dark rosewood fingerboard with a 7.25" radius and 6105 frets, period-correct large headstock, five-way pickup switching, and a custom vintage-style tremolo bridge.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Stratocaster®
- Body Material: Select Lightweight Alder
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Profile: Custom "C"
- Fretboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood
- Fretboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- No. of Frets: 21 Narrow Jumbo Frets
- Fretboard Inlays: White Dot Inlays
- Pickups: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat® (Bridge), Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat® (Middle), Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat® (Neck)
- Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
- Strings: Fender® USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0730250403
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Tuners
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Includes: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity
