Fender Michael Landau Signature 1968 Relic Stratocaster - Round-Laminated RW Bleached 3-Color Sunburst

Michael Landau Signature 1968 Relic Stratocaster - Round-Laminated Rosewood - Bleached 3-Color Sunburst

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 worn Black and Bleached 3-Color 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 custom vintage-style tremolo bridge.

• Body: Select Lightweight Alder
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic
• Fingerboard: Round-Laminated Rosewood
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
• Position Inlays: White Dot
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Shape: Custom "C"
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®
• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
• Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
• Pickup Configuration: SSS
• Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
• Strings: Fender® USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0730250403
• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity
• Case/Gig Bag: Black Hardshell