Just in!! What a RARE occasion to share - Master builder John Cruz takes this over the top with a Duncan JB humbucker, insane sparkle finish and Floyd Rose bridge w/locking nut!
Medium heavy relic on this guitar expertly done by one of the best living masters - John Cruz. This guitar features a heavy red flake sparkle overtop of a 3 tone sunburst. The relic work is immaculate and tasteful - nothing unnecessary.
Alder body, quartersawn maple neck with a gloriously fast playing 12-16" compound radius and custom thinner neck profile - think Charvel.
This is a used guitar, so full transparency - this guitar has been re-fretted with 6100 sized jumbo Stainless Steel frets (at the request of the previous owner). The re-fret was done by Freddy Gabrsek (Freddy's Frets - Alex Lifeson approved).
If you are looking at this guitar, you probably have an idea of how special it is. Fender Masterbuilt guitars are tremendous players and are one-off models that feature attention to detail not seen with the average "team built" Custom Shop guitars.
Some things to note:
-The kill switch that John Cruz was using was not working correctly and shorting out. It was replaced with a premium Tesi switch and it works perfectly and actually looks much better.
-The stock neck pickup originally in the guitar was microphonic and not working. It was replaced with a Duncan Hot tele to keep up with the JB.
-The output jack was not seating correctly and shorting out. It was replaced with a much better and perfectly working Stew-Mac revised Tele jack.
-The tuning gears are replaced vintage style Gotoh locking. 4 of the 6 original tuning gears were not working correctly and were severely damaged due to them over-relicing in the process.
-The stainless frets were installed by one of the best in the business....Fred Gabrsek. He is Alex Lifeson's Guitar repair guy in Niagara on the Lake. Freddy's Frets.
Included with guitar:
-COA
-copy of Build sheet.
-Floyd trem bar
-Fender Custom Shop case
-Fender custom shop strap
