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Key Features
- Quality Fender Custom construction
- Bright, resonant Strat tone thanks to maple & alder build
- Luxurious aesthetic with gorgeous gold hardware
- Lively & expressive sound provided by custom single coil pickups
Fender Custom Shop Robert Cray Strat, Inca Silver Overview
The Fender Custom Shop Robert Cray Stratocaster is a premium example of Fender engineering, in partnership with one of the guitaring worlds true pros. Tonally vibrant, the RC Strat delivers everything you would demand in a high-end guitar experience and more. Featuring three custom vintage single coil Stratocaster pickups, this guitar is simply bursting with energy, twang and chime that will have you enchanted from the moment you pick it up. The body is constructed from alder, which brings a balanced resonance to the mix.
It features a tonally bright and lively maple neck, which comes complete with a gloss urethane finish that will have you gliding over the rosewood fingerboard with ease. Manufactured using the finest materials, the RC Strat delivers a truly wonderful sound, and it's a sound you can make your own using the 5-way pickup selector and two tone knobs for a versatile and completely tailorable sonic performance. Finished off with a beautiful custom headstock - complemented by the gold hardware - you'll be sure to stand out on any stage, channelling the energy of Robert Cray himself, with your own unique twist.
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View Full DescriptionA custom classic
The Fender Custom Shop Robert Cray Stratocaster is a well-rounded, fully customised and highly playable guitar which looks just as good as it sounds. Full to the brim with customised features both visually and sonically, the headstock holds a beautiful custom marble appearance – made from maple – which adds a truly high-class feel to the aesthetics of the guitar. This effect is compounded by the golden hardware, a staple of a luxurious guitar designed with meticulous care and attention-to-detail – the non-tremolo hardtail bridge works with the vintage-style tuning pegs to keep your guitar in tune for longer, so you don’t have to worry about re-tuning after every song.
The custom features on this guitar are included not only for visual aesthetics, but also functionality and tonal enhancement. The three custom vintage style single coil Strat pickups deliver a glorious sound which is entirely tailorable, and ranges from the classic, bright bite of the bridge pickup – a sound often affiliated with the Stratocaster – to the more rounded and gentle tones on the neck. The middle pickup combines the best of both worlds, and whichever pickup you engage can deliver a powerful output that will slice through the mix like a bullet through a balloon – without sacrificing an ounce of clarity. Customise the sound to make it your own using the 2 tone knobs, so you can take your performance further.
Built by the best
The Fender Custom Shop Robert Cray Stratocaster is a guitar manufactured to an industry standard and beyond. Built using only the finest tonewoods, the alder body provides a clear, full-bodied tone that shines in the midrange and retains a great balance between the lows and highs. The maple neck will add a brightness to the mix that is crucial in achieving that classic Stratocaster sound, while the rosewood fretboard provides a supreme playing feel that will feel great within your hands. The use of rosewood also complements the rest of the classic colours included in the design of this guitar, bringing a natural feel to the guitar. What’s more, the neck is made with a gloss urethane finish which will allow you to glide across the board with ease, so you can find the right note every time.
The custom hardtail bridge will also feel fantastic to play, providing a comfortable action alongside a precise intonation that can be easily altered to fit. All of these design features are included for you convenience, so you can focus solely on your performance – and with a guitar that sounds as good as this one, you’ll have no trouble blowing your audience away every time.
Inspired by legends
When you’re one of the best, you want to play the best – and Robert Cray is certainly right up there. Active in the industry since the mid-1970s, Cray has played with the likes of Chuck Berry, B.B King, Eric Clapton and Tina Turner (to name but a few). He has also enjoyed great success in his solo career, not least releasing his Grammy award-winning fourth album under Mercury records in 1986, Cray is a true veteran of the music industry, and is renowned as of one of the true great blues guitarists. Known for his bluesy style that is full of expression, the Fender Custom Shop Robert Cray Stratocaster is built to work with an old-school style of playing that will sound fantastic no matter your skill level. From simple blues standards to technical ingenuity, this guitar will be with you every step of the way.
Specifications
Body
- Body Material: Select Alder
- Body Shape: Stratocaster
- Body Finish: Urethane
Neck & Fingerboard
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
- Neck Shape: ’61 ‘C’
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
- Inlays: White Dot
- Frets: 21
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 42mm
Hardware & Electronics
- Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Hardtail
- Pickguard: 3-Ply White
- Control Knobs: White Plastic
- Hardware: Gold
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
- Tremolo Arm: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Vintage-Style Single Coil Strat
- Middle Pickup: Custom Vintage-Style Single Coil Strat
- Neck Pickup: Custom Vintage-Style Single Coil Strat
- Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1 (Neck Pickup), Tone 2 (Middle Pickup)
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