A propos des micros, l'annonce faite par Fender au NAMM 2004 indiquait que ces derniers seraient bobinés par Abigail (voir ci-dessous en gras).
Fender® Celebrates 50 Years of Musical Heritage with New Commemorative Model Guitars!
THE STRATOCASTER® GUITAR TURNS 50!
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - The most popular and influential electric guitar of all time, the Fender® Stratocaster®, will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2004! To honor this musical icon, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is proud to announce that it will commemorate the Stratocaster guitar's history with three new Limited Edition instruments that will debut at this winter's NAMM show.
The Stratocaster guitar first hit the musical scene in 1954, when it was designed to be the ultimate solid body electric guitar. With its three single coil pickups and revolutionary tremolo bridge, the Stratocaster offered musicians new tones, features and versatility never before available in one single musical instrument.
Since that time, a Stratocaster in the hands of guitarists has helped pioneer literally every form of popular music as we know it today. From Bill Carson to Buddy Holly, from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, or from Stevie Ray Vaughan to John Mayer"�and everything in between!"�the Stratocaster has been the guitar that started the rock revolution, and it has been the guitar that has helped to create musical legends.
Beginning in January of 2004, the Fender Custom Shop will make a limited number of 50th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster guitars. These faithful replications will be made using many of the same machines and manufacturing methods used 50 years ago.
The Custom Shop will use all of the same materials that went into the first 1954 Stratocaster guitars, including a solid ash body, oversized Alnico 3 pole piece magnets, the styrene blend used for the pickup covers, knobs and switch cap, and the PVA pickguard material. Reproductions of the original pickups will be wound by Abigail Ybarra, who has been making Fender pickups since the 1950s. Additionally, all the plastic parts for the Custom Shop 50th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster have been retooled to historically correct shapes and specifications.
The Custom Shop 50th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster is available only with a lightly aged, vintage correct 2-Tone Sunburst lacquer finish and a one piece maple neck and fretboard. Orders for these guitars will be taken from January 15th to December 31st, 2004. US MSRP is $5,400.
