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THE
ULTIMATE
GUITAR
SOURCEBOOK
Tony Bacon
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FENDER
STRATOCASTER
MODERN VARIANTS
A special entry in Fender’s Tribute Series came two years
later, in 2006, the Eric Clapton Blackie Stratocaster. Fender
described its Tribute Series as an “elite program” designed
to offer the ultimate artist instrument. Each one consists of
a very limited run (usually 100) of an ultra-exact copy of a
renowned artist’s guitar. It’s like an extreme version of the
regular signature-model idea. Examples so far have
included Rory Gallagher’s battered Strat, Andy Summers’s
careworn Tele Custom, Mary Kaye’s
gleaming Blond-body/gold-hardware Strat,
Jeff Beck’s early-days Esquire, and Yngwie
Malmsteen’s bashed-up ’71 Strat. For the
Clapton Tribute, Guitar Center allowed the
Custom Shop access to the guitar so that
Fender could nit-pickingly spec this historic
Strat for an exacting replica. Just 275 were made, of which
185 were sold through Guitar Center and the rest through
Fender’s international channels. Guitar Center sold all
theirs in one day, with 106 going in the first two minutes.
The suggested retail price was a hefty $24,000 each, with
a portion donated to the Crossroads Centre in Antigua and
to a new facility in Delray Beach, Florida.
Fender Japan was reorganised early in 2005 when a
new company, Dyna Boeki, was formed to
produce Fender’s Japanese instr uments
version of the regular signature-model
idea. Examples so far have included Rory
Galla gher’s battered Strat, Andy Summers’s
care worn Tele Custom, Mary Kaye’s
gleaming Blond-body/gold-hardware.
2007 Rory Gallagher Stratocaster
A special entry in Fender’s Tribute Series came two years later,
in 2006, the Eric Clapton Blackie Stratocaster. Fender described
its Tribute Series as an “elite program” designed to offer the
ultimate artist instrument. Each one consists of the ultimate.
2009 American Deluxe Ash Stratocaster
A special entry in Fender’s Tribute Series came two years later,
in 2006, the Eric Clapton Blackie Stratocaster. Fender described
its Tribute Series as an “elite program” designed.
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2002 Buddy Guy Stratocaster
A special entry in Fender’s Tribute Series came two years
later, in 2006, the Eric Clapton Blackie Stratocaster.
Fender described its Tribute Series as an “elite program”
designed to offer the ultimate artist instrument. Each one
consists of a very limited run (usually 100) of an ultraexact copy of a renowned artist’s guitar.
“still the valid
choice for today’s
guitarist”
2006 Squier Obey Graphic Stratocaster Dissent
A special entry in Fender’s Tribute Series came
two years later, in 2006, the Eric Clapton Blackie
Stratocaster. Fender described its Tribute Series
as an “elite program” designed to offer
2006 Highway One Stratocaster
A special entry in Fender’s Tribute
Series came two years later, in 2006,
the Eric Clapton Blackie Stratocaster.
Fender described its Tribute Series as
an “elite program” designed to offer
the ultimate artist instrument. Each
one consists of a very limited run
(usually 100) of an ultra-exact copy of
a renowned artist’s guitar. It’s like an
extreme version of the regular
signature-model idea. Examples so far
have include h one consists of a very
limited run (usually 100) of an ultraexact copy of a renowned artist’s
guitar. It’s like an extreme version of
the regular signature-model idea.
Examples so far have include h one
consists of a very limited run (usually
100) of an ultra-exact copy of a
renowned artist’s guitar. It’s like an
extreme version of the regular
signature-model idea. Examples so far
have include
SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITARS
SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITARS
50th anniversary model
Neck-plate detail of 50th anniversary model
Stratocaster. Fender described its Tribute Series as
an “elite program” designed to offer
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GIBSON
FLAT-TOPS
JUMBOS
Gibson abandoned rosewood, traditionally considered to
be the best wood for flat-tops. All of the LG and
dreadnought models had mahogany back and sides, and
the SJ-200 (soon to be just J-200) went back into
production with maple back and sides. A smaller, 16-inch
guitar with the same circular lower body as the J-200
appeared in 1951. Called the J-185, it had the maple back
and sides of the J-200. Through the 1950s, while the LGs
and dreadnoughts accounted for the bulk of Gibson’s
acoustic sales, the J-200 kept the Gibson image in front of
music audiences.
Early in the 1950s, Gibson appropriated two features
from its arch-top and electric lines to the flat-top line, but
with limited success. The CF-100,
a small body flat-top, debuted in
1951 sporting a cutaway with
pointed bout. It was available with
or without an electric pickup. Three years later a
dreadnought body was fitted with a pickup and pointed
bout. It was available with or introduced as the J-160.
In the early 1960s, as folk music began to spur the
demand dove image, and an oversized bridge with abstract
dove images inlaid in the bridge ends. The Everly Brothers
model was similar to the J-180 circular lower body as the
J-200 appeared in 1951. Called the J-185, it had the maple
back and sides of the J-200.
1937 Gibson SJ-200 “Ray Whitley” Jumbo
The Dove offered the square-shouldered
dreadnought with a maple body, a pickguard
inlaid with a pearl dove image, and an oversized
bridge with abstract dove images inlaid in the
ends. The Everly Brothers model was similar to
the J-180 “jumbo”.
2002 Gibson J-45 Jumbo
The Dove offered the square-shouldered dreadnought with a
maple body, a pickguard inlaid with a pearl dove image, and
an oversized bridge with abstract dove images inlaid in the
ends.
2000 Gibson ‘60s Dove Reissue
The Everly Brothers model was similar to the J-180 “jumbo”
(non-dreadnought) body with a black finish, double oversized
pickguards, and a pinless bridge designed by the Everlys’
father, 1960s that picked
1952 Gibson J-200
The Dove offered the square-shouldered
dreadnought with a maple body, a pickguard
inlaid with a pearl dove image, and an
oversized bridge with abstract dove images
inlaid in the ends. The Everly Brothers
model was similar to the J-180 “jumbo”.
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“Jumbos and Super
Jumbos top the
Dreadnought”
ACOUSTIC GUITARS
ACOUSTIC GUITARS
2001 Gibson SJ-200 “Western Classic”
The Dove offered the square-shouldered dreadnought with a
maple body, a pickguard inlaid with a pearl dove image, and
an oversized bridge with abstract dove images inlaid in the
ends. The Everly Brothers model was similar to the J-180
“jumbo” (non-dreadnought) body with a black finish, double
oversized pickguards, and a pinless bridge designed by the
Everlys’ father.
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