Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster (3-Color Sunburst)

Overview of Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster (3-Color Sunburst)

PURE SRV SOUND AND STYLE

If there were a Mount Rushmore of the Stratocaster, Stevie Ray Vaughan would be one of the greats enshrined there. Fender's Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster is a finely crafted like-new version of Vaughan's favorite guitar - the famous "Number One" Strat® with which he electrified listeners everywhere and seared scorching Texas blues into the top of the charts. For pure SRV tone and style that evokes one of the Stratocaster's most revered masters, this is the "one."

The guitar SRV helped design

Much like fellow Strat slinger Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray literally burst upon the music scene and blew everyone away with his fierce, passionate playing style — though he actually paid his dues for years in hundreds of gigs in dark, smoky clubs in and around Austin, Texas. Like Hendrix, his career was tragically cut short. Sadly, he was not able to see the Artist Series Strat he helped Fender design, which was officially introduced in 1992. The special SRV features are immediately recognizable by any fan of Stevie's music and include an alder body with a rich 3-color sunburst polyurethane finish, along with a distinctive black pickguard (with SRV engraved boldly for everyone to see). Just like Stevie's own guitar, this Artist Series Strat has a reversed (left-handed) tremolo and comes with three blistering Texas Special single-coil pickups that deliver all the raw tone and power you'd expect!

A blistering Strat sound

The original Strat had three single-coil pickups, so it was able to produce sounds that no other guitar could deliver — particularly once players discovered they could lodge the 3-position blade switch in those in-between positions to access neck, middle and bridge, and middle pickup combinations. These were often erroneously referred to as the out-of-phase settings. The Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat comes standard with a modern 5-way blade switch, making it easy to access all the pickup combinations. To deliver that signature SRV tone, this guitar comes with a matched set of Texas Special single-coil pickups, so you can go from the classic Strat spank to a screaming, red-hot lead sound with ease.

Fast-playing maple neck with deep, thick oval shape

Leo Fender wasn't afraid to think outside the box when it came to guitar designs — after all, he was an engineer, not a guitar player. In the 1950s and well into the 1970s, the blonde natural maple neck became almost synonymous with Fender guitars. The Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster comes with a 1-piece maple neck that sports a special early '60s deep, thick oval shape. Next, add 21 jumbo Dunlop frets and a special gloss polyurethane finish, which our resident guitar gurus swear makes this one of the fastest-playing Strats in existence (at least in a production guitar), and you have an instrument worthy of the initials SRV!

Features

• Early-'60s oval neck profile
• Pau ferro fingerboard with 6105 frets
• Texas Special™ pickups
• Engraved SRV pickguard
• Gold-plated hardware
• Reverse vintage-style tremolo bridge

Specifications

Body

• Body Material: Alder
• Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®

Neck

• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
• Neck Shape: Thick "Oval"
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
• Fingerboard Material: Pau Ferro
• Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Narrow Tall
• Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Position Inlays: Ivory Dot
• Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle 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
• Configuration: SSS

Hardware

• Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
• Hardware Finish: Gold-Plated
• Tuning Machines: 6-in-Line American Vintage
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black with Engraved SRV
• Control Knobs: White Plastic
• Switch Tip: White
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Custom

Miscellaneous

• Strings: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
• Other Features: Deep, Thick Oval Shape Neck, Gold Plated Vintage Hardware, Engraved SRV Pickguard, Left Handed American Vintage Tremolo

Accessories

• Case/Gig Bag: Vintage-Style Tweed Case
• Included Accessories: Vintage Tweed Hardshell Case, Strap, Cable