Custom Shop Model
On November 11, 2008, the Fender Custom Shop released the Yngwie Malmsteen "Play Loud" Stratocaster, a painstaking copy of Yngwie's battered 1971 Strat, which was used as the model in the creation of this edition. Each of the guitars in the edition was hand-built by Senior Master Builder John Cruz, Senior Master Builder Todd Krause and Senior Master Builder Yuriy Shishkov, featuring a heavily "reliced" Vintage White finish and the hand-written "Play Loud" sticker on the upper horn. As on the original, the neck is lightly scalloped. Other specifications include:
- Pickups: 2 DiMarzio HS-3 Stack Humbuckers (neck, bridge) or now to be replaced with Seymour Duncan STK-S10 YJM Furys (neck, bridge), Fender Standard Vintage 1970's Single-Coil (middle).
- Body: Alder.
- Neck: Maple.
- Fingerboard: Maple, Lightly Scalloped 7¼" Radius.
- Number of Frets: 21.
- Scale Length: 25 ½" inches.
- Bolt On Neck.
- Dunlop 6000 Super-Jumbo Frets.
- Brass Nut.
- New Bullet Truss Rod Nut.
- Large '70s Styled Headstock Shape.
- Original Body Shape with "Original Contour Body" Decal on Headstock.
- American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo.
- Fender/Schaller Vintage "F" Style Tuning Machines.
- Chrome Hardware.
- 3-Ply White/Black/White Pickguard.
- Aged Knobs and Pickup Covers.
- Master Volume Control.
- No-Load Tone Controls (Neck and Middle Pickups).
- 3-Way Position Pickup Selector Switch.
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