Les plus belles Fender Custom Shop

1994 40th Anniversary Stratocaster
Remarks: Designed by J.W. Black, John Page and Pamelina Hovnatanian, built by the Custom Shop Staff, with an engraved pickguard by Ron Chacey and twelfth fret inlay by Larry Sifel. Two-tone sunburst flame maple top on ash body. You got a ring with this guitar as well.

Dragon with Mermaid Stratocaster (year unknown)
Remarks: Designed by George Amicay, built by John English with painting by Pamelina Hovnatanian and relief carving by George Amicay. Solid alder body with bas-relief-carved mermaid and dragon. Bird's eye maple neck.

j'ai toujours trouvé que ce qui faisait la beauté des fender c'etait leur simplicité

alors je n'ai jamais trop aimé les guitares fender trop travaillés

N'aimant pourtant pas les Strat, j'avoue que celle-ci est sublime

Blue Moto Strat/Tele Set (year unknown)
Remarks: These guitars feature blue Moto ("mother of toilet seat") overlay, and gold hardware all over the place. They also have custom pickups and electronics.

Ernie Isley "Zeal" Stratocaster (year unknown)
Remarks: This guitar (like the other one featured above somewhere) was commissioned by Ernie Isley's wife. It was built out of the finest quilted maple and features hand-carved roses throughout. It also has the familiar "Zeal" inlay, gold hardware and custom pickups.

La Taranta Stratocaster (year unknown)
Remarks: This guitar was built by Mike Kendrick with artwork by Dan Shultz. It uses exotic woods and hand-painted art. In fact, the guitar was sold with a full-size hand-painted, um, painting. Custom pickguard and pickups, gold hardware, and a unique inlay make this guitar quite a work of art.

Control Plate Stratocaster (year unknown)
Remarks: This guitar is a replica of one of the earliest 1954 prototypes of the Stratocaster, which included a metal part of the pickguard where the controls were located.

Leopard Strat/Tele Set (year unknown)
Remarks: A set of guitars with leopard motif. Gold abalone "cat's paw" fret markers, black hardware, ebony fretboard. The leopard motif is actually a custom print foil. It's got antique sunburst around the edges.

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Birds-Eye Alder Strat/Tele Set (year unknown)
Remarks: Birds-Eye Alder is very rare, and it highly figured. These guitars also have gold anodized pickguards.

6/12 Doubleneck Stratocaster (year unknown)
Remarks: Quite a beautifully finished guitar. One neck is 12 strings, the other 6. Exotic woods were used throughout. Highly figured maple necks and a quilted maple top. Beautiful. Built by Art Asparza.

Ernie Isley's Custom Stratocaster (year unknown)
Remarks: This guitar was specially made by the Custom Shop for Ernie Isley, one of the Isley Brothers. It was commissioned by his wife on occasion of her husband's birthday. George Amicay hand-carved the flame maple top, and also engraved a subtle rose in the headstock (look hard). The rosewood fingerboard has several inlaus as well, among which are a hummingbird and two doves. The guitar itself was built by Art Esparza.

2000 Jaguar Stratocaster
Remarks: Built by Stephen Stern. Only 25 of these guitars were made, especially for the United Kingdom. It includes burl walnut from the same supplier who provides Jaguar with the wood for their interior details. It also has an 18 carat gold 'jumping cat' inlay on the neck, and gold hardware all over. One seriously stylish-looking guitar.

Gold Sparkle Stratocaster (year unknown)
Remarks: This guitar, built by Todd Krause, has custom pickups (Seymour Duncan humbucker at the bridge and a single-coil at the neck) and a Floyd Rose locking tremolo. Locking nut

1999 (?) Wireless Strat Rod Deville
Remarks: This guitar is wireless, and the amp (seen in the back) fits with it. The remote circuitry is built into the guitar itself, and the player can turn the amp on/off/standby on the guitar. The artwork was hand-painted by noted hot rod artist Dennis McPhail.