World-renowned session ace Michael Landau has played on hundreds of albums since the early 1980s, with artists as varied as Joni Mitchell, Seal, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, B.B. King, Pink Floyd and Miles Davis, to name only a few. He has also fronted several bands, including the Raging Honkies, Burning Water and, more recently, Renegade Creation with Robben Ford. With his own group, he continues to raise the bar in electric jazz, instrumental and rock guitar.
The Fender Custom Shop Artist Collection Michael Landau Signature 1968 Relic Stratocaster is based on Landau’s 1968 Stratocaster, with a hand-selected lightweight alder body, special "custom oval" neck profile, custom hand-wound pickups and wiring, and a worn Black and Bleached Three-color Sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer finishes. Other features include a round-laminated dark rosewood fingerboard with a 7.25" radius and 6105 frets, period-correct large headstock, five-way pickup switching, and custom vintage-style tremolo bridge. The guitar comes with a case, strap and Fender Custom Shop certificate of authenticity.
Body Material: | Select Lightweight Alder |
Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck Material: | Maple, Plain Grain |
Neck Profile: | Michael Landau 1963 Custom "C" |
Fingerboard Material: | Rosewood AAA, sort for darkness |
Fingerboard Inlays: | Micarta White Dot |
Frets: | 21, Narrow Tall / 6105 |
Fingerboard Radius: | 7.25" |
Scale Length: | 25.5" (648 mm) |
Nut Material: | Bone |
Width at Nut: | 1.650" (42 mm) |
Neck Pickup: | Fender Custom Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat® |
Middle Pickup: | Fender Custom Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat® |
Bridge Pickup: | Fender Custom Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat® |
Controls: | Master Volume, 2 Tone, 5-Way selector switch |
Wiring: | Modern Stratocaster Wiring |
Bridge: | American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
Tuners: | Fender®/Gotoh® Vintage Style |
Hardware Finish: | Nickel/Chrome |
Accessories: | Fender Custom Brown Hardshell Case, Fender Custom Leather Strap, Picks, Certificate of Authenticity |