Eric Johnson's signature Stratocaster is built to his own detailed specs, and this version puts a bound round-laminated rosewood board on the quartersawn maple neck. The light two-piece alder body has deep 1957-style contours and cavities, and the neck has a '57-style soft "V" with its contours sanded very smooth, under gloss nitrocellulose lacquer.
The 12" radius is flatter than vintage, so the action can sit low and wide bends stay clean, with 21 medium jumbo frets. Three Specially Voiced Eric Johnson Single-Coil pickups are mounted with countersunk screws, and the tone controls work the neck and bridge pickups, so the bridge pickup can be tamed. The tremolo has a silver-painted block, a '57-style string recess and five springs, with no back cover, and staggered vintage-style tuners and a specially engraved neck plate finish it.
The Eric Johnson Stratocaster Maple is the same guitar with a maple board. For a recreation of one of his own vintage guitars, compare the Stories Collection Eric Johnson 1954 Virginia Stratocaster. This version comes in Tropical Turquoise.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Pickguard: 1-Ply Parchment
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Soft "V"
Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Position Inlays: White Pearloid Dot
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Specially Voiced Eric Johnson Single-Coil with Countersunk Mounting Screws
Middle Pickup: Specially Voiced Eric Johnson Single-Coil with Countersunk Mounting Screws
Neck Pickup: Specially Voiced Eric Johnson Single-Coil with Countersunk Mounting Screws
Pickup Configuration: SSS
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge 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
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Staggered
Tremolo Arm: American Vintage
Control Knobs: Parchment Plastic
Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
Strings: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
CASE
Case: Deluxe Blonde Hardshell with Brown Ends (Gold Interior)