Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop 1994-5 - Aluminum

This is without a doubt one of the best playing Strat's I've ever owned. It has a unique sound to it also. The hollow aluminum body also makes it a great guitar to play without amplification. I never have problems with feedback but having a hollow aluminum body does give it a really interesting field when playing really loud. Is really hard to photograph a aluminum mirrored finish guitar. This texture is highly polished a real judge rapper when seen in person. Aluminum is soft metal so there is some care that is involved in this but it is worth it.If you want more pictures please specify what shot you're looking for.

"Buddy Guy" Autograph 2017


This is truly one of the rarest Fender Strat's EVER!!!
Here is the history behind this unique model.
In 1993 fender purchase some aluminum bodies from Marty Shulte at Spruce Hill guitars. they had some engraving for that years NAMM show in 1994. Fender made approximately 400 American Standard Stratocaster’s in 100 American standard telecaster is in three colors there was blue tie-dye a purple tie-dye in American flag pattern for the fender 40th anniversary. Unfortunately fender didn’t keep records of how many were made of each color
  At the same time the Fender custom shop in California was busy making versions of their own the first was a chrome body with a black iodize aluminum pick guard with the custom shop local etched at this guitar as well as the custom shop aluminum guitar featured a black painted headstock.
 There were several other versions which use Marty shelties beautifully and made bodies the highly engraved chrome aloha the chrome mustang Strat for Ford Motor Company and many Limited additions or one-of-a-kind the most famous is the 1993 Harley Davidson anniversary Stratocaster most of this information can be found on vintage guitar magazine July 1997 in July 1998 issue.
 My personal introduction to these amazing guitars was a many years later when I saw Bob Dylan live playing one... Don Felder also has one.
 The fast forward to 2017-18 and it seems to be that there was 500 of the standard guitars with finishes released in 1994 40th anniversary  that was considered a failed mode due to the fact that aluminum was extremely hard to bind paint to it and back in 1994 if someone dented thier guitar is had a problem with the finish people freaked out and it was too costly to fix or Due to the fact that aluminum was extremely hard to paint and believe it or not back in 1994 if someone dented their guitar they had a problem with the finish.  It was considered a failed model and it was too costly to fix or impossible. Go figure people pay big bucks for that stuff now. FYI Aluminum is a soft metal and that’s easily so I can see how this aircraft paint could chip easily I never owned one of those guitars. I personally think the colors were undesirable. And it was a giant departure from the purest or wood model.
My fascination was the custom shop series. It has been said that there’s approximately under 400 that were made from the custom shop.   In THIS guitar the original pickups were Fender Plus I replaced them with EMGs. There also is a MicroTilt  adjustment on the body & neck.
Something special! I toured with Sugar Blue as his second guitarist in 1985-87. many times we backed up Buddy Guy & Junor Wells or vice a versa.  Back then, we didn’t have cameras  & social media like now to document all the cool moments. Buddy really liked my guitar playing and a particular solo I did in and Iowa blues festival and 86. ,so fast forward to 2017 I went with a friend of mine that was playing drums to talk with Buddy at his showcase "Legends" here in Chicago and met with Buddy and asked him if he would sign my guitar. I was floored & honored that he remembered me.  As you can see his signature is on this guitar.
I use UPS. United States Postal Service is a crapshoot. Tracking sucks and it's always a mystery when it will get there.
Happy to answer any and all questions.