Fender Fender Japan STR-135 Richie Sambora

Ever since Fender began producing the Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster in 1987, the Signature Series has expanded to include a diverse array of artists, with models manufactured in both California and Mexico. 

The Richie Sambora Stratocaster features an Alder body with a Maple fingerboard with abalone star inlays, as well as a Floyd Rose tremolo, and two Texas Special single coils with a DiMarzio PAF Pro humbucker in the bridge position. Richie Sambora's signature appears on the back of the headstock. Updated in 1999 to an SSS pickup configuration and a vintage-style tremolo.

Sambora's name is also attached to a Black Paisley Stratocaster that was made in Japan in 1996 only, and to a made-in-Mexico Standard Stratocaster that debuted a year after his American Signature Strat. 

Years of Production: 1993 - 1999