2021 Fender ‘Kenny Wayne Shepherd’ Stratocaster® In Faded Sonic Blue Finish
With a custom blue finish, chambered ash body and specially-voiced pickups, the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Stratocaster® is fine-tuned to play the blues – and beyond. This distinctive Strat also features plenty of subtle but striking updates making it an eye-catching tone monster.
- Ash body is chambered for lighter weight and added resonance
- Deep-contoured, '61-style body in translucent Faded Sonic Blue with matching Headstock
- Quartersawn maple neck with 7.25" radius bound rosewood fingerboard and rare block inlays
- Specially made (rare) Fender bound rosewood fingerboard with 12" radius
- 3 Fender Custom-Voiced Kenny Wayne Shepherd Single-Coils wound to Kenny’s specifications
- Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo with Graph Tech Saddles
- Vintage-style machine heads and genuine bone nut aid in excellent tuning stability
- Deluxe hardshell case included
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It’s been 25 years since Kenny Wayne Shepherd exploded onto the national scene as a teenage blues guitar phenom. In the years since, the Shreveport, Louisiana native has served as one of the genre’s foremost artists and ambassadors. Having played with Buddy Guy and B.B. King, as well as Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble and Muddy Waters’ band, Shepherd is always mindful to shine a light on the greats who preceded him. By blending the sounds of his past with his own fresh take on rock, country and soul, he's sold millions of albums, charted a string of hits and toured the world over.
And his 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar has been along for the ride every step of the way. “I grew up playing a Strat,” says Shepherd, who idolized Strat icons like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy and Stevie Ray Vaughan. “Everything about the instrument is just perfect for me. It’s all in the right spot for the way that I play.”
This distinctive Strat also features plenty of subtle but striking updates. The ash body is chambered for lighter weight and added resonance, and is finished (along with the headstock) in a Transparent Faded Sonic Blue lacquer – a custom color that highlights the rich wood grain below. There’s also a rosewood fingerboard with binding and block inlays — two features that Shepherd says hearken back to “a very limited run of Strats from the mid '60s with binding and blocks. I always dug those design elements and so I wanted to see them on a premium model Stratocaster.”
This guitar will be listed soon – stay tuned!
Specifications
General
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Condition |
Brand New |
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Number of Strings |
6 |
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Orientation |
Right-handed |
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Country of Origin |
U.S.A. |
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Year |
2021 |
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Limited Edition / Series |
Artist Signature Series |
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Weight |
7.2 lbs. (Approx.) |
body
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Body Type |
Solidbody |
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Body Shape |
Double Cutaway Strat™ SSS |
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Body Material |
2-pc Ash |
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Body Carve |
Front: Arm Contour |
Back: Waist Contour |
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Body Binding |
Front: No |
Back: No |
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Weight Relief |
Chambered |
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Body Finish Type |
High-gloss thin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish |
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Color |
Front: Trans Faded Sonic Blue |
Back: Trans Faded Sonic Blue |
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Other |
− |
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neck
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Neck Material |
1-pc Quartersawn Maple |
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Truss Rod |
Bi-flex 2-way Adjustable |
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Peghead Particulars |
Front: Faded Sonic Blue with ‘ 60s Fender® Stratocaster™, Synchronized
Tremolo, Original Custom Body and Artist’s Signature Decals | Back: Blank |
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Neck Profile |
Early-'60s C-shape |
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Fingerboard Material |
Rosewood |
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Fingerboard Radius |
7.25” |
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Scale Length |
25.5" |
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No. Frets / Type |
21 / Jumbo |
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Nut Size / Material |
1.650” / Bone |
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Neck Width |
− |
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Neck Depth |
− |
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Fingerboard Inlays |
Pearloid Block |
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Neck Binding |
Yes, ‘60s Style, White
Binding |
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Side Dots |
Black |
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Neck Joint |
Bolt-on |
hardware
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Bridge / Tremolo |
Nickel/Chrome, 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo w/Graph Tech®
Saddles |
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String Tree |
Roller T-String |
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Tuning Machines |
Nickel/Chrome, Fender® 6-in-Line American Vintage Sealed, 14:01 Ratio |
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Pickup Cover / Ring |
White Plastic, Exposed Pole, Pickguard-mounted SSS configuration / no Rings |
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Strap Buttons |
Polished Aluminum End Pins |
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Pickguard |
4-Ply White Pearloid W/B/WB, Short-bevel, 11-hole, Shielded |
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Control Knobs |
White Plastic Strat™ Knobs with no Dial Pointers |
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Switch |
White Plastic Blade Tip |
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Neck Plate |
Chrome, 4-bolt with US Serial Number |
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Back Plate |
Single Ply White Pearloid |
electronics
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Bridge Pickup |
Fender® Custom-Voiced Kenny Wayne Shepherd Single-Coil
Strat |
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Middle Pickup |
Fender® Custom-Voiced Kenny Wayne Shepherd Single-Coil
Strat |
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Neck Pickup |
Fender® Custom-Voiced Kenny Wayne Shepherd Single-Coil
Strat |
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Active / Passive |
Passive |
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Series / Parallel |
Series |
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Controls |
1 Master Volume, 2 Tone, 5-position Blade Pickup Selector |
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Vol Potentiometer |
250k |
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Tone Potentiometers |
250k |
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Capacitor / Resistor |
KWS Single-Coil™ Set Values |
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Harness |
Standard pickguard-mounted Strat™ Wiring |
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S-1 Switch |
No |
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Greasebucket T-Circuit |
No |
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MDX/TBX Circuit |
No |
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Active Electronics |
No |
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Piezo |
No |
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Kill Switch |
No |
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Output Jack |
Switchcraft™ 1/4" 2-Conductor Mono |
miscellaneous
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Case / Gigbag |
Fender® U.S.A. G&G Deluxe Hardshell Case with crushed Red Velvet
Interior & locks |
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Strap Locks |
No |
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Strings |
Fender® U.S.A. 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges) |
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Tools / Accessories |
Truss Rod Wrench / Polishing cloth, Chrome Bridge Cover, Tremolo Arm
and case keys |
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Manual / Literature |
Fender® U.S.A. Owner’s Manual, Ltd Lifetime Warranty, Hang Tags |
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C.O.A. |
Yes, Fender Certificate of Authenticity |
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Other |
Matching Headstock |
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Weight |
Is the actual weighed-value in US Standard Units |
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Disclosure |
Some
technical Specs may have been extracted from Fender® U.S.A. and/or internet
archives. The words Fender® and the associated designs are registered
trademarks of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and the other named
entities, if any, respectively |
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