For decades, Michael Landau has served as a top-tier session guitarist, playing – by his estimate(opens in new tab) – on over 700 albums and soundtracks, by artists including Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and countless others. Price is 3,049.00 €.
Now, Fender is honoring Landau with not one, but two, new signature guitars that pay homage to the modded '59 Stratocaster the guitarist purchased from a Los Angeles shop when he was 16.
The two electric guitars – one a US-made, Stories Collection model, the other a made-to-order Custom Shop instrument – have a number of things in common, with a couple of notable differences, as well.
For starters, the guitar is built with an alder body with a faded red lacquer finish and a custom C-shaped maple neck that boasts a 25.5" slab rosewood fretboard with 21 Narrow Tall frets, white pearloid dot inlays, a 7.25" radius, and a bone nut.
Sounds on the Strat come by way of a pair of custom Michael Landau Ultra Noiseless single-coil Strat pickups – in the neck and middle positions – and a custom Landau CuNiFe Wide-Range humbucker in the bridge. These are adjustable via the standard Strat control layout – two tone knobs and a master volume, and a five-way blade pickup switch. Read the full article on GuitarWorld.
