Fender Custom Shop designers met Donal Gallagher, brother of the late, great Rory Gallagher, in 1997 at Los Angeles International Airport and received a gig bag holding one of the most coveted guitars of all time—Rory’s worn-to-the-wood 1961 Stratocaster guitar. Fender initially built 40 “clones” for the European market, and was subsequently besieged with requests for more.
The Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster guitar is an exact replica of that revered instrument, right down to the extremely worn 3-Color Sunburst alder body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. We’ve even included five Sperzel tuners and one Gotoh tuner, and we’ve replaced the 12th-fret dot marker with white plastic instead of the original clay. It also features three custom-wound ’60s single-coil pickups, aged chrome hardware, 21 jumbo frets and a bone nut. Our homage to a true and truly missed master.
Technical Info
Series: Custom Shop Tribute Series
Model Name: Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster®
Model Number: 015-0080-(800)
Colors: (800) 3-color Sunburst, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Body: Select Alder
Neck: Maple, Early ‘60s “C” Shape, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5 in. Radius (241mm)
No. of Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo Frets
Pickups: 3 Custom ‘60s Single-Coil Strat® Pickups
Controls: Master Volume, Tone (Neck), Tone (Middle)
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
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads: 5 Sperzel® Die-Cast Machines with 1 Mis-Matched Gotoh® Tuner
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
Scale Length: 25.5 in. (648 mm)
Width at Nut: 1.650 in. (42 mm)
Unique Features:
- Aged White Plastic Parts,
- Original Dot Spacing
- One Mis-matched Sperzel Tuning Machine,
- Clay Dots with One Mis-matched White Plastic Dot at the 12th Fret,
- Slot-Head Mounting Screws in Selector Switch,
- Heavily Worn and Distressed with Most of the Paint Missing,
- Replicates the Wear Patterns of Rory’s Original Guitar
Strings: Fender Super 250R, (.010 to .046) Nickel Plated Steel pn# 073-0250-006
Accessories Included: Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case, Strap, Cable
Case: Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case
Introduced: 1/2004
Notice: Product Prices, Features, Specifications and Availability Are Subject To Change Without Notice
