Fender Custom Shop Rory Gallagher Signature Stratocaster Electric Guitar 3-Color Sunburst

Bought 16 years ago(made in 2003).. I own 4 strats, all CS, and this the best! Resonate and just inspirational. Not many made. Probably the 2nd best Strat player ever played this guitar and it was painstakingly reproduced. Comes set up for slide and I lowered the strings as I have a light touch with the slide. Pick ups are unique replicas of Rory's and you can grab every tone he did, jazz to heavy! Neck is slightly thin but you feel every note and get great sustain and feedback. After years of giving mine began to twist and had it replaced. Buying CS from MF you have a life time relationship with CS! No charge! This alone is worth buying new from MF. Blues and rock are it's heritage and you are covered with the RG forever! Rory was a consummate devotee to tone and this guitar lost its paint in the rain after being stolen and tossed into a ditch. Once it dried out it sang and inspired and for me it still does.

I use this guitar for rehearsal and in live performance. It's versatile in tones and applications from Traditional Blues to Rock-a-Billy to Blues Rock to Rock - which covers 99% of what I play.

I'm tired of being ripped off by Fender, Gibson when selling their so call 'custom shop' guitars. I played this at a local GC. Nice guitar but not close to being nice for the price. Myself and others in the store compared regular strats against this and some beat it while most went toe to toe with it. If you could play like Rory you most likely could make a Squire sound good. If you have the money or the ego to have something overpriced knock yourself out.

I was at the Nashville guitar show 4 years ago with the mindset on getting a mid-70's Les Paul. I brought along a 64 Mustang and a reissue Custom Shop Nocaster for trade bait. I narrowed my picks down to 3 Les Pauls. Sunday I went back to close the deal and saw this old looking Strat sitting in a booth and picked it up and plinked around a bit. This was the motherlode! It felt as though I'd played this guitar for years, neck was like butter. Next step, plug it in. Single coils were true to vintage stock and I was sold. Sure I had heard of Rory but never got into what guitar he used. Well it's my #1 over the last 4 years. Only a resonator has made it up on stage. It's got the feel, mojo and sound. What a beauty!!