Fender Custom Shop Mark Kendrick Founders Design Stratocaster - Golden Teal Sparkle Burst

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Fender Custom Shop Mark Kendrick Founders Design Stratocaster Golden Teal Sparkle Burst
THE BUILDER:MARK KENDRICK

Founding Master Builder(1991-2016)

In April of 1991, Mark Kendrick was hired to paint for the Fender Custom Shop and went on to be a builder in 1992. While at the Custom Shop, he touched several aspects — from painting and building to artist relations and R&D. "There was no hard line,” he said. During his 25 years at the Custom Shop, he worked with some of the most-respected names in music: Merle Haggard, Keith Richards and Eric Clapton–for whom he worked on the "Gold Leaf" Stratocaster. Throughout his 25 years, the Custom Shop always represented “unshackled creativity in the guitar arena."
Kendrick continues to pursue all things guitar, namely his own vision of creating "wonderfully electric" guitar sounds under the Mark Kendrick Design brand, building pedals and guitars to be released in 2017.
THE GUITAR

Mark Kendrick Founders Design Stratocaster

Mark Kendrick looks for inspiration all around him, finding creative ideas from the sky, sunsets and sunrises, to the California coast and Technicolor movies. His Founders Design Stratocaster is an amalgam of the work he did during his time at the Custom Shop–focusing on simplicity, as well as his three core design elements: color, lines and sound. The golden teal sparkle burst with transparent walnut back and sides is inspired by the "Cholo low-rider culture" out of Santa Ana during the ‘70s. The Stratocaster will feature three Mark Kendrick OEM Strat pickups, and the control plate is a tip of the hat to George Fullerton, who did something similar but less characteristic to a Stratocaster pickguard, on an unreleased ‘50s guitar. Taking on a vintage feel, the Stratocaster features nickel/chrome hardware with vintage-style staggered tuning machines and an American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo bridge.
MORE ABOUT MARK KENDRICK FOUNDERS DESIGN STRATOCASTER
Mark Kendrick looks for inspiration all around him, finding creative ideas from the sky, sunsets and sunrises, to the California coast and Technicolor movies. His Founders Design Stratocaster is an amalgam of the work he did during his time at the Custom Shop – focusing on simplicity, as well as his three core design elements: color, lines and sound. The golden teal sparkle burst with transparent walnut back and sides is inspired by the “Cholo low-rider culture” out of Santa Ana during the '70s.
The Stratocaster will feature three Mark Kendrick OEM Strat pickups, and the control plate is a tip of the hat to George Fullerton, who did something similar but less characteristic to a Stratocaster pickguard, on an unreleased ‘50s guitar. Taking on a vintage feel, the Stratocaster features nickel/chrome hardware with vintage-style staggered tuning machines and an American Vintage synchronized tremolo bridge.






FEATURES




Model
Mark Kendrick Founders Design Stratocaster®, Flat-Lam Indian Rosewood Fingerboard, Golden Teal Sparkle Burst


Builder
Fender Custom Shop


Year
2017


Body Type
Solid Body


Top Wood
Alder


Finish Type
Nitrocellulose Lacquer


Finish Color
Golden Teal Sparkle Burst


Back Finish
Nitrocellulose Lacquer


Binding
1-Ply White


Neck Wood
Maple


Fingerboard
Indian Rosewood


Neck Carve
'60s "C"


Scale Length
25.5" (648 mm)


Neck Dimensions
.800'' - .960''


Neck Radius
7.25" to 12" Compund Radius (184 mm to 305 mm)


Neck Finish
21 - Medium Jumbo


Inlays
Pearloid Dots


Side Dots
Pearloid Dots


Neck Pickup
Custom Mark Kendrick Design Single-Coil Strat


Middle Pickup
Custom Mark Kendrick Design Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Single-Coil Strat


Bridge Pickup
Custom Mark Kendrick Design Single-Coil Strat


Pickguard
3-Ply Aged White


Hardware
Vintage Chrome


Bridge
6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo


Tuners
Vintage-Style Staggered


Controls
Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup), 5-Position Blade


Extras
Custom accessory kit; Founders Design Signature neck plate; engraved bridge cover;signed Certificate of Authenticity.


Case
Fender Custom Shop Black Tolex Case


Weight
8.15 Pounds









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