You don’t see many of the George Fullerton Masterbuilt Custom Shop Stratocaster’s come up for sale with the aged Tweed Pro Jr amp still in tow. Here’s your chance to acquire a complete set. This guitar has been in a large collection by the original owner and virtually unplayed since new. Once we did a fresh setup and plugged it in we knew instantly that this is a great sounding and playing Stratocaster. This piece is in excellent condition with all of the custom shop paperwork, case candy, aged OHSC, & aged tweed Pro Jr. included.
Weight – 7lbs 2oz
From Fender –
Fifty years after the introduction of the iconic 1957 Fender Stratocaster guitar, Fender is honored to welcome one of the original design pioneers, George Fullerton, back to the Fender family for the release of the Limited Edition George Fullerton 50th Anniversary Stratocaster guitar and amp set. The Fullerton set will be produced by the Fender Custom Shop in Limited Edition of only 150 globally and will include Master Built reproduction of a 1957 Stratocaster paired with a Relic Tweed Pro JuniorTM amplifier. The project was a creative collaboration between Mr. Fullerton and the Fender Custom Shop Master Builders that evokes the original spirit of devotion and craftsmanship that Fender was founded upon.
The resulting Limited Edition George Fullerton 50th Anniversary Stratocaster is a beautifully Master Built instrument with a two-color sunburst lacquer finish on its three-piece blade-cut alder body. The one-piece ’57-style soft V-shaped maple neck has a lacquer finish and 7.25″-radius maple fingerboard. The guitar include ’50s-style pickups hand wound by world-renown expert Abigail Ybarra, who was hired to work for Fender by George Fullerton in 1956 and continues to work at the Fender Custom Shop today. The guitar also features a three-position pickup selector switch mounted on a single-ply white pickguard, plus vintage hardware, a commemorative neck plate and a certificate of authenticity signed by George Fullerton himself.
The guitar’s partner is the Relic Tweed Pro Junior amp, which evokes the revered ’50s era of small Fender tube amps such as the Champ, Princeton and Harvard. The 15-watt, single-channel Relic Tweed Pro Junior features a single 10″ speaker, vintage pointer knobs and period-correct vintage-style tweed covering.
In 1948, George Fullerton went to work for his close friend, Clarence “Leo” Fender at the Fender Electric Instrument Co. in Fullerton, Calif. He became a key collaborator with Leo and played a pivotal role in the design and manufacture of the revolutionary instruments and amplifiers that later went on to change the world.
“Leo and I used to go out and sit in these nightclubs, beer joints and smoky rooms to talk to musicians, to listen to what they had to say,” said Fullerton. “We were trying to learn what players really needed for their instruments. We listened to them rather than tell them what we were doing—we used a lot of what we learned in our designs for the market.”
