Strat Lovers... Porn inside

[Joe_Steeler]

Incoming and excited as all heck. Fender CS Masterbuilt Strat built by Dennis Galuszka.
Copy of the CS Calendar for 2007, October guitar of the month.
Built originally for winter NAMM 2006.

Alder Body
1 11/16" nut width
Goldleaf Stars (front and back)
Birdseye Maple neck, 12" radius, '54 neck shape with heavy rolled edges
scalloped neck joint
Deluxe 2-point trem
Black anodized PG
Black anodized Tele knobs
Bone nut
22 Med. Jumbo frets
Fat '50 pickups
Rocket, moon & stars inlays by Ron Thorn

[Metaled1020]

Far out man..........seriously though,i bet that thing plays SWEET!!!!

[Tashtego]

cool guitar. reminds me of Gilmore for some reason.

[daisp]

Love it!

[Bengal65]

That one should be a killer player from the specs. not too mention the looks! Congrats!

[Erez]

Looks Sweet!

[scotty]

Hey Joe I wanted to give you sh!t about being a trader but that sounds cool. You will have post some more pix when you get it.

[asix]

it me or is it a bit cabaret? that not a bad thing but I can imagine it being played by a bloke in his 50's.

[Snoogans]

If that had a Floyd, I'd be all over it.... Sorry, couldn't resist that!
She's a beauty alright, I'm one of those weirdos who prefer the CBS headstock.
What would the list price have been on a piece like that?

[Bengal]

Masterbuilt Fenders are the shit, I bet it plays itself...

As for the finish? Wow. Not for me...

[JetFixxxer]

I don't like the paint scheme at all.

[SEEGERMANY]

I love the paint scheme on the body. I love the large headstock and birdseye neck. The rocket ship on the fretboard is just a little too much for me, but still nice.

[Joe_Steeler]

Thanks guys.
Actually the body is not a paint scheme.
The stars are goldleaf sheets applied directly to the wood, they are masked off with stars, painted over in dark blue and then the masked stars are removed to expose the goldleaf underneath. time consuming and careful since some of the goldleaf could be ripped off and he will have to re-apply and patch up. I have pics of parts of the process.
The neck inlays are white mother of pearl, gold and sterling silver along sintered aluminum and some materials (Atlante & Azurite Malachite) Ron Thorn mentioned and I can't begin to describe them.

The FB Rocket inlay is a bit over top, I like it a lot but odd for sure. Once I got into it and talked with the Masterbuilder and talked Ron Thorn I REALLY got into it as there is sooo much skill and art in doing something like that. Pretty cool to look at and play, because I will be playing that bitch!!

[El Chiguete]

Phicodelic!!

[Rupe]

Masterbuilt Fenders are the shit

The local Fender rep actually told me that one of the best kept secrets is that the team built custom shop instruments far exceed the overall quality of the Masterbuilt ones in that the team built guitars are made using the strengths of the team members whereas the Masterbuilts typically exhibit whatever weakness that the builder may have (he specifically mentioned poor fretwork). Interesteing but it makes sense.