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348ssl=1 696w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />In âofficialâ terms, the Fender Custom Shop opened in 1987. But its story actually began February 1, 1985 â the day CBS announced the sale of Fender Musical Instruments to a group led by Bill Schultz, whoâd served as President of the company for four years. Speaking to the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> the following day, Schultz said, âThis is an opportunity to keep a very viable and legendary name alive in the industry.â He envisioned regaining the companyâs status from the days when Leo Fender was at the helm â when it enjoyed a reputation of innovation, quality, and value among players of all levels.</h3> 349<figure id="attachment_32869" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32869" style="width: 401px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-32869" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/01_FENDER_CUSTOM_06FredStuartDouble-Neck.jpg?resize=401%2C577&ssl=1" alt="" width="401" height="577" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/01_FENDER_CUSTOM_06FredStuartDouble-Neck.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/01_FENDER_CUSTOM_06FredStuartDouble-Neck.jpg?resize=208%2C300&ssl=1 208w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/01_FENDER_CUSTOM_06FredStuartDouble-Neck.jpg?resize=696%2C1002&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/01_FENDER_CUSTOM_06FredStuartDouble-Neck.jpg?resize=292%2C420&ssl=1 292w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32869" class="wp-caption-text">Fred Stuart with an early Custom Shop 6/12 doubleneck.</figcaption></figure> 350<p>In two decades of ownership, CBS Corporation had turned Fenderâs reputation upside-
350down. Through the â70s and â80s, most players viewed Fender as lacking innovation, quality, and value. As Schultz planned new manufacturing facilities after the sale, he recognized that in addition to production models, they needed to offer discerning players the chance to build their âdream guitarâ and watch as it was brought to life. 351 352 353<p>In 1986, Schultz (1926-2006) hired Michael Stevens to head a custom-build facility slated for construction in Corona, California. Stevens completed the first âFender Custom Shopâ guitar â serial number 0001, at his shop in Texas prior to arriving in Corona. This guitar was also the first ever doubleneck Fender, essentially a Strat on top and an Esquire. 354 355 356<p>The first item on Stevensâ agenda was to lure former Fender R&D whiz kid John Page back to assist him. With a staff of two, the Fender Custom shop was open for business. 357 358 359<p>âWhen word got out that we had a custom shop, at the end of three months we had [several hundred] orders,â Stevens recalled. A small team of top-shelf builders was hired, including J.W. Black, George Blanda, Mark Kendrick, Fred Stuart, Alan Hamel, and Gene Baker. In â89, Page took the helm. 360 361 362<p>âThe Custom Shop was the beginning of bringing the soul back to Fender,â he said. âIt was a big component in healing the scars created from CBS ownership. We were about making the best-quality guitar we were capable of making, and pushing it artistically.â 363 364</p><div style='margin:5px auto; margin-bottom: 15px;' id='zone_load_1694133637'><div class='broadstreet-story-ad-text' style='font-size:11px; color:#ccc; margin-bottom: 5px;'>– Advertisement –</div><broadstreet-zone place="0" callback="zone_load_1694133637" zone-id="92731" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,classic-instruments,overdrive,fender-custom-shop-marks-30-years,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div>
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364 365 366 367<p>That kind of work gets noticed, and guitars were soon being made for Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Jimmy Page, joined quickly by a profusion of other top players in the queue. 368 369 370<figure id="attachment_32871" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32871" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-32871" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/02_FENDER_CUSTOM_02-0001.jpg?resize=1000%2C2321&ssl=1" alt="" width="1000" height="2321" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/02_FENDER_CUSTOM_02-0001.jpg?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/02_FENDER_CUSTOM_02-0001.jpg?resize=129%2C300&ssl=1 129w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/02_FENDER_CUSTOM_02-0001.jpg?resize=768%2C1783&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/02_FENDER_CUSTOM_02-0001.jpg?resize=441%2C1024&ssl=1 441w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/02_FENDER_CUSTOM_02-0001.jpg?resize=696%2C1615&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/02_FENDER_CUSTOM_02-0001.jpg?resize=181%2C420&ssl=1 181w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32871" class="wp-caption-text">The first Custom Shop guitar was also Fenderâs first doubleneck.</figcaption></figure> 371<figure id="attachment_32872" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32872" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-32872" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/03_FENDER_CUSTOM_09-FredStuart.jpg?resize=400%2C656&ssl=1" alt="" width="400" height="656" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/03_FENDER_CUSTOM_09-FredStuart.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/03_FENDER_CUSTOM_09-FredStuart.jpg?resize=183%2C300&ssl=1 183w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/03_FENDER_CUSTOM_09-FredStuart.jpg?resize=624%2C1024&ssl=1 624w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/03_FENDER_CUSTOM_09-FredStuart.jpg?resize=696%2C1141&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/03_FENDER_CUSTOM_09-FredStuart.jpg?resize=256%2C420&ssl=1 256w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32872" class="wp-caption-text">Fred Stuart.</figcaption></figure> 372<p>Over the past three decades, the Fender Custom Shop has produced everything from dead-on historic replicas to guitars that are more like works of fine art. 373 374 375<p>While the Custom Shop is now home to many more luthiers building many more guitars, the ethos remains true to the vision of its founders: unshackled creativity married to absolute attention to detail. While the guitar world debates the horrors of the ârace to the bottom,â with manufacturers continuously finding new ways to cut costs and flooding the market with cheap instruments, the Custom Shop stands as proof there remains a market for superior instruments. 376 377 378<p>This year, Fender reunited the builders who shaped the Custom Shop legacy and each was asked to build a Founderâs Design 30th Anniversary guitar that reflected their personal passions and design philosophies. <i>Vintage Guitar</i> spoke with Page, Black, and Kendrick, as well as current Master Builders Dale Wilson and Scott Buehl along with VP of Product Development Mike Lewis. 379 380</p><div style='margin:5px auto; margin-bottom: 15px;' id='zone_load_2010540464'><div class='broadstreet-story-ad-text' style='font-size:11px; color:#ccc; margin-bottom: 5px;'>– Advertisement –</div><broadstreet-zone place="1" callback="zone_load_2010540464" zone-id="92731" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,classic-instruments,overdrive,fender-custom-shop-marks-30-years,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div>
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395 396 397 398<p><b>Dale Wilson:</b> I started by working on my own guitars and progressed to working on some of my friendsâ guitars, then eventually got a job at a small repair shop near my house. 399 400 401<p><b>Mike Lewis:</b> It all started in the third grade, when I played a half-size string bass in the school orchestra. Later, I strummed a guitar from a neighbor and thought âI could play this.â They let me borrow the guitar, and when the Beatles came out a few years later, that gave me complete focus. It just took off from there. 402 403 404<figure id="attachment_32873" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32873" style="width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-32873" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/04_FENDER_CUSTOM_09-13Page30thAnnv.jpg?resize=700%2C467&ssl=1" alt="" width="700" height="467" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/04_FENDER_CUSTOM_09-13Page30thAnnv.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/04_FENDER_CUSTOM_09-13Page30thAnnv.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/04_FENDER_CUSTOM_09-13Page30thAnnv.jpg?resize=696%2C464&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/04_FENDER_CUSTOM_09-13Page30thAnnv.jpg?resize=630%2C420&
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413 414 415 416<p><b>DW:</b> To me, it epitomizes the best guitar Fender has to offer. 417 418 419<p><b>SB:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space">Â </span>I think about the quality. Specifically, the playability, fit, and finish, the wiring and the paint being a cut above. Some of the hardware is only available from the Custom Shop. 420 421 422<figure id="attachment_32874" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32874" style="width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-32874" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/05_FENDER_CUSTOM_01StevensPage.jpg?resize=700%2C457&ssl=1" alt="" width="700" height="457" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/05_FENDER_CUSTOM_01StevensPage.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/05_FENDER_CUSTOM_01StevensPage.jpg?resize=300%2C196&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/05_FENDER_CUSTOM_01StevensPage.jpg?resize=696%2C454&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/05_FENDER_CUSTOM_01StevensPage.jpg?resize=643%2C420&
422ssl=1 643w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32874" class="wp-caption-text">Work stations in the early Custom Shop.</figcaption></figure> 423<figure id="attachment_32875" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32875" style="width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-32875" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/06_FENDER_CUSTOM_04EarlyProduction.jpg?resize=700%2C483&ssl=1" alt="" width="700" height="483" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/06_FENDER_CUSTOM_04EarlyProduction.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/06_FENDER_CUSTOM_04EarlyProduction.jpg?resize=300%2C207&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/06_FENDER_CUSTOM_04EarlyProduction.jpg?resize=100%2C70&ssl=1 100w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/06_FENDER_CUSTOM_04EarlyProduction.jpg?resize=218%2C150&ssl=1 218w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/06_FENDER_CUSTOM_04EarlyProduction.jpg?resize=696%2C480&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/06_FENDER_CUSTOM_04EarlyProduction.jpg?resize=609%2C420&
423ssl=1 609w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32875" class="wp-caption-text">John Page and fellow original Master Builder Michael Stevens at the inception of the Custom Shop.</figcaption></figure> 424<figure id="attachment_32877" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32877" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-32877" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/08_FENDER_CUSTOM_MarkKendrick.jpg?resize=400%2C600&ssl=1" alt="" width="400" height="600" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/08_FENDER_CUSTOM_MarkKendrick.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/08_FENDER_CUSTOM_MarkKendrick.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/08_FENDER_CUSTOM_MarkKendrick.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/08_FENDER_CUSTOM_MarkKendrick.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/08_FENDER_CUSTOM_MarkKendrick.jpg?resize=280%2C420&ssl=1 280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32877" class="wp-caption-text">Mark Kendrick with his Founders Design Glittercaster.</figcaption></figure> 425<p><b>How do you describe the Custom Shop family?</b> 426 427</p><div style='margin:5px auto; margin-bottom: 15px;' id='zone_load_1124676001'><div class='broadstreet-story-ad-text' style='font-size:11px; color:#ccc; margin-bottom: 5px;'>– Advertisement –</div><broadstreet-zone place="4" callback="zone_load_1124676001" zone-id="92731" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,classic-instruments,overdrive,fender-custom-shop-marks-30-years,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div>
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427 428 429 430<p><b>JP:</b> As exactly that â family. We worked for a common goal and had a great time doing it. Every member had strong points and weaknesses. We all knew them, so we worked with each other to weave a team without voids. One of the hardest, but most important things to me, running the shop, was not just to manage it, but orchestrate it â put the right people in the right place, train them, support them, laugh with them, move forward arm in arm. It sounds pretty âKumbayaâ â and it was! It was a very special group. 431 432 433<p><b>MK:</b> Someone once asked me if there was competition among us. I didnât see it that way. We were propping one another up. I could walk across the shop and talk to any of the guys to get their hit. Pageâs door was always open and I could ask him what he thought and, from a creative standpoint, even if he didnât agree with what I was doing, heâd say âGo ahead.â He was the administration. Weâd get visits from Dan Smith, but more often than not heâd ask, âWhat do you guys have?â Or âWe need a signature bass.â Then, low and behold, weâre doing a Stu Hamm Urge Bass. Occasionally, weâd get visited by the higher-ups but early on Iâm not sure they knew what we were doing. They knew there was a buzz, and left us to it. That, and Page kept us really insulated. All we had to do was create and build. 434 435 436<p><b>DW:</b> Iâd describe us as a close-knit group with the goal of building musiciansâ dream instruments. 437 438 439<p><b>SB:</b> I like everyone I work with; some are as close as blood. Iâm considering adopting one of the Master Builder apprentices, but his wife is fighting me on it (laughs). 440 441 442<p><b>ML:</b> Itâs a close-knit family of talented people who are keenly aware of exactly what Custom Shop means to the customer. Weâre dedicated to building exactly the way the customer wants and every guitar is treated like a separate journey. 443 444 445<figure id="attachment_32879" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32879" style="width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-32879" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/10_FENDER_CUSTOM_14JWBlack.jpg?resize=700%2C467&ssl=1" alt="" width="700" height="467" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/10_FENDER_CUSTOM_14JWBlack.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/10_FENDER_CUSTOM_14JWBlack.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/10_FENDER_CUSTOM_14JWBlack.jpg?resize=696%2C464&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/10_FENDER_CUSTOM_14JWBlack.jpg?resize=630%2C420&
445ssl=1 630w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32879" class="wp-caption-text">J.W. Blackâs Founders Design Stratocaster resembles those that put the Custom Shop on the map.</figcaption></figure> 446<figure id="attachment_32878" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32878" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-32878" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/09_FENDER_CUSTOM_12MichaelStevens.jpg?resize=400%2C600&ssl=1" alt="" width="400" height="600" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/09_FENDER_CUSTOM_12MichaelStevens.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/09_FENDER_CUSTOM_12MichaelStevens.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/09_FENDER_CUSTOM_12MichaelStevens.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/09_FENDER_CUSTOM_12MichaelStevens.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/09_FENDER_CUSTOM_12MichaelStevens.jpg?resize=280%2C420&ssl=1 280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32878" class="wp-caption-text">Michael Stevensâ Founders Design Esquire pays tribute to CS #0001.</figcaption></figure> 447<p><b>What distinguishes a Custom Shop guitar from a high-end production model?</b> 448 449 450<p><b>JP:</b> It starts with the wood, which is selected for tone, aesthetic, and weight. Next, detail shaping of the neck and body should be virtually flawless, as should fit and finish. Frets should be dressed and polished to the highest degree of quality, as should the setup and playability. Simply put, where production guitars can range in quality and performance from acceptable to excellent, a Custom Shop guitar must always be excellent at minimum. 451 452 453<p><b>MK:</b> Iâve said it time and again â personalized attention to detail. Thatâs not to say that a high-end production model is less, but it isnât âcustom.â If it suits your needs, fine. 454 455 456<p><b>DW:</b> It’s not one or two big things that set it apart, but a lot of smaller improvements â raw materials, pickups, or the time spent on each instrument. The bits add up. 457 458 459<p><b>SB:</b> Our production guitars are nice, but a Fender Custom Shop guitar is really dialed-in. 460 461 462<p><b>ML:</b> Itâs not about specs, but the recipe, ingredients, and tools used to prepare the guitar. We have people who have worked here for 15, 20, and even 30 years. Some have been with Fender since the early â60s. Just think about the experienced hands. 463 464 465<figure id="attachment_32880" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32880" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-32880" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/11_FENDER_CUSTOM_18ClaptonBlackie.jpg?resize=400%2C1186&ssl=1" alt="" width="400" height="1186" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/11_FENDER_CUSTOM_18ClaptonBlackie.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/11_FENDER_CUSTOM_18ClaptonBlackie.jpg?resize=101%2C300&ssl=1 101w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/11_FENDER_CUSTOM_18ClaptonBlackie.jpg?resize=345%2C1024&ssl=1 345w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/11_FENDER_CUSTOM_18ClaptonBlackie.jpg?resize=696%2C2063&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/11_FENDER_CUSTOM_18ClaptonBlackie.jpg?resize=142%2C420&ssl=1 142w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32880" class="wp-caption-text">The Eric Clapton âBlackieâ Strat was the Custom Shopâs first artist signature guitar, while the pine-body Snakehead Tele was a reproduction of Fenderâs first guitar.</figcaption></figure> 466<p><b>What distinguishes a Custom Shop builder?</b> 467 468 469<p><b>ML:</b> Their experienced hands. When you spend years and decades making one-
469off guitars, you get a different perspective of detail, care and dedication that shows in the result. 470 471 472<p><b>JP:</b> No two builders are alike. Each has different experiences and I was fortunate to learn from historic guys. I had an amazingly cool job at a very young age. Being a model maker in R&D at 21 and a designer at 23 were the coolest things in the world. Combine that with working with world-class builders like Michael, J.W., John Suhr, Fred, and many others makes for a unique view and skill set. 473 474 475<p>Because of that background, I combined engineering with hand-building, mass-production techniques with one-offs, business with art. Iâm lucky to have a bunch of tools in my tool box that most guys donât have. It doesnât mean Iâm a better builder than the next guy, it just means Iâm going to look at it differently. 476 477 478<p><b>What was the most complex or time-consuming build youâve completed?</b> 479 480 481<p><b>JP:</b> The first really time-intensive guitar that comes to mind was the Alex Gregory seven-string Strat that Michael and I did in 1987. On one, he wanted it to back-loaded without pickup-adjustment screws on the top, but it also had a vibrato. I spent hours designing different layers of routs and mechanical means to make it happen. From there, it was all old-school fabrication â taking the drawings, turning them into routing templates, then making the body. There were also interior aluminum plates, as I recall, to mount the pickups and segregate them from the vibrato workings. It was pretty complex. 482 483 484<p><b><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-32881 alignright" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/12_FENDER_CUSTOM_20SnakeheadTele.jpg?resize=400%2C1193&ssl=1" alt="" width="400" height="1193" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/12_FENDER_CUSTOM_20SnakeheadTele.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/12_FENDER_CUSTOM_20SnakeheadTele.jpg?resize=101%2C300&ssl=1 101w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/12_FENDER_CUSTOM_20SnakeheadTele.jpg?resize=343%2C1024&ssl=1 343w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/12_FENDER_CUSTOM_20SnakeheadTele.jpg?resize=696%2C2075&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/12_FENDER_CUSTOM_20SnakeheadTele.jpg?resize=141%2C420&ssl=1 141w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" />DW:</b> Probably the stained-glass Esquire for the 2016 NAMM show. There was a lot going on, from the stained-glass panel to the LED lights to the electronics. 485 486 487<p><b>MK:</b> Hands down, the Roscoe Beck project. [It was] back and forth for nearly three years. He knew what he wanted, never deviated, and we chased it for that long. 488 489 490<p><b>SB:</b> The Splatocaster with Jimmy Stout. The neck was straightforward, but the body was not. I had to hammer it out of aluminum sheet metal in pieces, weld it together, and polish it to a mirror finish. I made liquid-filled plastic windows that covered the face according to Jimmyâs design and lost about a pound of hair trying to figure out how to make that piece. But it was special when it was done. 491 492 493<p><b>How have your philosophy and outlook been shaped by your time in the Custom Shop?</b> 494 495 496<p><b>JP:</b> I started at Fender when Iâd just turned 21, and my early years in Research and Development with Freddie Tavares taught me the ins and outs of Fender design. The experience and interfacing with the manufacturing end of the Fullerton factory taught me a lot of old-school building techniques. My latter years, in the Custom Shop, taught me to take designs way outside the lines of Fenderâs history, push for better quality, and search for new manufacturing methods. 497 498 499<p>It all taught me is that sometimes the most innovative thing you can do is to go backward. I donât just build for a customer, I build for me. The old-school ways are my ways. A pencil and paper on the drawing table, hand-making templates, using hand tools instead of computers. I have a better connection with the instrument and put more of myself into it. 500 501 502<p><b>MK:</b> Iâm not sure I picked guitar building, but it certainly picked me. My time in the Custom Shop, particularly the earlier years, set into motion various creative pursuits. Being a player, thereâs a sound in my head that I chase. It isnât static. It just is. I walk toward that daily. 503 504 505<p><b>When Michael Stevens was hired to start the Shop, Bill Schultz told him, âI don’t care if we just break even, I want the coolest custom shop and the best product available.â Still the case?</b> 506 507 508<p><b>ML:</b> For us, itâs not about how much [money] or how many guitars we produce. Itâs about the art and craftsmanship â creating tools for artists, fulfilling guitar dreams that deserve to come true. The smallest detail is as important as the biggest considerations. 509 510 511<p><b>Whatâs the vision moving forward, say five or 10 years from now?</b> 512 513 514<p><b>ML:</b><b> </b>Weâre constantly improving our capabilities, looking for new ideas and designs, listening to customers. We hope to continue to enhance the personalized experience. 515 516 517<hr /> 518<p>Special thanks to Fender and Henry Diltz for photography and archival material. 519 520 521<div style="background: #ffdead; padding: 25px 25px 10px 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: block;"> 522<h1 style="margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Creating The Marilyn Strat</strong></h1> 523<h3><strong>Caught in the Act</strong></h3> 524<h4 style="margin-top: 0px;"><i>by James R. Petersen</i></h4> 525<figure id="attachment_32884" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32884" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-32884" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_01_PageGuyMcCarthy.jpg?resize=1000%2C646&ssl=1" alt="" width="1000" height="646" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_01_PageGuyMcCarthy.jpg?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_01_PageGuyMcCarthy.jpg?resize=300%2C194&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_01_PageGuyMcCarthy.jpg?resize=768%2C496&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_01_PageGuyMcCarthy.jpg?resize=696%2C450&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_01_PageGuyMcCarthy.jpg?resize=650%2C420&
525ssl=1 650w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32884" class="wp-caption-text">James Petersen (right) with John Page, Buddy Guy, and Jenny McCarthy.</figcaption></figure> 526<p>In 1973, Playboy hired me to give sex advice, and for 20 years I wrote and edited âThe Playboy Advisor.â If you had a question regarding fashion, food, sports cars, dating dilemmas, or etiquette, Iâd find an answer.<br /> 527When hired, I was a 25-year-old Boy Scout. How was I qualified to give sex advice? Iâm not sure, but the Scout Motto is âBe Prepared,â and from the time I was 12 I read everything I could about sex in case it ever happened to me. To increase the odds, I learned to play guitar.<br /> 528I wrote Playboyâs first profile of Bruce Springsteen and bailed members of the E Street Band out of jail in New Orleans â bond for a traffic offense, but still. On the side, I played acoustic, wrote songs, and freelanced for other magazines. While writing a celebration of âThe Guitar That Rocked The Worldâ for American Way magazine, I discovered an odd coincidence â Leo Fender created his âelectrified Spanish guitarâ at the same time Hugh Hefner first pieced together a menâs magazine he called Stag Party. December, 1953. They emerged with the Stratocaster and Playboy â two things that changed America and bothered parents everywhere.<br /> 529Jump to 1993. I asked sources at Fender if they were planning a 40th Anniversary Strat that we could feature in the magazineâs Gift Guide. John Page had a better idea. 530 531 532<figure id="attachment_32885" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32885" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_MarilynMonroeStrat.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-32885 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_MarilynMonroeStrat.jpg?resize=1000%2C482&ssl=1" alt="" width="1000" height="482" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_MarilynMonroeStrat.jpg?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_MarilynMonroeStrat.jpg?resize=300%2C145&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_MarilynMonroeStrat.jpg?resize=768%2C370&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_MarilynMonroeStrat.jpg?resize=696%2C335&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/PLAYBOY_MarilynMonroeStrat.jpg?resize=871%2C420&ssl=1 871w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32885" class="wp-caption-text">
532Marilyn Strat courtesy of Fender.</figcaption></figure> 533<p>âHow about a 40th Anniversary Playboy Stratocaster?â<br /> 534The Custom Shop had just created a limited-edition Harley-Davidson Strat for that companyâs 90th anniversary.<br /> 535John and I had conversations about working for legends, the limits imposed by rivalries (Fender vs. Gibson, Playboy vs. Penthouse), and how to make the familiar new. We were peers.<br /> 536Then the fun began. The Harley Strat had been simple â it had to have enough chrome to blind the sun, it had to say âHarley-Davidson,â and it had to be loud. For Playboy, John suggested a guitar with a vintage feel, cream colors, and some kind of pinup in the style of World War II bomber art. Playboy published a Vargas girl every month, but the artistâs best-known work was associated with Esquire. We talked about using something by Keith Haring, a painter whose graffiti-like cartoon characters defined the decade, or Pat Nagel, whose stylish images accompanied the âAdvisorâ column. While likely neat, they would have become âthe Keith Haring Stratâ or âthe Patrick Nagel Strat.â<br /> 537I played with parking the famed Rabbit Head logo on the body, set it aside, then asked around the office, âShould the image be clothed or unclothed? Recent Playmate or the original? Could we embed the actual Marilyn Monroe centerfold from the first issue?â<br /> 538Really, there was only one choice; Hef viewed the Marilyn calendar shot as the soul of the empire. The year before (1992), he had purchased the mausoleum next to Marilynâs in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. As a prelude to the 40th anniversary, he autographed a limited-edition Monroe photo.<br /> 539So, I sat and my computer and clicked the image within the curves of the Strat. She fell into place as though Leo had designed the guitar with Marilyn in mind. I played with colors, including Marilyn reclining on a red guitar. John wanted something original, one of a kind. He turned to his community of artists and came back with a Pamelina Hovnatanian (a.k.a. Pamelina H.) painting on a black backdrop. Page wanted a Femlin (who adorned Playboyâs âParty Jokesâ page), so Pamelina sketched a Femlin for the headstock. I played with the Playboy typeface, trying it between the tuning pegs, putting it on the 12th fret. John and Playboy art director Tom Staebler looked at the prototype and said, âRedundant!â My five-year-old daughter saw me playing with paper and scissors and suggested putting the Rabbit Head where the dots would be. Three elements â the Marilyn, the Femlin, and the Rabbit Head â said âPlayboy.â<br /> 540<img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-32870" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/1playboy.png?resize=1000%2C371&ssl=1" alt="" width="1000" height="371" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/1playboy.png?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/1playboy.png?resize=300%2C111&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/1playboy.png?resize=768%2C285&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/1playboy.png?resize=696%2C258&ssl=1 696w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />This all happened pre-Photoshop, so I was photocopying images from Fender press releases, then sized various Playboy images to move around. A folder of my attempts contains an alternate Femlin and the final 40th-anniversary logo, which we considered putting on the third fret before placing it on the headstock.<br /> 541The Custom Shop finished the prototype in August of â93. When it arrived, we were blown away. Pamelina had created a living, breathing Marilyn. The 175 production units used the 40th anniversary logo approved by Hef (numbers over a Rabbit Head) and the 12th-fret logo with a double rabbit-head inlay, removed a tiny Rabbit Head from Pamelinaâs original painting, found an original LeRoy Neiman that fit the headstock rather suggestively, and added gold-etched cavity covers to the back. The guitar sold with an embossed Playboy strap, a red silk chemise âmodesty panelâ so stores could display the guitar, a red-leather gig bag, and a flight case. Readers caught their first glimpse in that yearâs Christmas Gift Guide. Playboy got 25 of them, four of which were framed and hung in offices.<br /> 542I kept number 40 in my office, the neatest artifact from a long c
542areer, still trying to impress women and visiting writers. I also kept a black and white photo of Playmate of The Year Jenny McCarthy presenting one of the guitars to Buddy Guy at his Legends club in Chicago.<br /> 543John gave me the prototype and I kept it in a closet, where it survived curious kids and repeated decluttering frenzies. I resisted the urge to play it â I have a Clapton Strat for that â and have read that the Marilyn is the second-most-sought-after Custom Shop limited edition, and counterfeiters have turned their attention to it. Dream on. The prototype is magic, caught in the act of creation.</p> 544</div> 545<div style="background: #ff6961; padding: 25px 25px 10px 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: block;"> 546<h1 style="margin-top: 0px;"><b>Michael Stevens and the Custom Shopâs New Path</b></h1> 547<h3><strong>Necessary Stray</strong></h3> 548<h4 style="margin-top: 0px;"><i>by Matte Henderson</i></h4> 549<p><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-32889 alignright" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_02_Full.png?resize=371%2C1080&ssl=1" alt="" width="371" height="1080" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_02_Full.png?w=500&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_02_Full.png?resize=103%2C300&ssl=1 103w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_02_Full.png?resize=352%2C1024&ssl=1 352w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_02_Full.png?resize=144%2C420&ssl=1 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px" />In 1986, Michael Stevens had a noteworthy profile in the Japanese music press and stellar reputation amongst the stateside vintage-guitar cognoscenti.<br /> 550One person who took notice of his work was Dan Smith, a VP at Fender Musical Instruments, who approached Stevens to consult on multi-string basses after seeing Roscoe Beck play a custom six-string while backing Robben Ford; Smith was also aware of two other instruments made by the Austin-based builder â a doubleneck built for Christopher Cross and the peculiar Guit-Steel played by Junior Brown. Both resembled something that could have rolled out of the Fender factory in its glory days with Leo at the helm.<br /> 551Smith took the discussion further by gauging Stevensâ interest in helping start what would become the Fender Custom Shop. After a one-on-one with new owner Bill Shultz, Stevens took the gig.<br /> 552âI donât care if we just break even,â Stevens recalled Schultz saying. âI just want the coolest shop and the best product.â<br /> 553Early on, the Custom Shop focused on artists relations, including Stevensâ work converting the necks on a handful of American Standard Strats to Eric Johnsonâs preferred specs and teaming with R&D master George Blanda to develop an Eric Clapton signature Strat. Another element was the Designer series conceived by Smith.<br /> 554âDan told me, âWeâd like to get into the Gibson market and weâre interested in licensing the LJ,â which was a guitar I was working on at the time,â said Stevens. âI said, âI like that idea a lot.ââ<br /> 555The LJ was a set-neck double-cut design Stevens developed earlier in honor of the late Larry Jameson, his longtime friend and partner in the renowned Guitar Resurrection shop, which opened in California in 1967 before relocating to Austin in â78. 556 557 558<figure id="attachment_32888" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-32888" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-32888" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_04_HeadStocklogo.jpg?resize=400%2C522&ssl=1" alt="" width="400" height="522" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_04_HeadStocklogo.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_04_HeadStocklogo.jpg?resize=230%2C300&ssl=1 230w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_04_HeadStocklogo.jpg?resize=696%2C909&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_04_HeadStocklogo.jpg?resize=322%2C420&
558ssl=1 322w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-32888" class="wp-caption-text">The LJâs headstock logo was testament to the Fender Custom Shopâs effort to stray from tradition and its glued-in neck set it apart any other Fender previously made in the U.S.</figcaption></figure> 559<p>The LJ went into formal development in late 1988 as Fender’s first American-made set-neck guitar and the Custom Shopâs first all-original concept. Machinist Steve Bollinger built the tooling and the team included John English and Scott Buehl.<br /> 560âThe first couple came from a plank of mahogany that was perfect,â Stevens said. âThen, we ended up with a few 10-pounders. So, I honeycombed some of the bodies and chambered others. We ended up with two different animals; the chambered guitar was much better all-around but wouldnât quite run with Pearly Gates. The honeycomb lightened the <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-32887 alignright" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_03_NeckJoint.jpg?resize=484%2C323&ssl=1" alt="" width="484" height="323" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_03_NeckJoint.jpg?w=700&ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_03_NeckJoint.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_03_NeckJoint.jpg?resize=696%2C464&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/STEVENS_03_NeckJoint.jpg?resize=630%2C420&ssl=1 630w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px" />guitar and, tone-wise I couldnât tell the difference between it and a solidbody.â<br /> 561Marketing was not alerted of the change.<br /> 562âWe just did it and shipped them,â Stevens said. âWe stamped them âHâ for honeycomb and âCâ for chambered. For a while, some said âSâ for solid until we realized that was redundant.<br /> 563âFor awhile, I was trying to stay away from using only Gibson-style parts, but that turned out to be impossible,â he added. âWe put saddles in roller bridges from the [Japan-made] Esprits, and they sounded good. We tried a non-screw tailpiece, but it all pushed up labor and machine costs, so we ended up doing tune-o-matic bridges and bar tailpieces, and nobody blinked.â<br /> 564Other evidence of the Gibson influence included its figured-maple top, 1.75″-thick Honduras mahogany body, mahogany neck, Brazilian rosewood fingerboard, and bass-bout toggle.<br /> 565Stevens carved the tops on the panagraph in his own garage, as Fender did not yet have one, then tops and backs were glued in the Custom Shop. Ivoroid binding was sourced from Japan, and Stevens opted for a 14-degree headstock angle and black-plastic pickup surrounds because he couldnât source cream rings that matched. Stevens painted all of them.<br /> 566Things got more interesting where the model diverted from the Gibson formula.<br /> 567âThe treble side of the neck pickup is approximately where it would be on a Les Paul,â said Stevens. âBut the bass side was moved toward the bridge to brighten bass notes and even-out string response. The bass strings on the bridge pickup are in the same place as a Les Paul while the unwound strings are closer to the fretboard, which fattens up their sound.â<br /> 568The neck pickup is mated with Fenderâs Treble Bass Expander (TBX) control, and each pickup can be split via push/pull pots on the master Volume and bridge Tone controls. In split-coil mode, Fender quack is abundant from the custom DiMarzios designed by Steve Blucher.<br /> 569The earliest adopter of the Stevens LJ was jazz guitarist and GIT founder Don Mock. Danny Gatton was also a proponent. Only 30 or so Custom Shop LJs were built and shipped â two variants were made in Japan â and today they stand in testament to Stevensâ genius and Fenderâs resurgence as an iconic guitar company.</p> 570</div> 571<hr /> 572<p><i>This article originally appeared in </i>VG<i> December 2017 issue. All copyrights are by the author and </i>Vintage Guitar<i> magazine. 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