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Fender's Official Press Release:
FENDER® CUSTOM SHOP ANNOUNCES
DAVID GILMOUR SIGNATURE SERIES
STRATOCASTER® GUITAR
AVAILABLE AT SELECT RETAILERS
WORLDWIDE ON SEPT. 22, 2008
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (July 29,
2008) — David Gilmour and the
Fender Custom Shop are extremely
proud to announce the highly
anticipated release of one of
the most iconic musical
instruments of the past 50
years—the David Gilmour
Signature Series Stratocaster®
guitar. Based on Gilmour’s
famous “Black Strat®” guitar,
the instrument will be available
at select Fender retailers
worldwide beginning Sept. 22,
2008.
A cornerstone of Pink Floyd’s
incomparably revolutionary
sound, Gilmour’s Black Strat is
featured extensively on The Dark
Side of the Moon, Wish You Were
Here, Animals, The Wall and his
critically acclaimed 2006 solo
effort, On An Island. The Fender
Custom Shop worked hand-in-hand
with Gilmour and his longtime
guitar technician, Phil Taylor,
to create this signature model,
a detailed reproduction of the
Black Strat—complete in its
unmistakable look, sound and
feel.
Gilmour bought the original
instrument in May 1970 from
Manny’s Music in New York. The
guitar’s first Pink Floyd
recorded appearance came on the
group’s fifth album, Atom Heart
Mother. It subsequently became
Gilmour’s main guitar for live
performances and studio work.
The new reproduction—the David
Gilmour Signature Series
Stratocaster guitar—features an
alder body, black over
three-color sunburst finish, a
black pickguard, a one-piece
straight-grain maple neck,
custom pickups and Gilmour’s
now-infamous electronics and
shortened vintage tremolo arm.
Beautiful, powerful, unique and
as idiosyncratic as Gilmour’s
playing, the guitar will be
produced by the Fender Custom
Shop in N.O.S. (new old stock)
and Relic® versions.
The David Gilmour Signature
Series Stratocaster guitar comes
with a custom case, an Evidence
high-end guitar cable, Gilmour’s
three-disc Live in Gdansk CD/DVD
set and Taylor’s 2007 book about
the guitar’s history, The Black
Strat. The first 500 guitars
sold in either finish option
will include a limited edition,
signed copy of The Black Strat
book, autographed by Phil
Taylor.
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