Brett Kingman | 4 months ago

https://www.fender.com/en-AU/electric-guitars/stratocaster/eric-johnson-stratocaster-maple/0117702801.html

For nearly 20 years the Eric Johnson Stratocaster has been acknowledged as one of the great Strat models offered by Fender. It takes Eric's favourite features from late 50's specimens and refines them with bigger frets, flatter 12" fingerboard radius, height graduated machines, custom pickups and other minor but important features that together make for a joyous playing and listening experience. I own a couple of them and they're hardworking, definite favourites. This example was, according to their serial number web page, built in December 2023, making it this year's model, I guess. No complaints from me as it's a thing of beauty. I made this demo virtually immediately after unboxing the guitar so I could show it in factory condition. I'd be happy to maintain that state and take it on the road but I think I will set the bridge up to float* before I head out again next week. VERY highly recommended. I'm so glad I have this.

Many thanks to Heath and Graeme at Fender for sourcing this for me.

*Since posting this vid, I've since set up the guitar to float. There's a demo at: https://youtu.be/ZtpXo234eGk

Fender's Serial Number Look-Up: https://serialnumberlookup.fender.com/lookup/

Today's tools:

Guitar: December 2023 Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster Maple White Blonde
Amp: Axe-FX III Turbo running Cygnus X-3 FW. 26.00 Marshall SLP1959 RI Treble Channel model with Delay and Fuzz Face
Cables: BOSS
Strings: Factory 10-46
Pick: Signature Honey Pick https://www.honey-picks.com/collections/all/brett-kingman
Mic: Audix USA A231 - https://audixusa.com/products/a231/
Camera: GoPro HERO10 + Sony ZV-1M2 x 2
Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32
Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - https://www.presonus.com
Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - https://spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2control/
Headphones: Audix A150 - https://audixusa.com/products/a150/
All Stands: Gravity Stands - https://www.gravitystands.com/en/
Computer: 2017 Apple iMac Pro, 2.5 GHz 14-Core Intel Xeon W, 64 GB 2666 MHz DDR4, Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16 GB
All of my Fractal Audio Presets (free): https://axechange.fractalaudio.com/search-results.php?search=Burgs&fields=username&products=0&setups=0