frettedamericana | 2 decades ago

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"The Golden State" Stratocaster was specially built in 1998 for California Governor Pete Wilson by master luthier George Amicay with the assistance of Jason Davis at the Fender Custom Shop in early Fall 1998. Unique, the bass side features a gorgeous, finely rendered five inch diameter carving of The Great Seal of the State of California overlaid with gold leaf paint. This handwork, quite labor-intensive, took Amicay 200 hours to complete and is signed "G. Amicay '98." A remarkable piece of American History The guitar weighs just 7.60 lbs., and has a medium-to-thick neck profile. One-piece quilted maple body and one-piece highly figured Birds-Eye maple fretboard with inlaid abalone shell dot position markers. Orig. case.