2020 Fender Custom Shop David Gilmour Signature Stratocaster NOS - Black #R103667

A black Stratocaster, a maple neck, and a melody you recognize within a handful of notes. David Gilmour gave that combination an extraordinary place in music, and this 2020 Fender Custom Shop David Gilmour Signature Stratocaster NOS brings its unmistakable appeal into sharp focus. With its carefully chosen pickups, distinctive neck profile, and personalized tremolo appointments, this is a guitar built for players who appreciate how much expression can live inside a single phrase. This example is offered in excellent used condition with light finish scuffs.

The select alder body wears a black nitrocellulose lacquer finish, paired with a single-ply black pickguard for that instantly familiar Black Strat appearance. Aged white pickup covers and parchment control knobs provide a soft contrast, while the maple fingerboard gives the instrument its characteristic visual warmth. The NOS designation refers to Fender’s original finish treatment without factory-applied wear, making this an especially appealing version for anyone who loves the design’s clean, understated presentation.

Much of this model’s personality comes from its maple neck, shaped to duplicate the thin-shouldered “C” profile of Gilmour’s 1983 U.S. Vintage ’57 Stratocaster neck. Measuring .790" to .870" through its taper, the carve offers a slender feel with a gentle increase in substance as you move up the fingerboard. A traditional 7.25" radius and 21 vintage-style frets preserve the familiar feel of an older Strat, complemented by a 25.5" scale length and a 1.675" synthetic bone nut. Nitrocellulose lacquer, black dot position markers with narrow spacing, and a serialized four-bolt neck plate complete the appointments.

The three single-coil pickups give this guitar a particularly purposeful range of voices. The Custom Shop Fat ’50s neck pickup supplies the rounded, bell-like character that makes a Strat so rewarding for melodic playing, while the custom-wound middle pickup provides another shade of clear, articulate single-coil response. At the bridge, the Seymour Duncan SSL-5 adds greater output and a fuller voice, giving lead passages weight and presence while retaining recognizable Strat character. The five-way selector provides the three individual pickups and the familiar bridge-and-middle and middle-and-neck combinations, with master volume and separate neck and middle tone controls keeping adjustments straightforward. It is an inviting setup for spacious clean passages, textured rhythm work, and expressive leads through a driven amplifier.

Gilmour’s individual preferences extend to the American Vintage synchronized tremolo, which features a custom beveled block and shortened arm. That compact arm brings subtle pitch shading close to the picking hand, making the tremolo an integral part of phrasing. Vintage-style tuning machines and the deliberately uncovered rear tremolo cavity carry the specification through to its smallest practical details.

Weighing 8 lbs 0 oz, this right-handed Artist Series Stratocaster includes its hardshell case, Evidence Audio high-end guitar cable, custom leather strap, GHS DG Boomers strings, and David Gilmour’s “Live at Pompeii” Blu-ray. For the player drawn to Gilmour’s sense of melody, space, and touch, it offers a wonderfully personal connection to the instrument behind so much of that inspiration, with plenty of room to develop a voice of your own.

Other specs include: 

• Series: Artist
• Color: Black
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: Select Alder
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Shape: 1983 Thin-Shouldered "C" (.790" to .870" Taper)
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Vintage-Style
• String Nut: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 1.675" (42.5 mm)
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Serialized
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan® SSL-5 Single-Coil Strat
• Middle Pickup: Custom-Wound Single-Coil Strat
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
• Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
• Pickup Configuration: SSS
• Hardware
• Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Custom Beveled Tremolo Block and Shortened Tremolo Arm
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Black
• Control Knobs: Parchment Plastic
• Unique Features: Thin-Shouldered "C" Neck Shape Duplicated from David's 1983 U.S. Vintage '57 Strat® Neck, Custom Shortened Tremolo Arm, Custom Beveled Tremolo Block, No Back Tremolo Cover Plate, Black Dot Position Inlays (Narrow Spacing), Aged White Pickup Covers, and Aged Parchment Control Knobs.
• Included Accessories: Hardshell Case, Evidence Audio™ High-End Guitar Cable, Custom Leather Strap, GHS® DG Boomers Strings, David Gilmour’s “Live at Pompeii” Blu-ray.
• In Excellent Condition with light finish scuffs.
• 8 lbs 0 oz
• #R103667

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