GREG FESSLER: Master Builder
Greg Fessler came to the Fender Custom Shop in 1990, working his way up through the ranks as an apprentice. He assisted with the Robben Ford signature line of guitars, eventually becoming the sole builder of those instruments and, later, Ford’s personal builder. Fessler has built one-off Stratocaster and Telecaster models for a host of players, including Joe Bonnamasa, Jeff Healey, Hank Marvin, John Mayer, Rhonda Smith, Neil Schon and Pete Wentz, to name only a few.
Fessler’s remarkable abilities as a Master Builder have earned him accolades from many Fender artists and from discerning customers worldwide. His meticulous attention to detail is exemplified in every instrument he creates, each of which is a perfect example of the intense commitment it takes to earn the title of Master Builder.
The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as “The Dream Factory,” produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques–only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender’s finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.
Model Number: 9216070010
Finish : Relic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Brown
Body Wood: Alder
Body Color: Daphne Blue
Body Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel
Bridge Assembly: Custom Shop Vintage Strat Relic
Output Assembly: Vintage Strat
Control Assembly: Strat Vintage Mod Wiring #1
Neck Plate: Vintage Relic, R S/N
Back Plate & Trem Cover: Strat Parchment Relic
Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded 60s
Tremolo Arm Tip: White Relic
Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo Relic
Neck Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Maple Qtr Sawn
Fingerboard: AAA Rosewood 9mm
Head Style: Small
Fret Wire: 6105
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"
Neck Back Shape: 60 Style Oval "C"
Nut Material: Bone
Pickguard: 60 Strat
Pickup Neck: Josefina Hand-wound 6o's Strat Neck
Pickup Middle: Josefina Hand-wound 60's Strat RWRP
Pickup Bridge: Josefina Hand-wound 60's Strat Bridge
