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Fender Ed O'Brien Stratocaster Maple Neck Olympic White

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Product Description

Ed O’Brien’s ambient, ethereal and orchestral guitar style is an essential part of the sonic identity of Radiohead. We partnered with this groundbreaking player to create the EOB Stratocaster — an instrument as unique as his sound.

This inspiring guitar is perfect for creating lush, layered soundscapes and finding your own creative voice. The EOB Stratocaster offers a wide palette of tones thanks to its Seymour Duncan® JB Jr. humbucking bridge pickup, Texas Special single-coil middle pickup and Fernandes Sustainer unit in the neck position.

The Sustainer works some technical magic to create near-infinite sustain on one or more strings, making it easy to achieve thick, textured sounds. The Sustainer’s controls include an on/off switch, intensity control and three-position switch to select the mode: Fundamental-only, Harmonic-only or Blend.

A mix of modern and classic, this Stratocaster features a 6-saddle vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuning machines, a “10/56 V” neck profile, 21 narrow-jumbo frets, a synthetic bone nut and a special neck plate engraved with a custom “Flower of Life” emblem.
The EOB Stratocaster is the perfect tool for players looking to find their own creative voice.

Specifications

  • Series: Artist
  • Body Material: Alder
  • Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
  • Neck: Maple, 10/56 “V” Back-Shape
  • Neck Finish: Satin Urethane Back with Gloss Headstock Face
  • Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5” (241 mm)
  • Frets: 21, Narrow Tall
  • Position Inlays: Black Dot (Maple)
  • Nut (Material/Width): Synthetic Bone, 1.650” (42 mm)
  • Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
  • Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
  • Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
  • Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
  • Pickups: Duncan JB Jr. (Bridge), Texas Special Single-Coil Strat (Middle),
  • Sustainer Driver (Neck)
  • 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
  • Special Electronics: Active Sustainer® Driver/Pickup Powered by 9-Volt Battery
  • Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, Intensity Control, Active Sustainer®
  • On/Off Switch, Fundamental/Harmonic/Blend Switch
  • Control Knobs: White Plastic
  • Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
  • Strings: Fender® USA 250L, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges)
  • Case/Gig Bag: Deluxe Gig Bag

Customer Reviews

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Trusted Customer3rd Nov 2022

Fantastic guitar, the best Stratocaster I've played by far. It does require a bit of a few tweaks to get it playing optimally though. You need to set the VBC (attack of the sustainer) up to max to get it sustaining nicely (you can find the Fernandes sustainer manual online to learn more about how to do this) and it only has 2 tremolo springs, so I'd recommend adding 1 or 2 more and then floating the tremolo (or add 3 more and deck it if that's your kind of thing). Also, I changed the gauge 9 strings it comes with for some D'Addario NYXL 10s. After these minor adjustments, it's flying, wonderful to play and a beautiful sounding instrument.

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Mr David Reardon26th Dec 2020

Value 4Looks 3Durability 4Sound 4

Trusted Customer13th Nov 2020

The guitar is just lovely to play, sounds fabulous and is beautiful to look at. There is an issue with the battery life; it discharges quite quickly and there seems to be no way of switching off the drain on the battery when the instrument is not in use. Once the battery is flat none of the pick-ups produce any sound even though the battery only powers the neck sustainer pick-up. I don’t know if that’s a design issue in the guitar or a problem with my particular instrument.

Value 4Looks 5Sound 5

Trusted Customer10th Jun 2020

Value 5Looks 4Durability 4Sound 5

Lewis14th May 2020

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Mr. Chris Newnham11th Jan 2020

Great guitar required minimal set up , I just had to float the Trem to my taste . Great sounding pickups the sustainer adds a new dimension to my playing . Looks gorgeous. Really comfortable neck

Value 4Looks 5Sound 4

Mr Stephen Byrne31st Oct 2019

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Mr william Dunn11th Jun 2019

Mrs Glenda Nichols8th Oct 2018

Great guitar, pristine condition. Only problem, it was supposed to arrive next day but the carrier didn’t deliver and it arrived 3 days later!

Mr Aivar Mihkelson17th Jul 2018

I wanted to play this guitar specialy for the sound, made by three different pickups. I am satisfied!

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