Fender 1997. Hellecasters Stratocaster Limited Edition Signature Series.
#0063 of 450.
Alder Body in Sapphire Blue Finish.
Maple Neck with Maple Fretboard with MOP Dots Inlays & 'Hellecasters' Engraved Block Inlay at 12th Fret.
Chrome Hardware.
Crafted in Japan.
From Jerry Donahue's Collection. Signed on the back of the Headstock.
The Jerry Donahue Limited Edition 'Hellecasters' Stratocaster has Seymour Duncan APS-2 Single-coil Neck and Middle Pickups, and a Seymour Duncan Custom Tele-voiced, Single-coil Bridge Pickup, a Special Steel Tone Plate positioned underneath the Pickguard for enhanced Tone with a Twisting Knob on a Tone position, to create 7 different Pickup configurations, plus a Custom-wired Five-way Pickup Selector with an added Two-position Rotary switch, which replaces the customary Center Tone potentiometer....!!!
Frontline Magazine Spring 1997 Vol.21
Frontline Magazine Spring 1997 Vol.21 p.12-13
Guitarist October 1997.
John Jorgenson & Jerry Donahue.
Please have a look at this very interesting video from The Trogly's Guitar Show about these guitars
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