Fender 1997 Stratocaster Translucent White Masterbuilt by John Suhr

Fender 1997. Stratocaster in Translucent White Finish.

Masterbuilt by John Suhr.

#JS057.

Custom Shop

1 Piece Ash Body.

1 Piece Birdseye Maple Neck with Rosewood Fretboard.

Tortoise Pickguard.

Gold Hardware.

Built 02/1997 for J.D. Robinson, High End Guitar Player & John Suhr's Friend.

John Suhr 's words:

I probably made less than 80 CS Fender guitars. Funny thing is many people think I made other guitars while there like the contemporary or carve tops. The ONLY guitars I made while at Fender had my Master Built logo with a signature on the back of the headstock. Many of them were for artists. Also hands were pretty much tied.... parts, wood, materials and process were pretty much a given, we didn't have very much control. I spent more time doing things like bass preamps, pickups, paint R&D and custom 6 string basses and Claptons amps etc. than building customers guitars. So I think guitars I made that made it to stores would be pretty scarce.

In fact John Suhr, Master Builder, only built 65 instruments during his short stay at Fender.