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George Harrison’s impact and influence on popular music is unparalleled. Known for pushing musical boundaries and sonic experimentation, George’s inventive hooks and groundbreaking tones helped propel the Beatles into legendary status. George played a variety of iconic guitars throughout his career, but the most visually distinctive was his 1961 Sonic Blue Stratocaster, hand-painted in psychedelic Day-Glo colors and affectionately named “Rocky.” George acquired the guitar in 1965 and first used it on the Beatles’ Rubber Soul album and continued to play it extensively on subsequent recordings including Revolver, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour and the White Album.
The George Harrison Rocky Stratocaster features an alder body lovingly hand-painted with a replica of Harrison's famous psychedelic brushstrokes. Every last detail is captured, from the artwork on the pickguard and plastic parts to a replica decal on the back of headstock from Grimwoods - the original music store where the guitar was purchased. A trio of vintage-style ‘60s Stratocaster pickups sing with dynamic, crystalline tone that hearkens back to Fender's golden age. A Mid-’60s “C”- shape maple neck with a 7.25” radius slab rosewood fingerboard and 21 vintage-style frets offers a familiar neck profile with a comfortable feel. Finally, the Rocky Strat features a vintage-style synchronized tremolo and tuners which provide the look and feel of a classic Fender instrument.
Including: Brown Hardshell Case (Orange Interior)
Product Highlights
ALDER BODY
A classic Fender tone wood, alder’s sound is balanced with equal doses of lows, mids and highs.
HAND-PAINTED “ROCKY” ARTWORK
The psychedelic finish is painted by hand, just like Harrison’s original “Rocky”.
MID-‘60S “C”-SHAPED MAPLE NECK
Remarkably comfortable, the mid ’60s "C"-shaped neck profile is sculpted for a vintage-style playing feel—a perfectly rounded shape that’s thinner at the first fret, thicker at the twelfth.
7.25” RADIUS SLAB ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD WITH 21 VINTAGE-STYLE FRETS
Hosting 21 vintage-style frets, the 7.25”-radius slab rosewood fingerboard provides the comfortable playing feel of a vintage instrument.
VINTAGE-STYLE 6-SADDLE SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO
One of our most innovative designs, this six-point tremolo offers proper intonation, full adjustability and easy access to vibrato sounds.
VINTAGE-VOICED ‘60S STRATOCASTER PICKUPS
Artist
Right-Hand
Hand Painted Rocky Artwork Over Sonic Blue
Mexico
Stratocaster®
Maple
Gloss Urethane
'60s "C"
4-Bolt
7.25" (184.1 mm)
Slab Rosewood
Aged White Dot
White
21
Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
Bone
1.650" (42 mm)
Bone
6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles
6-Screw Vintage-Style
Hand Painted Rocky Artwork over 3-Ply Mint Green
Hand Painted over Aged White
Hand Painted over Aged White
Aged White
Chrome
Fender® Vintage-Style
Single Wing with Tall Metal Spacer
Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
4-Bolt Serialized
Vintage-Style
Vintage-Style '60s Single-Coil Strat®
Vintage-Style '60s Single-Coil Strat®
Vintage-Style '60s Single-Coil Strat®
SSS
Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
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