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Fender Introduces Wayne Kramer Stratocaster

The guitar is a replica of the starred-and-striped Stratocaster that infamous MC5 guitarist and Detroit proto-punk Wayne Kramer used back in the late 1960s and early 1970s

Scottsdale, AZ (January 10, 2011) — Fender introduces the Wayne Kramer Stratocaster model, a spot-on replica of the starred-and-striped Stratocaster that infamous MC5 guitarist and Detroit proto-punk Wayne Kramer used back in the late 1960s and early 1970s to kick out the jams and kill hate. It bears his distinctive U.S. flag finish, with a red-and-white striped body and white-stars-on-blue-background pickguard and headstock.



Special features include a roaring Seymour Duncan ’59 humbucking middle pickup and a commemorative neck plate engraved with ā€œThis Tool Kills Hate.ā€ Other features include an alder body, maple neck with C shape and large ’70s-style headstock, 21-fret rosewood fingerboard with 7.25ā€ radius and vintage-style frets, vintage-style single-coil Stratocaster neck and bridge pickups, American Vintage hard-tail string-through-body bridge, vintage-style tremolo arm, Fender/Schaller vintage-style ā€œFā€ tuners and chrome hardware. Deluxe gig bag included.

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