MORE PHIL X LOOPER!!! 1996 John English Harness Stratocaster 01149

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This one-of-a-kind guitar weighs just 7.50 lbs. and has a comfortable nut width of just over 1 /916 inches, a thick neck profile (very similar to a '54 Strat) and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. One-piece ash body. One-piece highly flamed maple neck with 21 thin ('54 style) frets. Highly flamed maple fretboard with inlaid black dot position markers and black side dot markers. Headstock with "Fender" inlaid in 18k gold and at the ball end, an engraved gold "Harness Racer" - most probably hand-crafted by George Amicay. Individual "vintage-style" Kluson Deluxe tuners with oval metal buttons. On the back of the headstock there is an oval decal, "Custom Built / J.T. English / Fender U.S.A.". Gold-plated four-bolt neck-plate which is engraved "Custom Built / For / Cathy Parker / 1997". Three gold covered Fender Lace Sensor pickups with outputs of 7.26k, 5.94k, and 7.13k. One volume and two controls plus three-way pickup selector switch. Stratocaster hat-shaped metal knobs with knurled sides. 'Vintage-style' Fender combined bridge/tailpiece with six saddles and through-body stringing. Gold-plated tremolo cover with six screws. The neck is marked on the underside "T 61 J / Aug 13 1995" and the potentiometers are stamped: "R 137 9523" and "R 137 9525" (CTS, June, 1995). All of the hardware is gold-plated and this amazing guitar is in mint (9.50) condition. Complete with the original Fender Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity which is signed by John English and dated "11-18-99" describing the guitar as "Custom Built Harness Strat", serial # "1997", a hand-written letter from Cathy S. Parker, dated March 25, 2010, describing in detail how this guitar came about, a photograph of Cathy Parker and John English, with Cathy holding the guitar, and the original Fender Custom Shop tan leather guitar strap, Housed in the original G & G black hardshell case with black black leather ends and black plush lining (9.50).