Mike McCready Fender Custom Shop Strat

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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,055
    man that is fucking awesome!! congratulations!!!
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,114
    Damn I just saw this thread, that guitar is amazing!!!!!! So jealous.   Did you get number 60?
    mike uses that on what songs? Even flow, yellow, alive, ?
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  • Dennis
    Dennis Posts: 27
    Has the guitar been sighted in Europe yet? 
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,297
    I'm seriously considering at a custom shop in the era of Mike's 59 60 strat.  Was ready to pull the trigger on a new ultra american strat but really wasn't sure about the noiseless pickups ... so I did what any reasonable person would do and started looking at guitars that cost twice as much :s

    The McCready strat has custom wound "Josefina" pickups in the spec listing.   Anyone have an idea of what pickups in the custom shop closely model these?
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    edited January 2022
    I think Josefina is just one of the top people at Fender as far as pickups go.  I think she was taught by the main pickup winder that was taught by Leo Fender.  I assume it would just be a 1960 strat pickup style that you would be going for.  I am not sure what is close on the shop.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,297
    Yeah, it appears Josefina is a person.  The custom shop order sheet (whoa ...) has "josefina" wound pickups as options.  From what I've read the josefine McCready pickups were custom made to exact match his so I'm not surprised "mccready" isn't an option listed (dammit).  But they do have options for almost every year from mid 50's to late 60's (who hoo).  now I need to figure out the differences in each year.


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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,055
    Jason P said:
    Yeah, it appears Josefina is a person.  The custom shop order sheet (whoa ...) has "josefina" wound pickups as options.  From what I've read the josefine McCready pickups were custom made to exact match his so I'm not surprised "mccready" isn't an option listed (dammit).  But they do have options for almost every year from mid 50's to late 60's (who hoo).  now I need to figure out the differences in each year.


    you can probably just contact the custom shop through the fender website. i am sure they have been asked that question before. and if anybody is gonna know, i would bet it would be people at the custom shop. good luck!
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,297
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    Jason P said:
    Yeah, it appears Josefina is a person.  The custom shop order sheet (whoa ...) has "josefina" wound pickups as options.  From what I've read the josefine McCready pickups were custom made to exact match his so I'm not surprised "mccready" isn't an option listed (dammit).  But they do have options for almost every year from mid 50's to late 60's (who hoo).  now I need to figure out the differences in each year.


    you can probably just contact the custom shop through the fender website. i am sure they have been asked that question before. and if anybody is gonna know, i would bet it would be people at the custom shop. good luck!

    I'm too nervous too! =)  I dread they will ask me some technical question and I will have a deer in the headlights response.   But yeah, that would be the logical way to approach this question.  I think I will go that route after I start going through the custom shop option sheet and understanding it ... which could take some time. 

    I'm also curious on what the cost difference is versus a buying a pre-built custom shop guitar that a retailer sells ($4K-$5K entry) versus if you actually "custom" build your guitar.  Fender doesn't list prices in the order sheet, so if I go that route I'll probably build the black strat so I can play Money.
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    I have not gone through the process but it sounds like you have to work through a Fender dealer versus fender directly.  


    I know some on this board have worked with shops to get orders put in.  Long wait time right now for master built.  Some  are three years out.  The shops could answer all of your questions.  Who cares if you don’t know all the technical stuff.  Fun way to learn!

  • davidos
    davidos Posts: 481
    Selling one. $5k cheaper than the other listings…

    https://reverb.com/item/51084803-fender-limited-edition-mike-mccready-1960-stratocaster-pearl-jam
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    Good luck with the sale!  Sweet guitar. 
  • PSUS2H
    PSUS2H USA Posts: 2,388
    This is promising, supposedly a more budget friendly McCready strat is in the works.

    https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-more-affordable-signature-fender-stratocaster
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  • HardtoImagine 801
    HardtoImagine 801 Posts: 40
    PSUS2H said:
    This is promising, supposedly a more budget friendly McCready strat is in the works.

    https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-more-affordable-signature-fender-stratocaster

    Just curious——what would be the difference in the more affordable model? 
  • BALLBOY
    BALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,035
    HardtoImagine 801 said:
    PSUS2H said:
    This is promising, supposedly a more budget friendly McCready strat is in the works.

    https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-more-affordable-signature-fender-stratocaster

    Just curious——what would be the difference in the more affordable model? Usually the pick ups & the wood are the two main contributors to what price it is

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  • pjpjpaul
    pjpjpaul Posts: 1,716
    The relicing, wood choice, pickups will likely be different. The price will most certainly be different. 
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  • HardtoImagine 801
    HardtoImagine 801 Posts: 40
    pjpjpaul said:
    The relicing, wood choice, pickups will likely be different. The price will most certainly be different. 
    Ok...got it. Thanks! I have a Fender Strat American Professional that I got 2 years ago and love. Would the McCready more affordable Strat with different pickups/wood etc be much different than my current Strat and worth the investment? Just curious. 
  • PSUS2H
    PSUS2H USA Posts: 2,388
    The biggest thing is that you dont have the head master builder of the Fender Custom Shop (FCS) working on these by hand.  You can still have a really well made instrument that isnt from the FCS - look at the recent George Harrison signature Telecaster they released last month.
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  • Walking the miles
    Walking the miles Toronto Posts: 549
    Ill be honest,  i haven't been following this thread,  but im pretty sure i just saw McCready's guitar on Colbert tonight (March 30). Lead guitar in the band (special guest). If so, cool to see the younger gen embrace. 
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  • edgesr
    edgesr Posts: 52
    I really hope that the rumours about a more affordable version are true I can see an MIM one in the line up. Judging by other signatures in that line, I'd say it'll be around $1200 or so.
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  • BALLBOY
    BALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,035
    Normans Rare Guitars guitar of the day on YouTube is one of the Mike's custom 60's strat & the Angela shows everyone how good a player she is & what an incredible job was done making it look & sound like the real thing 
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