Fender Custom Shop Kyle McMillin Masterbuilt ’59 Trans Strat Journeyman Aged Daphne Blue

Kyle McMillin is known across the globe as one of Fenders highly revered Masterbuilders, a select group of the worlds most esteemed luthiers. With this Godly status, any guitar with his name attached generates a huge amount of interest, and rightly so. The Fender Custom Shop Kyle McMillin59 Strat is a great example of the legendary prowess of the Masterbuilders.

The sort for lightweight Alder body is finished in an authentically aged Daphne Blue lacquer, it’s a real winner! This finish will wear beautifully with time and develop its own character even further, it also allows the natural resonance of the body to sing and sustain much more effectively.

The 3A Flame Maple neck is real comfortable. With a 60 Style oval C profile, 9.5″ radius and 6100 frets it’s super resonant and feels incredible underhand. The Rosewood fingerboard is a treat to play, perfectly balanced and with flawless playability right up the neck, it’s a real player’s piece.

With the Stratocaster design being considered by many to be the original workhorse guitar, the Custom Shop ’59 Stratocaster needs a pickup pairing that can deliver the classic Strat sound. With a trio of hand-wound Poblano pickups, it boasts a versatile and well balanced selection.

Supreme quality from top to bottom and shipped in a Fender Custom Shop hardcase, it’s easy to see the Fender Masterbuilders are so highly regarded. Guitars of this calibre just don’t come around every day, we love it and we’re pretty sure you will too!