2016 Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Heavy Relic Mischief Maker Some Assembly (and Mischief) Required. "Hendrix started it. Ian Moore and a Sling Blade cameo kept it going. A kid named Gary Vann with a Squier Bullet sealed the deal. This is the story of how a strat with a tele neck became an obsession — and the Custom Shop guitar I finally chased down." Phillip Gajewski • Fender Custom Shop
Two Blondes are Better Than One. "I couldn't decide between two blonde Telecasters, so I didn't. Here's what happens when you buy both..." Phillip Gajewski • Telecaster
2017 Ltd Heavy Relic ’59 Strat The Cookie Monster and Breaking My Own Rules. A Guitar Center used-market cautionary tale — hacked body cavity, a roasted neck too good to return, and a nickname that stuck. Phillip Gajewski • NAMM
Photo: courtesy of Pierre Journel of https://theguitarchannel.biz/ Patience, Cash, and a Police Station: Chasing FCS NAMM Editions. I've never been invited to the Fender Custom Shop's annual NAMM showcase. Chances are, you haven’t either. The event is dealer-invite only, held behind closed doors somewhere inside the Anaheim Convention Center each January. For the rest of us, it exists mostly through a Phillip Gajewski • NAMM
Ltd. Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster, Super Heavy Relic, Serial No. 4019 Annie, Are You Okay? The 70th Anniversary 54 Strat. The Fender Custom Shop 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster arrived with one of the most convincing relic jobs the shop has ever produced — and a soft V neck so good it's impossible to put down. A collector's account of three of them. Phillip Gajewski • Anniversary
