Fender Stratocaster Artist – JOHN MAYER STRATOCASTER Guitar Review :: Fender Electric Guitars Reviews
An American Vintage synchronized tremolo with five tremolo springs.

Grammy winner John Mayer has teamed up with Fender for this must-have signature guitar. Features include an alder body and satin urethane-finish maple neck with a slightly larger C-shape, topped by a buffed headstock with a vintage ’50s decal. The African rosewood fingerboard has a 9.5″ radius and Dunlop 6105 frets. Other features include three new Big Dipper single-coil pickups with a special scooped mid-range voicing wound to Mayer’s exacting specs, an American Vintage synchronized tremolo with five tremolo springs (the uninstalled back plate is in the case), Fender/Gotoh vintage-style tuning keys and a three-ply brown shell pickguard.
Features + Technical Specs | |
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Model Number | 011-9700-(800), 011-9705-(844) and 011-9705-(869) |
Series | Artist Series |
Colors | 011-9700-(800) 3-Color Sunburst, 011-9705-(844) Shoreline Gold with Red Competition Stripe, (Polyurethane Finish) |
Body | Select Alder |
Neck | Maple, Thick “C” Shape, (Satin Urethane Finish on Back of Neck, Gloss Finish on the Face of the Headstock) |
Fingerboard | African Rosewood, 9.5” Radius (241 mm) |
No. of Frets | 21 Dunlop 6105 Narrow Jumbo Frets |
Pickups | 3 Big Dipper Single-Coil Strat Pickups with Special “Scooped” Mid-range Voicing to Meet John Mayer’s Specifcations |
Controls | Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup) |
Pickup Switching | 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup Position 3. Middle Pickup Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup Position 5. Neck Pickup |
Bridge | American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
Machine Heads | Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Tuning Machines |
Hardware | Nickel/Chrome |
Pickguard | 4-Ply Tortoise Shell |
Scale Length | 25.5” (648 mm) |
Width at Nut | 1.650” (42 mm) |
Unique Features | Thick C-Shape Neck, Vintage Hardware, Five Tremolo Springs installed at Factory, Per the Artist’s Request, the Back Tremolo Cover Plate is Not Installed nor Included with the Guitar, String Tree is Farther from the Nut, 3 Big Dipper Single-Coil Strat Pickups with Special “Scooped” Mid-range Voicing to Meet John Mayer’s Specifcations, ‘50s Spaghetti Logo Decal, Satin Urethane Finish on Back of Neck, Gloss Finish on the Face of the Headstock |
Strings | Fender Standard Tension ST250R, Nickel Plated Steel, Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046), p/n 0730250206 |
Accessories | INCASE Gig Bag , Strap, Cable, Meguiar’s Mist and Wipe Kit |
These musical instruments offer includes Case | INCASE Gig Bag |
Introduced | 7/2005 |