One-off Custom Shop models are joined by amps, pedals and even a Gretsch drum kit
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Fender may have just unveiled the stunning Custom Shop Prestige guitars, but the company isn’t done yet: witness the brand-new Masterbuilt Surf Green with Envy Collection.
The brainchild of master builders Paul Waller and Ron Thorn, the collection saw each Custom Shop Master Builder chose a particular year in Fender history to showcase, building their own vintage-inspired electric guitar or bass finished in Fender’s iconic Surf Green color.
And that’s not all: the Custom Shop team then added matching amplifiers, pedals and even a custom painted Gretsch drum kit, which accompanied Master Builder Dennis Galuszka’s ‘63 Esquire.
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Dennis Galuszka’s ‘63 Esquire with matching Gretsch drum kit(Image credit: Fender)
Chris Fleming(Image credit: Fender)
Jason Smith(Image credit: Fender)
Carlos Lopez(Image credit: Fender)
Dale Wilson(Image credit: Fender)
Vincent Van Trigt(Image credit: Fender)
Tony Corona(Image credit: Fender)
George Ruiz(Image credit: Fender)
Levi Perry(Image credit: Fender)
Greg Fessler(Image credit: Fender)
Steve Mather(Image credit: Fender)
Yuriy Shishkov(Image credit: Fender)
Kyle McMillin(Image credit: Fender)
Todd Krause(Image credit: Fender)
Ron Thorn(Image credit: Fender)
Nick Saccone(Image credit: Fender)
The collection includes six amplifiers, both custom-built and production line, as well as two matching effects pedals – a Boost and a Tremolo - handbuilt by Fender’s Vice President, R&D, Guitars Stan Cotey.
Each model in the collection is one-of-a-kind and sold only at authorized Fender Custom Shop showcase dealers in person or online. The six amps are sold individually as well.
Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.
