New 2009 EJ

[Mark Davis]

Model Name Eric Johnson Stratocaster® RW
Model Number 011-7700-(Color #)
Series Artist Series
Colors (854) Dakota Red,
(897) Tropical Turquoise,
(898) Medium Palomino Metallic,
(899) Lucerne Aqua Firemist,
(Thin-Skin Nitrocellulose Lacquer)
Body 2-Piece, Deep Contoured, ‘57 Style Lightweight Alder Body
Neck Quartersawn Maple, Soft “V” Shape,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Fingerboard Bound Round Laminated Rosewood, 12” Radius (305 mm)
No. of Frets 21 Highly Polished Medium Jumbo Frets
Pickups 3 Specially Voiced Eric Johnson Single-Coil Pickups with Countersunk Mounting Screws (Neck/Middle/Bridge)
Controls Master Volume,
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 2. (Bridge 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® Staggered Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard 3-Ply Parchment, (8-Hole)
Scale Length 25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut 1.650” (42 mm)
Unique Features Quartersawn Maple Neck with Soft “V” Shape and Vintage Tint,
Bound Round Laminated Rosewood Fingerboard,
Extra Smooth Neck to Headstock Volute,
Special Neckplate with Engraved EJ and Kokopelli,
2-Piece Deep Contoured ‘57 Style Lightweight Alder Body,
1957 Style Body Cavities,
12” Radius Fingerboard,
Countersunk Holes in Pickguard for Pickup Mounting Screws,
Pearloid Dot Inlay Position Markers,
Height Staggered Vintage Style Tuners which Eliminate the Need for String Trees,
Vintage Tremolo with Silver Painted Block and ‘57 Style String Recess (No Paint Between Base Plate and Block),
3-Ply 8-Hole Parchment Pickguard,
5 Tremolo Springs and No Back Tremolo Cover Plate
Strings Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel,
Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046),
P/N 073-0250-006
Accessories Deluxe Blonde Hardshell Case, Levy’s® Woven Strap, 15’ Koil Kords™ Cable, “Ash Tray” Bridge Cover
Case Deluxe Blonde Hardshell Case with Brown Ends (Gold Interior)
Introduced 1/2009

[Old Cane]

Nice color choices.

[Mark Davis]

cool new colors here are more

[<jbc>]

Quartersawn neck? Thats odd.

[teleon]

$2510.00 at Wildwood. Wow! A bit out of my zone. Beautifull guitars, though.

[SMPTE]

Originally Posted by <jbc>

Quartersawn neck? Thats odd.

The maple neck is quartersawn too. They don't say if it's the graduated fretboard curve like the maple has or a straight 12" across.

The maple neck goes for around 1600-1700$ street, so 2100ish street for the RW is a head scratcher to me. I like the idea of a bound neck, but not at a 500$ or so premium...

I'll wait till they hit the used market on this one. I was kinda waiting to see when it would eventually come out. If it was the same pricing (+-10% or so) as the maple I would have jumped on it. 2000$ as a Strat price point has a lot of very interesting options (Custom Shop etc.)

[Mark Davis]

Originally Posted by <jbc>

Quartersawn neck? Thats odd.

Why is that odd the other EJ's are quartersawn too. My CV is also Quarrtersawn a $300 guitar! LOL

[graphs]

They're lookers, that is for sure.

[<jbc>]

Originally Posted by Mark Davis

Why is that odd the other EJ's are quartersawn too. My CV is also Quarrtersawn a $300 guitar! LOL

Didn't know that, especially that there is a quartersawn neck CV model. Which one is that?

I wonder if they have a problem with tear-outs when milling up the QS necks?

[Mark Davis]

Originally Posted by <jbc>

Didn't know that, especially that there is a quartersawn neck CV model. Which one is that?

I wonder if they have a problem with tear-outs when milling up the QS necks?

The CV Teles are quartersawn.

[tazzboy]

Cool they (EJ Strats) were supposed to happen last year. I'm glad they are going to be coming out this year.

[boris bubbanov]

They look beautiful. Love all the colors, including the new red.

Any of ya'll want a shopworn GC 2007-8 Metallic Red EJ Strat for $ 999, there was still one on 12/30/2008 at the GC in Tucson. Not too bad; the body is kinda checked.

[CodeBlue]

Looks cool but out of my price range right now, maybe a nice used one will come my way later this year?

[bluesmanmartin]

Originally Posted by tazzboy

Cool they (EJ Strats) were supposed to happen last year. I'm glad they are going to be coming out this year.

The EJ's have been out for years, and when I talked to some dealers about selling mine "as long as it's not red" is what they said it should sell.

Martin...

[tazzboy]

Originally Posted by bluesmanmartin

The EJ's have been out for years, and when I talked to some dealers about selling mine "as long as it's not red" is what they said it should sell.

Martin...

If you read my post correctly I was referring to the Rosewood version. Which was what the topic was all about.

[thaus]

Wow.......quite the jump for this thread!! From January 6th to November 27th........still, love that bound rosewood neck!