Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Masterbuilt Dale Wilson #CZ578116 - relic bronze

FENDER Custom Shop Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Masterbuilt MBDW Relic Bronze #CZ578116 (9216008270) solid body electric guitar was hand built by masterbuilder Dale Wilson.
This solid body electric guitar features 2-pieces Ash body, roasted solid AAA flame Maple neck and fretboard ('57 Style Soft V profile, narrow-tall frets, 9.5" radius), and Custom Shop Fat 60's hand-wounded pickups.
The guitar comes with a case, strap and Fender Custom Shop certificate of authenticity.

Not commonly used to built solid body electric guitars, Spruce nevertheless offers interesting sound properties in between Ash, Alder, Mahogany and Maple.

Dale Wilson arrived at Fender in 2003, joined the Custom Shop in 2005 and became a Master Builder in 2011. Building guitars has been a driving passion for the California native since childhood.
He did repair work and mods in a small guitar shop right out of high school in the late 1980s; subsequently moving on to stints at Dobro and Rickenbacker before arriving at Fender, where he worked on Guild, Gretsch and Benedetto guitars before beginning his apprenticeship with various Custom Shop Master Builders.
He enjoys calling upon his extensive and varied experience as a craftsman to create highly distinctive guitars such as the Resophonic Thinline Telecaster®. Wilson also built five beautiful custom guitars for the January 2011 NAMM Show while still an apprentice and was asked to sign the back of the headstocks, garnering him his Master Builder status.