Born to play the blues.

This Custom Shop Artist Series Strat is a strong persuader, providing the sound, sustain, and expression for which Cray is known. It features a non-tremolo hardtail bridge and custom vintage pickups. The body is alder mated with a lightly figured maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. Gold vintage hardware.

Fender Custom Artist Series Robert Cray Signature Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features:

• Non-tremolo hardtail bridge
• Custom vintage pickup
• Alder body
• Lightly figured maple neck
• Rosewood fingerboard
• Gold vintage hardware

Simple elegance and vintage bluesy tone make the Cray Strat the perfect axe for any blues hound. Order today.

Fender Custom Artist Series Robert Cray Signature Stratocaster Electric Guitar

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My Favorite Strat! Possibly Guitar!

Posted by Alwaysimproving from Los Banos, CA on Oct 10, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Blues, Soul

I actually own the "MIM" made in Mexico version and man it plays amazing! I can' put it down, always my go to guitar! One sweet thing about mine though is I saw Robert Cray in concert and got him to autograph it, which was a tough feet cuz he doesn't do "meet and greats"! :)

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Best Stratocaster..Several periods!

Posted by Strat Doc from Chicago on Dec 5, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active with a day job!

Reviewer's Play Style: ROCK

If you put on blindfolds and played 10 top of the line strats and you like sustain, punch, massive bends, single coil "personality" and you don't really use the whammy?? NO DOUBT the RC wins. I own a Rory Gallagher, a 56 NOS, two 62's, a VG strat and a MIJ with antiquities. This is the go to strat. Only real question is MIM?? They are soooo good that this is one case where maybe you don't throw down 2 grand more than you needed? I own this one but I have played a MIM without it even being tweeked and...uh well sweet!

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I think this guitar could have been made better.

Posted by Anonymous Musician on Jun 25, 2003

Experience w/product: I own it

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Well, this guitar kinda stunk. I mean I spent A TON on it, and it's like one of my cheap guitars. I have seen better from Fender.

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Best playing strat

Posted by Fishman from Upstate New York on Jan 5, 2003

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues/Rock

This is the best playing strat with its flat neck radius. It has awesome sustain with its string-through hardtail (no tremolo cut-out). This guitar stays in tune no matter how much you stretch the strings, and when you do, they don't fret out. The custom shop has done justice to the hardtail design, the pickups give you blues, rock, or jazz - no problem. The neck is really sweet, the polyurathane finish is smooth like glass. If you like the strat sound, but have issues with the tremolo strat design, you should try this - especially if you like to play blues.

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Fender Custom Artist Series Robert Cray Signature Stratocaster Electric Guitar

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