The specs are now doing the rounds for the Fender Custom Shop Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Stratocaster Electric Guitar (informally nicknamed the ‘Play Loud’ Strat).
Like the original, it features DiMarzio® HS-3 pickups in the bridge and neck positions and a standard fender ’70s-era middle pickup, with a standard Fender bridge, a large headstock and a battered olympic White finish expertly treated to mirror each of the original guitar’s many battle scars the nicks, dings, scratches, burns and worn finish spots as inflicted by Yngwie on stages all over the world.
Model Name: Custom Shop Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Stratocaster® Body: Alder Neck: Maple, Modern “C” Shape with Machine Screw Mounting Inserts,(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) Fingerboard: Scalloped Maple, 9.5″ Radius (241mm) No. of Frets: 21 Pickups: 2 Dimarzio® HS-3 (Neck & Bridge), Standard Fender® 70s-era (Middle) Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. No-Load Tone Control (Bridge and Middle Pickups) Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade; Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Middle Pickup; Position 3. Neck Pickup Bridge: Standard Fender Tremolo Machine Heads: Fender®/Schaller® Vintage “F” Style Tuning Machines Hardware: Chrome Pickguard: 3-Ply White/Black/White Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm) Width at Nut: Brass Nut, 1.650″ (42 mm) Unique Features: New Special Refined ’60’s Shape Neck, New Machine Screw Neck Mounting Inserts, New Bullet Truss Rod Nut, New Deeper Scalloped Fingerboard, Brass Nut, Large ’60s Styled Headstock, With Dunlop 6000 Jumbo Fretwire, Aged Pickup Covers, Aged Plastic Parts Strings: Fender® Super Bullets® 3250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-3250-003 Accessories: Strap, Cable