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Jonathan Horsley

“It embodies everything I love about Fender and condenses it into one instrument”: Ariel Posen’s new Custom Shop signature Strat is A) a thing of beauty, and B) inspired by a… Jazzmaster?

Fender Custom Shop Ariel Posen Stratocaster: Posen's new signature model was inspired by the Jazzmaster and has custom-wound AP-90 pickups. Check out those cupcake-style control knobs.

Fender has unveiled a new Custom Shop Stratocaster for Canadian slide maverick and fuzz connoisseur Ariel Posen, and it is inspired by a Jazzmaster.

In the demo video, Posen admitted to being smitten by cult offset guitar. “I had the opportunity to dive into that world and really fell for the sound, and really fell for just the completely different vibe that it gives you from a Strat,” he says. The trouble was the ergonomics. Not that there’s anything wrong with them but nothing is quite like a Strat when it comes to comfort. Then the idea came to him. Why not combine both?

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