“The most important thing is to be true to yourself so that, when you play, it sounds like you”: Fender gives Richie Kotzen’s head-turning MIJ signature Strat a global release

The Fender Richie Kotzen Stratocaster is made in Japan and features a contoured ash body with a stunning figured maple top, and comes with DiMarzio pickups and Gotoh tuners.

Richie Kotzen’s signature Stratocaster was one of those instances where the Japanese market is treated to a super-cool Fender electric guitar that the rest of the world wants and wants badly.

Maybe it was the figured maple veneer over ash, the eye-popping grain complemented by gold hardware, the DiMarzio electric guitar pickups – not to mention the tip-top MIJ Build.