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Fender Eric Johnson Signature Stratocaster
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Your Price: $3,379.99 CDN
or from $156 CDN/mo
Free Setup Included
In addition to the benefits of the Performance Warranty, we offer one complimentary setup with the purchase of a new or used guitar, to be redeemed at any Long & McQuade location within the initial free-warranty period (1-year on new, 90-days on used).
This Includes:
- Restring (Strings not included).
- Tighten and lubricate all hardware.
- Clean and test electronics.
- Replace battery if needed (Battery not included).
- Adjust or rehang loose wiring.
- Clean and condition the fingerboard.
- Fret polish to remove minor scratches, pits and corrosion.
- Cleaning of the entire instrument.
- Adjust truss-rod to correct neck relief.
- Adjust saddle radius to match fingerboard.
- Adjust action at bridge.
- File nut slots for proper string movement.
- Adjust intonation.
- Adjust tremolo bridge setting to player's preference.
- Add/remove trem-springs as needed (Parts not included).
- Adjust pickup balance.
- Full inspection and play test.
Long & McQuade Performance Assurance
Buying a new instrument is an exciting event and we want to ensure that every instrument we sell comes exactly how the manufacturer intended it to be. That is why Long & McQuade performs a quality control check for every stringed, brass, and woodwind instrument over $99 ordered online at Long-McQuade.com.
Our team of experienced staff will unbox your instrument and perform a detailed inspection to ensure it leaves our warehouse looking and playing great with our QC card signed and dated for your peace of mind.
We work hard to source the best instruments from around the world from the finest brands. It is important to us that you are completely satisfied with your new instrument purchase from day one onwards.
Stringed Instrument Performance Assurance Checklist
Unlike our free set-up, which is included within the first year of purchase, this process is done to have the instrument set to the factory specs rather than to each player's feel or preferences.
We look after the following:
- Inspect finish and hardware.
- Check electronics to make sure everything is in working order. Check batteries on active pickups.
- Inspect strings.
- Inspect frets and fretboard.
- Check truss rod. Adjust for bow and relief.
- Tune instrument to manufacturer's specified tuning.
- Check/set action height.
- Stretch strings and re-tune instrument and ensure machine heads are working well.
- Check for fret buzz by playing every note.
- Check/set intonation.
- Check/set pickup height.
- Cleaning and professional repacking.
The long-awaited Eric Johnson Stratocaster guitar arose from Johnsons express wish to give something back to the collectors, players and fans whove supported him throughout his career.
Designed by Johnson himself with his own personal features and preferences, this signature model has a highly contoured two-piece alder body with a very thin nitrocellulous lacquer finish. The one-piece quarter-sawn maple neck has a V-shaped profile, 12 fingerboard radius and 21 polished frets. The staggered vintage-style machine heads eliminate the need for a string tree, and the custom pickups are wound to Johnsons specs. Other features include a parchment 57-style pickguard, four-spring vintage tremolo, silver-painted block and 57-style string recess with no paint between the base plate and the block.
Body 2-Piece, Deep Contoured, 57 Style Lightweight Alder Body
Neck 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple, Soft V Shape,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Fingerboard Maple, 12 Radius (305 mm)
No. of Frets 21 Highly Polished Medium Jumbo Frets
Pickups 3 Special Design Eric Johnson Pickups with Countersunk Mounting Screws (Neck/Middle/Bridge)
Controls Master Volume,
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Pickup Switching 5-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
Position 3. Middle Pickup
Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup
Position 5. Neck Pickup
Bridge American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads Fender/Gotoh Staggered Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard 1-Ply Parchment, (8 Hole)
Scale Length 25.5 (648 mm)
Width at Nut 1.650 (42 mm)
Unique Features 1-Piece Quartersawn Soft V Shape Vintage Tinted Maple Neck,
Extra Smooth Neck to Headstock Volute,
Special Neckplate with Engraved EJ and Kokopelli,
2-Piece Deep Contoured 57 Style Lightweight Alder Body,
1957 Style Body Cavities,
12 Radius Fingerboard,
Countersunk Holes in Pickguard for Pickup Mounting Screws,
Height Staggered Vintage Style Tuners which Eliminate the Need for String Trees,
Vintage Tremolo with Silver Painted Block and 57 Style String Recess (No Paint Between Base Plate and Block),
5 Tremolo Springs and No Back Tremolo Cover Plate
Accessories Deluxe Blonde Hardshell Case with Black Ends (Black Interior), Strap, Cable, Ash Tray Bridge Cover
Designed by Johnson himself with his own personal features and preferences, this signature model has a highly contoured two-piece alder body with a very thin nitrocellulous lacquer finish. The one-piece quarter-sawn maple neck has a V-shaped profile, 12 fingerboard radius and 21 polished frets. The staggered vintage-style machine heads eliminate the need for a string tree, and the custom pickups are wound to Johnsons specs. Other features include a parchment 57-style pickguard, four-spring vintage tremolo, silver-painted block and 57-style string recess with no paint between the base plate and the block.
Body 2-Piece, Deep Contoured, 57 Style Lightweight Alder Body
Neck 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple, Soft V Shape,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Fingerboard Maple, 12 Radius (305 mm)
No. of Frets 21 Highly Polished Medium Jumbo Frets
Pickups 3 Special Design Eric Johnson Pickups with Countersunk Mounting Screws (Neck/Middle/Bridge)
Controls Master Volume,
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Pickup Switching 5-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
Position 3. Middle Pickup
Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup
Position 5. Neck Pickup
Bridge American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads Fender/Gotoh Staggered Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard 1-Ply Parchment, (8 Hole)
Scale Length 25.5 (648 mm)
Width at Nut 1.650 (42 mm)
Unique Features 1-Piece Quartersawn Soft V Shape Vintage Tinted Maple Neck,
Extra Smooth Neck to Headstock Volute,
Special Neckplate with Engraved EJ and Kokopelli,
2-Piece Deep Contoured 57 Style Lightweight Alder Body,
1957 Style Body Cavities,
12 Radius Fingerboard,
Countersunk Holes in Pickguard for Pickup Mounting Screws,
Height Staggered Vintage Style Tuners which Eliminate the Need for String Trees,
Vintage Tremolo with Silver Painted Block and 57 Style String Recess (No Paint Between Base Plate and Block),
5 Tremolo Springs and No Back Tremolo Cover Plate
Accessories Deluxe Blonde Hardshell Case with Black Ends (Black Interior), Strap, Cable, Ash Tray Bridge Cover
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Get one!!! 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store North York (Steeles), Ontario
If you are at all a Strat player then this is THE one!! This is my 3rd Eric Johnson Strat and I regret letting the other 2 slip away before the price on these jumped! I found my latest on a chance day off while tracking guitars in Brooklyn last summer. Found a black Eric Johnson used at a Guitar Center. It needed a setup and that's about it . I have owned close to over 50 strats, everything from Customshop Master builds by Todd Krause, and Jason Smith to some very nice team builds and let me tell you these Strats are very close to a vintage 57 strat with modern appointments that the working musician needs. 12 " radius, and a unique tuner /headstock drop that eliminates the need for a string tree. You can set the action really low , float the bridge and w/3 springs in the open back and you have a winner. I use this as an everyday player guitar for my teaching gigs and plan to use it as a backup for some upcoming tours .The pickups have a lot of body and clarity. They really react well to the volume and tone controls allowing for an array of vintage to fat modern sounds . You can definitely shred on these and hold fat distorted tones - the Bridge pickup with the tone control at 7/8 through a distorted and loud Friedman- glorious indeed! The neck pickup , is fantastic for clean blues or vintage Hendrix can even grab some nice Jazz comping with the reactive tone controls . I currently own a few Customshop Teles and a Customshop 63 Strat and this gets the most play. You never see these used and there is a reason for that. I can't put the thing down and a few of my buddies whom own them feel the same way. Get one! You will immediately bond with it.
Posted by Steve on Feb 15, 2024
A Elite Stratocaster with beautiful tone 0 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Peterborough, Ontario
I love My 17 Fender USA Eric Johnson signature USA stratocaster. It's so relaxing to play it slides up and down the fretboard as fast as you can hit the notes this is a must have guitar that is extremely hard to find used because Fender USA stratocaster owners love to play them
Posted by Francis Mckeiver on Sep 1, 2023
This. Is. A. Tone. Monster! 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Brantford, Ontario
Take heed. If all the reviews say the EJ Strat is the best production Strat ever, BELIEVE IT! Words are one thing, but when you physically hold it, feel how your left hand just melts into the back of the neck and hear how glorious the pickups sound, you'll immediately know that the EJ stands way out from pretty much every other Strat made. Give it a good setup, revert back to a 3-spring tremolo and get the bridge to float a bit, use 10-46 pure nickels and enjoy the best single coil tones you have ever heard.
Posted by Bob S. on Jul 5, 2022
The best production Strat available, period. 10 of 10 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store North Vancouver, British Columbia
I’ve got 4 Strats; the first, an Am-Standard, I bought from L&M 28 years ago. As far as I’m concerned, the Eric Johnson Strat is about as good as it gets in terms of attention to detail and all of the features that make up the finished guitar. The only way I can see a player getting a better Strat is by going the Custom Shop route.
The 2 piece alder body is flawless, resonant and really light. Mine is a sunburst with maple neck and it weighs 7.2 lbs. it sounds really nice and resonant, even when playing unplugged. The 12” radius, soft-v neck is chunky like a 50’s Les Paul neck but it’s not too much of a handful. It doesn’t feel super wide. The nitro finish is about the most comfortable feeling finish a guitar could have. You just don’t want to put it down. The frets are super smooth and low. The action can be super low without buzzing and fretting out. The nickel plated hardware is even a step up from the typical decent quality Fender hardware.
The pickups are really unique, especially the bridge pickup. It has a tone all its own and I often find myself surprised I’m on the bridge pickup as much as I am on this guitar.
I think the only way you could get a better guitar is by having a custom built Strat from a boutique builder or the Fender Custom Shop. Big thanks to Eric Johnson and Fender. They got this one absolutely right.
Posted by Ando on Jul 24, 2020
Strat Eric Johnson sunburst 2 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Montréal, Quebec
Fini nitro, manche quartersaw, excellant pickup sauf que j'ai remplacé le condensateur original 0,1 uf pour un 0,022 car le son était trop dark sinon. Le manche a un radius de 12 comme Gibson. C est le meilleur des mondes. Eric Johnson n'utilise pas le tremolo il faut donc enlever 2 ressorts et ajuster la tension sinon vous risquer d'abimer la guitare sinon. Le nitro vieillit super bien. Seul défaut comme elle basé sur la strat 57 la vis d ajustement de la trusrod est du côté corp de la guitare, un peu gossant.
Posted by guy on Jun 18, 2020
N/A 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
Posted by anonymous on Jan 30, 2017
A joy to play and look at!! 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
This guitar leaves me speechless after every time I play it and or just look at it. The nitro finish on the body and neck is just spectacular and the grain lines really pop out on the beautiful quarter sawn neck as well. The neck radius makes full step bends a breeze. The pick ups are just perfect to my ear and are the first time I'm not swapping them out like I have in previous strats or other electrics.
Would love to have one of the rosewood models next. Still contemplating it. By far the nicest strat for the money and wouldn't doubt they're just as good as the more expensive custom shop models. You might not be able to play one before you buy one like I didn't but I watched every u tube video and read every review I could find on this guitar which made my desicion a no brainer in ordering one through my Burlington store.
Posted by Steve on Jan 30, 2017
Want another one!! 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Mississauga, Ontario
Absolutely a joy to play and look at. Do not want to put it down. By far the nicest Strat I've ever played and owned.
The vintage tint quarter sawn neck is absolutely stunning and the grain pattern on the headstock and fretboard on this one I got is amazing to look at and the nitro cellulose finish is outstanding all around. The 12.5" neck radius is great for mid neck whole step bends as well. Love the tone of the custom EJ pick ups too. I'm definately considering getting the rosewood board EJ model as well. There are some slight differences between the two as well which make it worth it to me especially for the price which is a great deal for this guitar.
Posted by anonymous on Jan 9, 2017
Eric Johnson Strat 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Kanata, Ontario
I gave it all 9's but all in all it's one of the best playing strats I've ever tried..The feel,the finish,and tone It's all there..I have 2005 blond nicely faded to cream.. You can read the specs but go out and play one..You'll get the picture!
Posted by Mike on Oct 13, 2015
One of the best Strats currently made 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Halifax, Nova Scotia
I think we owe Mr Johnson a thank you.
Lots of features here that add up to one great guitar. It's the attention to detail that sets it apart.....things like the 1/4 sawn neck that's super stable, the no paint between the trem block and vintage trem block specs.
Simply one of the best Strats I've ever owned.
Posted by anonymous on Aug 19, 2015
my first real Fender stratocaster 2 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
picked up this guitar in the used section of my Burlington Long and Mcquade. this is the nicest Strat I have ever played. everyone agrees with me. This is an amazing instrument, have not even changed the strings yet
Posted by george lange on Aug 17, 2015
Better than Custom! 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Calgary Chinook, Alberta
This may be the best Fender , including custom shop. This guitar sings, light body and a nice progressive neck carve. The pickups are clean and clear and work great with my tube amp. This is my first guitar with the nitro finish. This is how a guitar should feel.
Posted by anonymous on Dec 2, 2014
Fenders best stratocaster 10 of 10 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Abbotsford, British Columbia
Eric Johnson and fenderweren't trying to replicate a 57 stratocaster exactly to thetee, however the goal was to have the best of the old combined with the best of the new. I have many custom shop stratocasters and this guitar is A much much much better player! Bottom line is I can't believe I overlook this guitar for all these years trust me a guy that owns many high-end strats and lespauls ,this is the guitar to buy. Even if this guitar cost a thousand dollars more ,it would of been worth it !
Posted by Doctor reverb on Apr 13, 2014
Eric johnson strat keeps up with any custom shop strat 5 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Mississauga, Ontario
Ive owned many customshop stratocasters and although they are so gorgeous that you can stare at them all day The price of them is enough to make you sick the Eric johnson strat has the vest of the old and the best of the new, THIS ERIC JOHNSON STRAT IS THE BEST GUITAR FENDER MAKES YOU CANNOT BUILD A BETTER STRAT THIS STRAT NOT ONLY LOOKS BEAUTIFUL BUT PLAYS LIKE A DREAM AMD THE SOUND IS ALSO SOMETHING SPECIAL I DONT KNOW HOW I OVERLOOKED THIS STRATOCASTER FOR ALL THESE YEARS ERIC JOHNSON STRATOCASTER IS TRUE CUSTOM SHOP !
Posted by Conan OBrien on Apr 8, 2014
Quality 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Saint John, New Brunswick
Everything about this guitar screams quality. You have to play this guitar to feel how solid it is. But it isn't heavy. The nitro finish is so much nicer than the usual polyurethane finish on regular production strats. Pictures don't do it justice. The guitar is flawless. If you like strats, you really have to try it out.
Posted by Guest on Apr 3, 2014
Top of the line 2 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Ottawa, Ontario
Simply the best strat I've owned/played in my 20+ years of playing guitar.
Posted by anonymous on May 20, 2013
Eric Johnson 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Brampton, Ontario
Ok, hands down a killer 57 replica. It is a monster, for the price of a real 1957 this baby is pretty close for the fraction of the cost of a real one.
Posted by anonymous on Dec 31, 2012
Find one 4 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Calgary Chinook, Alberta
This is the real deal.neck carve is amazing
Posted by anonymous on Oct 3, 2012
Best strat for a 57 replica 3 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Mississauga, Ontario
killer tone
Posted by anonymous on Aug 20, 2012
N/A 5 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Mississauga, Ontario
this guitar is hands down the best Fender has made since the 50's....
Posted by anonymous on Jul 16, 2012
Best ever 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Mississauga, Ontario
this guitar is by far the best strat Fender has made since the 50's and 60's. It is so versatile that it's sickening.
Posted by anonymous on Mar 19, 2012
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