PhotograPhy by PhiliP sowels FENDER ERIC JOHNSON STRATOCASTER RW £1,909.99 ELECTRICS 76 Guitarist April 2009 GIT314.
FENDER ERIC JOHNSON STRATOCASTER RW £1,909.99 ELECTRICS We reviewed Eric Johnson’s maple-necked signature Strat when it debuted in 2005. For ’09, there’s a new version with a series of ’60s-inspired tweaks… by Neville Marten April 2009 Guitarist 77 GIT314.
FENDER ERIC JOHNSON STRATOCASTER RW £1,909.99 ELECTRICS Fender Eric Johnson Strat RW £1,909.99 A ny mention of Eric Johnson invariably – and perhaps rather tediously for Johnson himself – concentrates on his status as a tone-hound of legendary credentials. It will inevitably state how he goes through his equipment microscopically, making sure the polarity of each internal component faces the same direction so the current passes as smoothly as possible.
FENDER ERIC JOHNSON STRATOCASTER RW £1,909.99 ELECTRICS with the middle pickup’s lack of tone control there’s an extra funky edge to be had with it on its own, or in tandem with either of the other two. It’s really hard to argue with Johnson’s logic. Verdict The custom vibrato block and quintet of springs marry tone with stability fingerboard has a flatter, 12-inch (305mm) radius. That’s the same as a Gibson Les Paul and, therefore, markedly different to Fender’s vintagestyle 7.
