Fender Artist Series Kenny Wayne Shepherd Stratocaster, Transparent Faded Sonic Blue Overview
Fender Artist Series Kenny Wayne Shepherd Stratocaster, Transparent Faded Sonic Blue Overview.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s fiery leads, meaty rhythms, and hard-driving songs have propelled his robust career through nine solo records – three certified platinum, major tours with Buddy Guy, Van Halen, and The Rolling Stones, and an ongoing collaboration with blues-supergroup The Rides with Stephen Stills.
The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Stratocaster features a chambered ash body for vibrant and resonant tone, while the Transparent Faded Sonic Blue lacquer finish highlights the beautiful ash grain. The early ‘60s inspired “C”-shaped maple neck and bound rosewood fingerboard—with a 7.25” radius—offer comfort and playability straight out of Fender’s golden age. Loaded with three Kenny Wayne Shepherd custom pickups, this guitar delivers punchy and full-throated Strat tones.
- Body Chambered Ash
- Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape Stratocaster®
- Neck Material Quartersawn Maple
- Neck Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Scale Length 25.5" (648 mm)
- Fingerboard Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius 7.25" (184.1 mm)
- Number of Frets 21
- Frets Size Jumbo
- String Nut Bone
- Nut Width 1.650" (42 mm)
- Position Inlays White Pearloid Block
- Bridge Pickup Custom-Voiced Kenny Wayne Shepherd Single-Coil Strat®
- Middle Pickup Custom-Voiced Kenny Wayne Shepherd Single-Coil Strat®
- Neck Pickup Custom-Voiced Kenny Wayne Shepherd Single-Coil Strat®
- Controls Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), 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
- Pickup Configuration SSS
- Bridge 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo with Graph Tech® Saddles
- Hardware Finish Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines Vintage-Style
- Pickguard 4-Ply White Pearloid
- Control Knobs White Plastic
- Strings Fender® USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
