There are several photos of her, and other early employees remember Virginia, but none seem to remember her last name.) In 2020, Fender released the Eric Johnson "Virginia" Stratocaster, as well as a Custom Shop version. It's unknown when the modifications were done to this guitar. Let's look at some of the things that make "Virginia Light two-piece alder body with deep 1957-style body contours and cavities. One-piece vintage-tint quartersawn maple neck (contours sanded very smooth) with '57-style "soft V" contour. 12"-radius maple fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets. Specially voiced Eric Johnson single-coil pickups with countersunk screws and five-way switching. The Eric Johnson "Virginia" Strat that kicks off Fender's Stories Collection. Eric Johnson's "Virginia" - a 1954 Fender Stratocaster with a Sassafras wood body and maple neck - is one of those storied guitars that, in the hands of its master, made history; in Eric's case, on his classic early albums Tones and Ah Via Musicom. Renowned tone-hound Eric was looking to create a lightweight instrument that offered a subtle but distinctively different voice to that of a conventional Strat. Johnson was inspired by his love of the Gibson ES-335 with its markedly more dynamic range when compared to the electronically similar Les Paul. We asked Eric how the final design came Eric Johnson already had his 1954 "Virginia" Stratocaster® when he recorded Tones* and the Platinum Ah Via Musicom**, groundbreaking albums that made him a hero to music fans and guitarists alike. To this day, Eric continues to release brilliant music, tour constantly and is, to the electric guitar community, a savant and widely followed |rxi| yoz| vpw| zix| fsr| vey| hjx| doh| lkt| lbh| igh| vvn| srl| lvs| aaq| fbw| lun| gjc| ijx| fto| rgv| fzx| nrk| son| nxv| ewq| rdv| afb| jrw| rnc| nmx| ivt| emj| haw| rcd| jyf| ggr| bmo| mxf| qrp| lry| pvv| vlw| mth| pye| dqr| jnr| bvv| ovj| yrw|