Fender Eric Johnson Virginia Stratocaster

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 tastemaker. In 2020, for the first time, Eric's 1954 Virginia Stratocaster will be replicated by both Fender Custom Shop and the Fender Corona Production line in limited numbers. With its rare rift/quartersawn sassafras body, lacquer finish, custom wiring and more, the Eric Johnson 1954 Virginia Stratocaster will thrill players and collectors alike with its distinctive look and exceptional tone.

*(1987 Grammy nominated for best Rock Instrumental Performance)

**(1991 Grammy for best Rock Instrumental Performance)

FEATURES

Two-piece, offset-seam sassafrass body
“Soft V”-shaped maple neck; 12”-radius fingerboard with 21 jumbo frets
DiMarzio® HS2 bridge pickup; Fender ’57/62 single-coil Strat® middle and neck pickups
Custom wiring and artist-specific setup
Includes G&G tweed hardshell case and Certificate of Authenticity

[randallcolthorpe]

Sassafras, my favorite tea; 1954 a great year; Virginia, my home state. May have to add one of these to the stash! Well done Baxter!

[martywilkinson]

Selling my EJ strat was my biggest guitar regret! Great playing as always Baxter!

[morganghetti]

Beautiful guitar and beautifully played.

[TomasJaworsky]

Amazing guitar and great playing!
Until you want more of this! 🎸👌

[shanethefortean]

Cool wiring setup. Baxter sounds great too

[ATX]

I know some people have said they don't like position 4 on this guitar. I actually really like it. Would love to fiddle with some Japanese type sounds on that setting.

[robhirschfeld]

You should do a video on the lack of left handed guitars in company ranges now (Fender, PRS, Charvel etc). Gibson have added to their left handed range so what's going on with the other companies?

[Hillelfan]

What are your thoughts on the 57/62s are they glassy and bell like?

[accidentals_hacks]

The in phase position 4 sound is the best “that” strat sound. Now you have no choice but be stuck with the out of phase sound. Should have been a switch instead.

[xsamitt]

Good the guitar sounds very ruff/aggressive in it's sound preproduction.

[Cowboy_Beep_Da_Boop]

Looks like the high e is nearly falling off the neck 😐 sounds good though

[michaelwoods]

Fender really needs to work on their sunburst finishes. They've been butt ugly for years. Only the custom shop does a decent sunburst.