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Fender Michael Landau Signature Coma Stratocaster Guitar, Rosewood Fingerboard, Coma Red

$2,849.99
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Fender Michael Landau Signature Coma Stratocaster Guitar, Rosewood Fingerboard, Coma Red

$2,849.99
FREE 2-Day Shipping

Player's Perspective

New for 2023, we're proud to bring you one of the coolest signature guitars ever to be rolled out of Fender's Corona, CA factory: guitar legend Michael Landau's "Coma" Strat! Fender and Landau's collaboration has gone back years, covering everything from coveted Custom Shop Strats to amps. This beautiful axe is a recreation of one of his favorite vintage Strats. They painstakingly recreated all of the mods and repaints it underwent through the years.

Playability-wise, this one plays like absolute butter, having a factory satin-finished neck that adds a hot-rodded feel to the otherwise-vintage spec profile. The recessed Floyd Rose route that had a vintage bridge re-installed allows more room for the vintage-spec bridge to move around in, if you're into that sort of thing. And tone-wise, this thing seriously rips - it features custom noiseless single-coils that have all the vintage Strat tone you could ask for without the hum AND with an extra shot of attitude that cops Landau's vocal lead tones with ease. In the bridge is a custom ML Wide Range humbucker. The unique tone of the Wide Range design definitely comes through in this custom-wind ML variant wound exclusively for this guitar. It blends fantastically with the single-coil pickups as well!

Fender and Landau were successful in their endeavor - this thing absolutely drips with mojo and vibe.

Manufacturer's Description

Having performed on countless albums across four decades ā€“ Michael Landau is undoubtedly one of the most recorded guitarists of all time. An L.A. session ace and a playerā€™s player, Landauā€™s soulful, dynamic and endlessly creative playing has allowed him to remain in-demand across eras and genres, firmly establishing his legacy as an icon of the electric guitar. Mikeā€™s guitar has graced records by James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, Mile Davis, Boz Scaggs, Pink Floyd, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Bonnie Raitt and many more.

Throughout his session work and solo career, Mikeā€™s constant companion, workhorse, canvas and muse has been a 1959 Stratocaster called ā€œComa.ā€ Michael found the Coma, already modified, at a local L.A. guitar shop when he was 16. The refinished body and swapped-out pickups gave him all the permission he needed to customize the instrument throughout his career to match his evolving style and meet the needs of round-the-clock studio sessions. The distinctive, half-stripped Dakota Red finish and permanent marker ā€œComaā€ graphic make it unmistakable, but the guitar has had several different incarnations over the years, hosting a wide variety of pickups, electronics, hardware configurations and bridges.

The version of Coma recreated in the Fender Stories collection represents the guitar as it exists now. Electronics include custom-designed ML Ultra Noiseless Strat neck-and-middle pickups and a custom Wide Range humbucking pickup in the bridge position. Hardware includes a 6-screw vintage-style Stratocaster tremolo with a cold-rolled steel block, a custom ML-spec neck, Fender ClassicGear tuning machines and the signature faded red satin lacquer body complete with a Floyd Rose route. The Michael Landau Coma Stratocaster wears its rich history on full display, truly representing a vital artist thatā€™s always in transition. Also included are a ā€œComaā€ sticker set, custom strap, Coma pick tin (with limited edition Michael Landau picks) and a custom Coma-embroidered hardshell case.

Specifications

Body

  • BODY: Alder
  • BODY FINISH: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • BODY SHAPE: Stratocaster

Neck

  • HEADSTOCK: Stratocaster
  • NECK MATERIAL: Maple
  • NECK FINISH: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish with Gloss Headstock Face
  • NECK SHAPE: Custom ā€œCā€
  • NECK CONSTRUCTION: 4-Bolt Standard
  • FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
  • FRET SIZE: Narrow Tall
  • FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Slab Rosewood
  • POSITION INLAYS: White Pearloid Dot - 7mm
  • SIDE DOTS: White Pearloid
  • NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
  • TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
  • TRUSS ROD NUT: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
  • NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
  • NUT MATERIAL: Bone

Hardware

  • BRIDGE: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles
  • BRIDGE MOUNTING: 6-Screw Vintage-Style
  • TREMOLO BLOCK: Cold Rolled Steel
  • PICKGUARD: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell
  • PICKUP COVERS: Aged White
  • CONTROL KNOBS: Black Stratocaster-Style Skirt
  • HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
  • TUNING MACHINES: Fender ClassicGear
  • STRING TREES: Butterfly
  • TREMOLO ARM: Screw-In
  • NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt with Custom Coma Artwork, Serialized
  • STRAP BUTTONS: Vintage-Style

Electronics

  • BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom ML CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucker
  • MIDDLE PICKUP: Custom ML Noiseless Single-Coil Strat
  • NECK PICKUP: Custom ML Noiseless Single-Coil Strat
  • PICKUP CONFIGURATION: HSS
  • CONTROLS: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge 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

Misc.

  • STRINGS: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
  • Hardshell Case Included
  • Instrument Weight: 7.7 lbs
  • Serial #: ML00409

Overall Condition

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for Fender. This Michael Landau Signature Coma is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty. Photos are of the exact guitar you'll receive.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.