Series Custom Artist Series
Model Name David Gilmour Stratocaster® NOS
Model Number 015-0068-806
Colors (806) Black,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Body Comfort Contoured Select Alder
Neck 1-Piece Maple, 1983 Thin-Shouldered “C” Shape, (.790” to .870” Taper),
(”Thin-Skin” Dark Tint Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Fingerboard Maple, 7.25” Radius (184mm)
No. of Frets 21 Vintage Style Frets
Pickups 1 Custom Hand-Wound Fat ‘50s Single-Coil Strat® Pickup, (Neck),
1 Custom-Wound Single-Coil Strat® Pickup (Middle)
1 Seymour Duncan SSL-5 Single-Coil Strat® Pickup (Bridge)
Controls Master Volume,
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 2. (Middle 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

1 Mini-Toggle (Adds Neck Pickup in Positions 1, 2 and 3.)
Bridge Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Custom Beveled Tremolo Block and Shortened Tremolo Arm
Machine Heads Fender/Gotoh® Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard 1-Ply .120” Beveled Black Acrylic, (11 Hole)
Scale Length 25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut 1.675” (42.5 mm)
Unique Features Thin-Shouldered “C” Neck Shape Duplicated from David’s 1983 U.S. Vintage ‘57 Strat® Neck,
Custom Shortened Tremolo Arm,
Custom Beveled Tremolo Block,
White Tremolo Back Cover,
Black Dot Position Inlays (Narrow Spacing),
Aged White Plastic Parts,
Built as if bought new in its respective year and brought forward in time.
The First 500 Sold in Either Finish Option will Include a Limited Edition, Signed Copy of “The Black Strat®” Book, Autographed by the Author, David’s Long-Standing Guitar Tech, Phil Taylor.
Strings GHS®, DG Boomers, Nickel Plated Steel,
Gauges: (.010, .012, .016, .028, .038, .048)
Accessories Deluxe Black Hardshell Case, Evidence Audio™ High-End Guitar Cable, Custom Leather Strap, GHS® DG Boomers Strings, DG Pick, David Gilmour’s Three Disc “Live In Gdansk” CD and DVD Package, a Copy of Phil Taylor’s “The Black Strat” Book, Polishing Cloth and the Certificate of Authenticity
Case Deluxe Black Hardshell Case with Green Crushed Velvet Lining and with “David Gilmour” and Custom Shop Logo Embroidered on the Lid Interior
Introduced 7/2008
Notice Prices and Specifications Subject to Change Without Notice