MARY KAY CUSTOM STRATOCASTER SEE THROUGH BLOND 57

Mary Kay custom 57 Blond see through Stratocaster.

This was a long time on the shelf suppose to made in. 018, but due to all Kind of circumstances it did not finished.
It did just now though, I always wanted to create a Fender stratocaster Mary Kay model its Like the bling bling strat amongs strats.
Beautiful swamp Ash body with the see through white finish, a one piece vintage maple neck with abalone dot inlays, and fender repair logo added.
All gold hardware was standard on the Mary Kay strat, it has a fender gold bridge with steel block, gotoh gold vintage kluson tuners, and a Gold neckplate.
The pickups are Porter pickups by Brian Porter
A set of 50's vintage strat pickups, the sound is awesome and true to the original Fender tone.
Pots and switch are usa made high quality.
Original 1 ply fender pickguard.
Guitar is really light weighs 3.1 kg!!
A new SCC black tolex case with black interior completes this beauty.
Guitar is put together and set up by my luthier , he did a tremendous job on this one. A top notch quitar with Fender Licensed parts by WD MUSIC and original Parts




WHO WAS MARY KAY?
Back in the 1950s, Mary Kaye was referred to by some as “The First Lady Of Rock ’N’ Roll”, so it’s no surprise that Fender wanted to get its newfangled Stratocaster into her hands for publicity photos of the Mary Kaye Trio. However, she never actually used the Strat that assumed her name – Kaye was more comfortable with her custom-made D’Angelico archtop, and didn’t even own a ‘Mary Kaye’ Stratocaster until 2003, when she was given one with “To Mary Kaye, from your friends at Fender” engraved on the neckplate.

Back in the 1950s, Mary Kaye was referred to by some as “The First Lady Of Rock ’N’ Roll”, so it’s no surprise that Fender wanted to get its newfangled Stratocaster into her hands for publicity photos of the Mary Kaye Trio. However, she never actually used the Strat that assumed her name – Kaye was more comfortable with her custom-made D’Angelico archtop, and didn’t even own a ‘Mary Kaye’ Stratocaster until 2003, when she was given one with “To Mary Kaye, from your friends at Fender” engraved on the neckplate.

It could have been so different. In early 1956, Fender’s marketing genius Don Randall offered Mary (born Malia Ka’aihue) a Stratocaster and a tweed Twin amplifier, recognising that a famous guitar player sporting the revolutionary design surely wouldn’t hurt sales.

But while Mary was happy to use Fender amps, she politely pointed out that she “couldn’t give up my D’Angelico for anything”. Ever pragmatic, Randall asked if Mary would at least pose for a promotional photo with the guitar and amp. Mary agreed and later that year appeared with the Strat in a movie called Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!, but on both occasions the guitar was taken back to Fender, despite Mary being told she could keep it. She was working so hard, she never chased it up, and Randall later gave the guitar to Johnny Cucci.

Although there are rarer custom colour 50s Strats, the ‘Mary Kaye’-spec models are the most sought after among collectors. In essence they are typical 50s Strats, but the defining features are a translucent blonde finish over an ash body, and gold-plated hardware.