{"product_id":"fender-mim-stratocaster-gene-winfield-finish-2024","title":"Fender 2010 Stratocaster Gene Winfield Wild Cad Purple Sparkle Hard Case Excellent","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo sales tax for US customers outside California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere we have a truly unique, one of a kind guitar that was painted by celebrated hot rod master, Gene Winfield.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eGene Winfield opened his custom hot rod shop in 1955 — the same year the Stratocaster went into full production. Over the following seven decades he built or painted some of the most celebrated custom vehicles in American history, including film and television cars for Blade Runner, Star Trek, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Get Smart, and show cars that won top honors at the Detroit Autorama, the Grand National Roadster Show, and events across the United States and internationally. His signature technique — the multi-stage fadeaway paint job, blending and transitioning colors across body panels in a way that no two applications ever produce identically — became the most imitated and least replicable finish in the custom car world. Gene Winfield passed away on March 4, 2025. He was 97 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis guitar is one of a kind. A raw, unfinished Fender Stratocaster body — donated by Fender Custom Shop — was taken to Gene Winfield's shop, where he painted it by hand to replicate the exact fadeaway color scheme of his celebrated Wild Cad, the 1959 Cadillac custom that had taken top honors at the Sacramento Autorama and other major automotive events. The purple sparkle fadeaway finish on this guitar body was applied using the same technique that Winfield had deployed across six decades of award-winning custom work. After Winfield completed the paint, artist Mike Clines pinstriped the body in 12k white gold with green accents to match the aesthetic of the Wild Cad itself. The completed guitar was donated as a charity raffle prize for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sacramento and Northeastern California through the Vintage Fridays cruise night — a community event for pre-1973 American vehicles where the guitar was raffled to benefit children's wishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe guitar underneath the paint is a 2010 Fender MIM Stratocaster — alder body, modern C maple neck at .843\" at the first fret and .891\" at the tenth, maple fingerboard with black dot inlays at 9.5\" radius, 21 frets, vintage-style synchronized tremolo with original arm, Fender standard ceramic single-coil pickups reading 6.70k neck, 6.79k middle, and 6.78k bridge — a well-matched, correctly functional set. All hardware original. One pickguard screw is non-original, noted honestly. Original hang tags and manual included. Non-original Freedom hardshell case in excellent condition. At 7 lbs 14.5 oz this is a comfortable, playable instrument. Action set at 2\/32\" on both strings at the twelfth fret.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWhat you are acquiring is not a production guitar. It is a documented piece of American custom car and pop culture history — a canvas painted by a master of his craft in the last decade of his life, for a cause he chose to support, in the colors of one of his most celebrated creations. There will never be another one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 7lbs 14.5oz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColor: Purple Sparkle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Material: Alder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Condition: Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Date: n\/a\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Markings: custom pin stripe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Repairs: none\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Binding: none\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Binding Condition: n\/a\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Length: 18\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Finish Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Finish Condition: Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLower bout: 12-5\/8\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaist: 9-1\/4\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpper bout: 11\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody depth\/thickness: 1-3\/4\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePickguard Color: white\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePickguard Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePickguard Condition: Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePickguard Screws Original?: all but 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrap Buttons: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrap Button Added?: no Location: n\/a\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScale Length: 25.5\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Material: maple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Profile: modern C\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Thickness At 1st Fret: .843\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Thickness At 10th Fret: .891\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAction 1st String At 12th Fret: 2\/32\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAction 6th String At 12th Fret: 2\/32'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Condition: Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Repairs: none\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Finish Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Date: n\/a\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Markings: black dot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Plate Color: chrome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Plate Material: metal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Plate Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck Screws Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFretboard Material: maple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFretboard Condition: Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFretboard Repairs: none\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFretboard Radius: 9.5\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFret Condition: Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFret Repairs: none\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFret Count: 21\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNut Material: synthetic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNut Repairs: none\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNut Width: 1-5\/8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBridge Brand: Fender\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTremolo Or Fixed Bridge?: Vintage-Style tremolo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBridge Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTremolo Arm Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaddle Material: metal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaddles Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBridge And Saddle Crews Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eString Spacing At Bridge: 2.065\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBridge Condition: excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTuner Brand And Model: Fender logo closed gear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTuners Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanges To Headstock For Tuners?: no\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTuner Condition: excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTuner Markings: Fender\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTuner Screws Original?: yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTruss Rod Cover: n\/a\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall Length: 38-3\/8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocumentation: hang tags, manual\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCase Brand: Freedom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCase Original?: no\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCase Condition: Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCase Smells?: no\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePickup Brand: Fender Standard Ceramic Single-Coils\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePickup Count: 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePickup Reading: N - 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