The long-awaited Eric Johnson Stratocaster guitar arose from Johnson’s express wish to give something back to the collectors, players and fans who’ve supported him throughout his career.

Designed by Johnson himself with his own personal features and preferences, this signature model has a highly contoured two-piece alder body with a very thin nitrocellulous lacquer finish. The one-piece quarter-sawn maple neck has a V-shaped profile, 12” fingerboard radius and 21 polished frets. The staggered vintage-style machine heads eliminate the need for a string tree, and the custom pickups are wound to Johnson’s specs. Other features include a parchment ’57-style pickguard, four-spring vintage tremolo, silver-painted block and ’57-style string recess with no paint between the base plate and the block.

• The Best Fender Stratocaster...ever!

  What's the best Fender Stratocaster ever? That's a difficult question - and a question of this type don't usually have just one answer...but if we had to pick one guitar to be chosen as "The Best Fender Stratocaster Ever", a very strong contender would have to be the Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster.

• Dolphin Music Liverpool - visit our Fender Area!

  If you're looking for Fender gear in Liverpool, you won't find a better place - our Fender Area has an incredible variety of Fender guitars, bass guitars and amps...find out more!

• Fender unveils the new Andy Summers Tribute Telecaster®

  Police fans have a good reason to celebrate - not only are they back, but Fender will release an amazing Andy Summers Tribute guitar...

• The Edge's Les Paul goes for $240,000 at Music Rising Auction

  U2's The Edge has donated his favourite guitar to a charity he co-founded to replace instruments lost or destroyed when Hurricane Katrina hit the US.

• THE SOUND OF JIMI HENDRIX IS BACK!

  Limited Edition new releases from Gibson and Dunlop bring back the magic sound of Jimi Hendrix: find out more about the Gibson Custom Shop Jimi Hendrix Flying-V and Dunlop's three Jimi Hendrix signature pedals (Octavio, Wah and Fuzz Face)

• THE WORLD'S BEST PORTABLE GUITAR AMPS NOW AVAILABLE FROM DOLPHIN!

  Dolphin Music is proud to introduce to our customers the new range of portable headphone amps by C-Tech – distributed by Fender. Read More...

• WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE GUITARIST?

  To reflect the broad appeal of Fender instruments over the past 60 years, they have decided to ask you which Fender-playing artists have inspired you to take up your chosen instrument and which guitarists/bassists have made a lasting impression on your tastes and playing styles.

• NAMM 2007: Yet more from Fender! New Models, New Colours, New Classics!

  As expected, Fender introduced several new products for 2007, at last week's NAMM in California. Here's a brief overview.

• NAMM 2007: Fender Introduces New Guitar Amps

  Fender has introduced several new guitar amps at this year's NAMM in California. Those models fit with the most diverse styles and budget needs of the guitarists. From the modern and inovative to the recreation of classic, vintage models, Fender's 2007 range of guitar combos has everything to be a success!

• NAMM 2007: Squier By Fender Introduces New Guitar/Amp Packs For 2007

  Squier® by Fender® is proud to introduce its most tempting guitar/amp packages to date: the Affinity Strat® HSS with G-DEC® Junior amp package and the Affinity Strat® HSS with Bullet® 150 DSP amp package.

• NAMM 2007: Fender Introduces Vintage Hot Rod Series Guitars

  Fender is proud to introduce the Vintage Hot Rod Series: reissues of the classic '57 Stratocaster, '62 Stratocaster, and '52 Telecaster guitars with some well-chosen modifications.

• NAMM 2007: BOSS Releases fantastic new pedals

  BOSS, possibly the most respected maker of FX pedals for guitar, has introduced some exciting new models for 2007, at this year's NAMM: the FZ-5 Fuzz pedal, the DN-2 Dyna Drive, the ML-2 Metal Core, the FBM-1 Fender '59 Bassman and finally, the FDR-1 Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb pedal. They seem destined to be hugely popular amongst guitarists - as you'd expect from Boss!

• Music Biographies Now Available From Dolphin Music!

  New "Music Biographies" category added to the Dolphin Music web site.

• GET CAUGHT BY THE FUZZ!

  news about fuzz pedals on sale

• Fender Colour Chart

  Here is the latest Fender colour chart for guitars and basses.