Fender, Stratocaster Guitar, 1979 – Stephan Williams

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Specifications
Builder: 
Fender
Model: 
Stratocaster
Serial Number: 
S994776
Year: 
1979
Color: 
Black
The Story Behind

This is an example of well used guitar with a great history. 

Stephan Williams was a short time member of Great White from 1985 to 87. Mostly unnoticed he wrote one of the big hits for Great White: Save Your Love from the Once Bitten, Twice Shy 1987 album. The song reached number 9 in the US Rock charts. He also contributed to several songs for the 1986 Shot in the Dark album. All those songs were composed on this guitar!

The red stripes on the guitar have a special story: In 1982 Stephan was playing with his band Stormer a lot of Mötley Crüe gigs. One night at the Whiskey a Go Go club in Hollywood when Stephan left the stage he ran into Tommy from Mötley Crüe carrying his drum throne and he put a big ding on the horn of his Fender. He got together with the roadies and they came with the two red stripes done with electrical tape idea. He never took the tape off!

A true Rock 'n' Roll story!

Sadly he passed away in January 2015.


 

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