In 1997, our friends at Guitar World ranked Kenny Wayne Shepherd as the third most-popular blues artist, after only BB King and Eric Clapton! Still relatively unknown in popular music circles in the UK, Shepherd has sold millions of discs Stateside and still holds the record for the longest running album on the Billboard Blues Charts with Trouble Is…

The modern blues master was honoured with a signature Fender Strat last year, based on his own 1961 model. Featuring three custom-voiced Kenny Wayne Shepherd pickups, rosewood fretboard with a bend-friendly 12-inch radius and 21 jumbo frets. Not to mention the racing stripes…

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