The Fender Custom Shop 2021 Prestige Collection reveals 11 stunning guitars

Every year, the talented Master Builders of the Fender Custom Shop are given a challenge to each build a guitar with no boundaries. This is the result; the 2021 Prestige Collection of electric guitar (opens in new tab) and bass instruments. And they really are works of art.

Check them out, with the insight from the builders below. 

Yuriy Shishkov: Leaves of Tears

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Scott Buehl: Acrylic Jazzmaster

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Dale Wilson: Tapestry Telecaster

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Jason Smith: Custom ‘60s P Bass Special

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Carlos Lopez: Double Neck Marauder

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Kyle McMillin: Custom Burled Redwood Strat

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Todd Krause: Box Top Tele

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Chris Fleming: Jazz Telecaster

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Vincent Van Trigt: Custom Flamingo Sunset Tele

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Paul Waller: Sugar Surprise Strat

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Dennis Galuszka: Custom ‘62 Precision Bass

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Rob Laing
Guitars Editor, MusicRadar

I'm the Guitars Editor for MusicRadar, handling news, reviews, features, tuition, advice for the strings side of the site and everything in between. Before MusicRadar I worked on guitar magazines for 15 years, including Editor of Total Guitar. I've currently set aside any pipe dreams of getting anywhere with my own songs and I am enjoying playing covers in function bands.