NAMM 2017: Fender Custom Shop stand - in pictures

NAMM 2017: The Fender Custom Shop's showcase is always one of the highlights of the Winter NAMM event. We got in early to bring you a first look at some of the extraordinary guitars from Fender, Jackson, Charvel and Gretsch's master builders.

These instruments – the no-holds-barred products of the minds of Yuriy Shishkov, Todd Krause, John Cruz, Dale Wilson, 'Red' Dave Nichols and Greg Fessler, to name a few – will eventually wing their way to high-end guitar dealers and collectors around the world, but this is a rare chance to see the collected output of the Big F's most talented luthiers.

Browse the gallery to view the pictures and specifications of a selection of these Custom Shop instruments.

• Master built by Todd Krause
• NOS 2-piece alder body
• Custom artwork by Sarah Gallenberger
• Tinted riff-sawn maple neck

• Master built by Yuriy Shishkov
• Custom Grand Prix paint job
• Includes limited edition Bugatti Type 35 model
• Select alder body

• Journeyman Relic Lacquer Lake Place Blue finish
• Select alder body
• Quarter-sawn maple neck

• Natural Tasmanian Blackwood fretboard
• AAA Birdseye maple neck
• Hand-wound Vintage Jazzmaster pickups

• Natural spalted maple
• AAA Birdseye maple neck
• Hand-wound 60/63 pickups with RWRP (reverse-wound, reverse-polarity) middle

• Aged Shell Pink
• Custom Shop Vintage pickups
• Journeyman Relic Lacquer finish

• Master built by Scott Buehl
• Frosted DUCO finish, select alder body
• Quartersawn maple neck
• Abigail Ybarra (Abby) hand-wound pickups

• Master built by Yuriy Shishkov
• Blue Agave NOS lacquer with WOLS undercoat
• 2-piece ash body
• TV Jones Powertron neck and bridge pickups, RWRP 1969 Stratocaster pickup

• Master built by Todd Krause
• NOS urethene finish
• Rift-cut maple neck

• Master built by Yuriy Shishkov
• Roasted alder body
• Engraved enamelled silver artwork
• 423 diamonds set in body top
• 462 diamonds in body back
• Ruby side dots, 115 diamonds set in neck
• Lawrence Mini Hum pickups
• 4A Birdseye maple neck

• Master built by John Cruz
• 200 year old pine body with relic oil finish
• Roaster quartersawn maple neck
• African Blackwood fretboard

• Master built by Todd Krause
• Aged Olympic White relic lacquer finish
• Alder body

• Master built by Todd Krause. Foil 'Spirit' Paisley by Paul Frank. Fretboard inlay by Ron Thorn
• Curtis Novak neck pickup
• Early 60s vintage hardware

• Master built by Dale Wilson, artwork by Madison Roy
• NOS urethene finish
• Alder body, 3A flame maple neck

• Master built by Greg Fessler. Artwork by Sarah Gallenberger
• Lightweight alder body
• Custom '64 Strat neck

• Master built by Dale Wilson. Artwork by Madison Roy
• NOS lacquer finish
• 3A flame neck with maple cap

• NAMM Limited Edition
• Sea Foam Sparkle, Heavy Relic lacquer
• AA flame maple neck
• Hand-wound Twisted Tele pickups

• Master built by Greg Fessler. Artwork by Sarah Gallenberger
• NOS lacquer finish
• Hand-wound '51 Nocaster pickups

• Master built by Dale Wilson. Artwork by Pamelina H.
• Roasted ash body
• 4A flame maple neck

• Master built by Yuriy Shishkov
• Urethene finish
• Broadcaster bridge pickup, Seymour Duncan '59 neck pickup

• Master built by Jason Smith
• Tinted 3A Birdseye maple
• Pearl White polyurethane finish

• Master built by Dale Wilson
• NOS lacquer Stratosphere Blue Sparkle finish
• Alder body
• Checkerboard top binding

• Master built by Greg Fessler. Artwork by Dave Newman
• Relic lacquer finish
• Select ash body

• Master built by Dennis Galuzska
• NOS urethane Black over Silver Sparkle finish
• One piece WLS quartersawn maple neck

• Master built by Jason Smith
• NOS sparkle polyurethane finish
• Select alder body

• Master built by John Cruz. Graphics by Pamelina H. Inlay by Thorn Custom
• NOS urethane finish
• Lightweight alder body

• Master built by Jason Smith
• WLS satin finish
• One-piece 2A flame maple neck

• Master built by Paul Waller
• Lacquer finish
• 3A flame maple neck

• Master built by Greg Fessler. Artwork by Dave Newman
• Relic lacquer finish
• Select alder body

• Master built by Dale Wilson. Artwork by Sarah Gallenberger
• NOS urethane finish
• Two-piece ash body

• Master built by John Cruz. Artwork by Pamelina H.
• NOS urethane finish
• Lightweight alder body

• Master built by Shawn Greene and Jim Dolmage
• Cabinet fashioned from centuries-old oak planking from U.S.S. Constitution
• Distinctive dock-cleat and rope handle
• Brass top panel and control knobs

• Master built by Dennis Galuzska. Custom flame art by Brian Bock
• NOS urethan finish
• Two-piece alder body

• Master built by Stephen Stern
• Limited to 40 pieces worldwide
• Distressed lacquer finish
• Chambered mahogany body

• Master built by Mike Shannon and Pat McGarry
• Quartersawn maple neck-thru-alder body
• Seymour Duncan pickups

• Master built by Mike Shannon
• Quartersawn maple neck-thru mahogany body
• Reversed pearl sharkfin inlay

• Master built by Joe Williams
• Relic nitro lacquer finish
• Quartersawn maple neck-thru alder body

• Master built by Joe Williams
• Premium ash body with claro walnut top
• Birdseye maple fingerboard

• Master built by Mike Shannon
• Quartersawn maple neck-thru alder body
• Original Floyd Rose top mount bridge

• Master built by Mike Shannon
• Mahogany neck-thru mahogany body
• Seymour Duncan SH4 and SH1 pickups

• Quartersawn maple neck
• Ebony fingerboard

• Poplar body
• Ebony fingerboard
• Quartersawn maple neck

• Master built by Mike Shannon
• Mahogany maple neck-thru mahogany body
• Ebony fingerboard

• Custom-painted by Brian Bock
• Ash body
• Ebony fingerboard

• Master built by 'Red' Dave Nichols
• Alder body
• Seymour Duncan pickups

• Master built by 'Red' Dave Nichols
• Ash body
• DiMarzio Chopper pickups
• Caramelized flame maple neck

• Master built by 'Red' Dave Nichols
• Alder body
• Quartersawn maple neck

• Master built by 'Red' Dave Nichols
• Sandblasted ash body with satin grainfill finish
• Floyd Rose Lo Pro bridge

• Master built by 'Red' Dave Nichols
• Sandblasted ash body with satin grainfill finish
• Bare Knuckle Holy Diver pickups

• Master built by 'Red' Dave Nichols
• Relic lacquer finish
• Scallop fingerboard