81' FERNANDES RST 50 Stratocaster Made in Japan Two Tone Maple Neck Code VA51
This guitar is so very Cool! Fast and sweet neck, with perfect action! Simply a Cut above the rest, Vintage Japanese 70's style Strat 3 Sigle Coil Pickups VS-1 Guitars of the highest quality, were even used by three sacred monsters such as Joe Walsh of the Eagles, Robert Fripp of the King Crimson and Steve Hackett of the Genesis. Fernandes copies of Stratocasters are widely regarded as BEST of the USA Stratocasters of that time!
Musicians using Fernandes
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day with his Fernandes Stratocaster live in
2010 Heath of X Japan with his signature Fernandes bass guitar in 2011
Brad Gillis of American rock band Night Ranger and former Ozzy Osbourne
guitarist had his own Stratocaster-type model that was red with a black pick
guard. Gillis still uses his Fernandes guitar as his main guitar when he
performs in concert with Night Ranger. Billie Joe Armstrong of American punk
rock band Green Day had a Stratocaster since he was 10 named "Blue" from his
mother, and has played it live[4] for nearly every show he has played, near
exclusively used for all songs in Eb tuning.The Edge of U2 has started using a
Sustainer to play With or Without You when playing live.
Heath of Japanese heavy metal band X Japan uses his signature Fernandes model
FJB-115H bass guitar almost exclusively. Previously he used several Burny
guitars, including his signature model DB-85H. hide of Japanese heavy metal band
X Japan used Fernandes guitars almost exclusively. He has numerous signature
models with the company. Hidehiko Hoshino of Japanese rock band Buck-Tick uses
Fernandes guitars almost exclusively. He has had several signature models with
the company. Hisashi Imai of Japanese rock band Buck-Tick uses Fernandes guitars
almost exclusively. He has several signature models with the company.Tomoyasu
Hotei of Boøwy and solo fame was one of the leading Japanese artists to front
Fernandes in the mid-80s onwards, launching several versions of the TEJ model
guitar. You of Japanese hard rock band Dead End has his own signature model with
Fernandes. Steve Hackett, formally of Genesis and GTR, has used Burny guitars
with sustainer units (one black and one gold) since his 1999 Darktown album.
They have since replaced his previous stock Les Paul guitars as his electric
guitar of choice for every album and live show since then.Tony Campos of Fear
Factory, Asesino, formally of Static-X and Soulfly, has his own signature model
Tremor 5 Deluxe and Tremor 5X. Dave Kushner of Velvet Revolver, Wasted Youth,
and DKFXP uses Fernandes Ravelle Signature guitar. Kasper Eistrup of Kashmir,
Danish Band, has used a Fernandes Telecaster with a Fernandes Sustainer kit for
several years, and has since acquired another black Fernandes Telecaster, as
well. Tobias Forge of Ghost. Kirk Hammett of Metallica used a Fernandes
Stratocaster, seemingly an EMG equipped FST-135 nicknamed "Edna", for clean
parts on some of the early Metallica albums such as Ride the Lightning as well
as live on early tours. He also used a red 1985 STJ-70. Kurt Cobain of American
grunge rock group Nirvana used a Fernandes Stratocaster neck on a Fender body
during their live performance at the Paramount.