2002 Fender Stratocaster (Gifted by Courtney Love)

2002 Fender Stratocaster (Gifted by Courtney Love)A genuinely cool piece of music history that we're lucky to have the pleasure of owning. This Stratocaster was gifted by Courtney Love to Australian music legend Stephanie Bourke (the owner of the now defunct Kings Cross Conservatorium and Melbourne Rock 'n' Roll High School) in 2002. Bourke founded both of these schools to provide a safe space for young women to launch into the music industry. Love discovered the work that the Melbourne RNRHS was

a pair of Yamaha Alnico V P90 pickups and master volume/tone controls

Looks to be a poplar body with a slim maple neck and a rosewood fingerboard (24 frets

The incredibly rare Japanese version of the Nick Valensi Rivera that was made for only a year before Gibson quickly moved their production to Korea

5-way selector can be touchy on the neck pickup setting ocassionally

the frets are shiny and smooth and the truss adjusts as it should

Fideli'Tron humbuckers for tone with attitude

the Rise Time knob controls the initial onset of the effect and the 3 way Mode selector switches between Latch

Grover Rotomatic with Contemporary Style Buttons

true-bypass switching

appears to be Korean made in 2013

it’s made with what looks to be a gloss black basswood body and 21 fret maple neck

There's plenty of life in the frets