10-Foot Fender Stratocaster

Guitar Center, Inc., working closely with celebrity artist Jim Koch, has created a stunning, one-of-a-kind, 10-foot tall Fender Stratocaster as part of the Phoenix, Arizona GuitarMania public art project. As Americas leading musical instrument and professional audio retailer for over 40 years, Guitar Center jumped on the opportunity to participate in GuitarMania, creating their own unique Strat which will be one of 125 instruments on display in the Greater Phoenix area for a five month period beginning in September 2005.

The GuitarMania charity event is presented by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona along with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Fender Musical Instruments.

To create the look they were going for, Guitar Center commissioned renowned artist Jim Koch (pronounced Cook). A favorite among rock legends including Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Slayer, and Ratt lead singer Stephen Pearcy, Kochs work embodies the bold, original vibe Guitar Center represents. Rock & roll, hot rods and girls is how Koch describes his approach. I did a sample for the guys at GC and they loved it! Theyre awesome to work with.

The GuitarMania project is perfect for Guitar Center because it reflects our passion for creativity, music, community involvement, and of course, guitars, stated Jay Wanamaker, Guitar Center Executive Vice President and General Merchandise Manager. Its great when you can combine all the things you love for a worthy cause.

Brian Hassett, President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona, stated, Guitar Centers early embrace of GuitarMania contributed greatly to getting the ball rolling quickly. As a result, weve been able to cover a hundred percent of the costs of the event over $400,000 meaning that the proceeds of the auction will go completely to charity.

In February 2006 Guitar Centers Strat will join the other instruments that will be auctioned off at a live event with proceeds benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museums Education Fund.

Comments

[GnRrelease_it]

ooo..k...waste of time and energy...

[pigger]

pictures?

[rockinlewis]

is it playable?

[Hypnot1st]

I wouldn't build that

[ibanez666]

i want to see a picture.

[Ramco]

Big deal, the world's largest Fender Stratocaster has already been built in Orlando, FL (where I'm from) outside the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Disney World. The body is at least two stories and the neck is stretched out really far to make for a roller coaster track (not the one used in the ride, it's just for show). How come nobody ever comments on that?

[sound_operation]

cos its shit

[monoshoe]

becuase no one likes you

[The Nameless666]

Ramco:
Big deal, the world's largest Fender Stratocaster has already been built in Orlando, FL (where I'm from) outside the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Disney World. The body is at least two stories and the neck is stretched out really far to make for a roller coaster track (not the one used in the ride, it's just for show). How come nobody ever comments on that?

but it doesnt say anywhere on it that its officially a stratocaster :P but it is pretty big though..i got a picture of me standing beside it when was forced to go with my retarted family to disney world

[PunkRocker57]

OOO.. i love that ride!! Apart form it being an awesome roller coaster... I kept going round just to listen to Aerosmith and see the little movie thing!! MGM is my favourite park!

[misfits385]

sucks there arent any pics

[Slasriani]

don't you think rock 'n' roller coaster is a bit tame? i mean it doesn't even flip. kraken, hulk and duelling dragons all da way!!

[zeppelin420]

hmm

[Sk8erDude5787]

i like disney world and that ride. I'm also retarded.

[Bam_HIM_Bassist]

well, i would have like to seen pics, but didnt Rammstein have the idea of making an over-sized guitar in the Sonne video??

[juggalogreenday]

That rollercoaster was awesome but I think this one will be playable.

[lesismore666]

what in the flying *** would would u wanna build something like that...how oulwd you play it? you would need like strings that are like 1 ft-5ft wide and like 35ft long and you need a brick shaped liek a pick to play it.

[hardcoreatheist]

whats so amazing? its big, lots of things are big like houses no one writes articles about them

[lwnovember]

its only cool if its playable..

[jakecarter]

PunkRocker57:
OOO.. i love that ride!! Apart form it being an awesome roller coaster... I kept going round just to listen to Aerosmith and see the little movie thing!! MGM is my favourite park!
[POSTED: 01 September 2005 - 13:40]|

i feel the same way aerosmith must get board of doin the same freakin thing every time though

[AC/DC10]

lol if its playable that would be awesome

[Basso_insaneo]

i dont have a 10 foot arm :'(

[Crazy Diamond]

lots of things are big like houses no one writes articles about them

I've written several articles about houses.

[Clarkinator]

I got something thats 10 feet and playable...
Hey-OH!

[jimmcs2000]

10 feet of crap

[im not mental]

10 feet of spam.

[Angus_Rhoads]

they shouldave made a SG or something cool

[slash_cobain]

don't you think rock 'n' roller coaster is a bit tame? i mean it doesn't even flip. kraken, hulk and duelling dragons all da way!!

i went on that ride and im pretty sure it does flip like 3-4 times

[XxXgUiTaRxXx]

they should sell some if there playable for like as much as a standerd

[gdawg3001]

and whos gonna play this guitar? shaq?

[evvo_gc_fan]

haha yeah i got a pic outside the Rock n roller coaster in MGM. why is it a strat?? why not a tele?? god dammit

[evvo_gc_fan]

and yes!! Kraken owns Aerosmith. Universal Pwns Disney. sorry. irrelevant

[JimiFloydStones]

Kool

[Ninjacow89]

Did any one ever see that old show BIG where they made that 32 foot guitar with huge 150 pound pickups?

[Nirvana_GodSmak]

Yeah I saw that one Ninja.

Anyway, I live in Phoenix, and I haven't heard about this until this article. Strange...

[Guitar_Poet]

rockinlewis:
is it playable?
[POSTED: 01 September 2005 - 126]|

thats what i wanna know.

[bs5538]

Man, a lot of negativity. I think it's pretty sweet. I think someone can bi.tch after they make their own 10-foot Fender Strat.

[Wickerman_18]

Maybe its made for tha BiG ShoW

[TheUnforgiven1]

...And this accomplished what exactly?

[panther62]

^^^^making the guy with the smallest penis happy

[buckethead101]

where is the picture????

[Overrated]

Fuck, what a jip! I just finished my 9 foot tall strat. ***.....

[Abe]

No picture?

[metOLIca]

evvo_gc_fan:
haha yeah i got a pic outside the Rock n roller coaster in MGM. why is it a strat?? why not a tele?? god dammit

cos tele's are ***ing gay...

[punkextremest]

wooptee f***ing doo they write an artical about a 10 ft tall guitar wen they could write much more intresting stuff! fender u let yourself down doing that project.

[Vinura]

man a ten foot guitar....wow...can you imagine an amp to go with that....shit....

[Wickerman_18]

Maybe its made for tha BiG ShoW

[will102387]

rockinlewis:
is it playable?

lol

[Jallen_84]

I think you people are missing the point that it was for charity

[MetallicAhead]

Bam_HIM_Bassist:
well, i would have like to seen pics, but didnt Rammstein have the idea of making an over-sized guitar in the Sonne video??
[POSTED: 01 September 2005 - 15:43]

er, no. unless you are really stupid you should have noticed that the people in the band wer ment to be small and the guitar normal sized!!

[jakecarter]

yeah i had to have my photo taken in front of the strat at mgm studios but i had to come all the way from england just to do it

[jakecarter]

cos tele's are ***ing gay...
[POSTED: 02 September 2005 - 04:51]|

yaeee..

[mariachi2487]

MetallicAhead:
Bam_HIM_Bassist:
well, i would have like to seen pics, but didnt Rammstein have the idea of making an over-sized guitar in the Sonne video??
[POSTED: 01 September 2005 - 15:43]

er, no. unless you are really stupid you should have noticed that the people in the band wer ment to be small and the guitar normal sized!!

well, until you get on the phone to Rick Moranis, or failing that, invent a shrinking machine of your own...how the f*** else do u think they're going to acomplish the feat of having a guitar that is bigger than they are?
YOU sir, are an ASS!

[Peterjs]

metOLIca:
cos tele's are ***ing gay...

They might look gay, but they sound awesome.

[Benn-Static]

Fenders suck.

[GuitarGodJames]

why not an 11 foot stratocaster

[ZoSo_guy]

**** fender, jackson all the way!!