Signature electric guitar with Stratocaster body shape from Japan Exclusive series that was designed in collaboration with Richie Kotzen, a guitarist that through his many years of incredible work with different bands has forged his own unique blend of soul, funk, pop, rock and metal. It uses a lightweight ash body with strong body curves and topped with laminated flame maple with polyester finish for a killer look. The bolt-on neck is made of maple with thick "C" shape that is massive but still incredibly comfortable to play even with regular sized hands. It has satin polyurethane finish and is fitted with maple fingerboard with 12"/305mm radius, 22 Super Jumbo frets and abalone dot inlays. Scale length is 648 mm, width of the synthetic bone nut is 42 mm. The guitar is equipped with three DiMarzio single-coil pickups that produce enough heat to carry player through hard rock and metal tunes but are articulate enough to sound great with pop and soul styles as well. Sound can be controlled by Master Volume and two Tone controls with white plastic knobs and a 5-position blade switch. Other features include a vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge, Gotoh tuning machines with pearl buttons, a 3-ply pearloid pickguard and NPS strings (gauges: .009-.042). Trans Red Burst colour design.