Fender John 5 Phantom Telecaster Electric Guitar - Black

From his early days as a sought-after session player to stage runs with David Lee Roth, Mötley Crüe, and Rob Zombie, John 5 has spent nearly three decades as one of rock's most in-demand guitarists, almost always with a Telecaster strapped on. The Fender John 5 Phantom Telecaster takes that traditional electric guitar and rebuilds it around his outrageously modern approach, paring the controls down to a 3-way toggle, a single master volume, and a kill switch. A pair of high-output DiMarzio D Activator humbuckers supplies the punch, delivering tight lows, clear highs, and active-style power with no battery required. Underneath, a nyatoh body carries his custom medium C maple neck, with a 12-inch-radius ebony fingerboard, 22 narrow tall frets, and a 25.5-inch scale that keep fast runs and hard riffing comfortable. A Floyd Rose Special double-locking tremolo and locking nut hold tuning steady through dives and flutters, while Fender locking tuners speed up string changes. True to its name, the Phantom is deep black from body to headstock to hardware, with pale white binding, dot inlays, and a script logo glinting through the dark, all set off by an anodized black aluminum pickguard that absorbs the control plate into one seamless piece. It's a Telecaster dressed for the stages John 5 has been haunting for decades.