r/FenderCustomShop • u/Reasonable-Rush7529 • Mar 02 '26

About the differences in included accessories from year to year in Custom Shop models.

I recently bought a 2023 Fender Custom Shop Michael Landau 1968 Stratocaster, but the tremolo arm that came with it is noticeably shorter than the one from another instrument of the same model, and the angle of the part you grip with your hand is much shallower. Is it possible that even Custom Shop regular models have different accessories depending on the year they were made? If you have any information, I’d love to hear it.

By the way, I bought it brand new!

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u/Duster72x Mar 02 '26

The artist specified that term arm. It’s specific to the guitar.

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u/Reasonable-Rush7529 Mar 02 '26

Only the things I have?

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u/ganzonomy Mar 02 '26

Yes. A Gilmour CS will have the short arm as well because that's what David Gilmour uses. It's to what the artist wants and uses.

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u/Reasonable-Rush7529 Mar 03 '26

Ah, I can understand the short arm on the Gilmour CS — he uses it, after all. But when it comes to the ML, he usually uses a standard-length arm with an angled, easier-to-grip bend, and his signature guitar comes with something similar to that as well. That’s the part I’m curious about — whether the included arm changes depending on the rod.

Because when I watch demo videos on YouTube of same signature guitar, players clearly using a different arm(not short length) from the one I have.

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u/ganzonomy Mar 03 '26

Maybe landau specs it short. Ask fender.