Walter Becker Signature Model

Walter Beck of Steely Dan started visiting the Sadowsky shop in the early 90’s. The first instrument he bought was a candy-apple-red Strat with a rosewood board. He used it on the first Steely Dan tour around ’92. This eventually led to the Walter Becker Model in the mid-2000’s. It features custom Lollar P-90 pickups, spalted maple top and swamp ash body. The pickups are wired for hum-canceling output in the neck/middle and middle/bridge settings. The third knob has a push/pull feature that activates the neck/bridge combination with the 5-way switch in either the neck or bridge positions."

Sadowskys play and sound great, stay in tune, and are very versatileWalter Becker

"Becker’s main guitar is his signature Walter Becker model Sadowsky. It features custom Lollar P-90 pickups, spalted maple top, and swamp ash body. The pickups are wired for hum-canceling output in the neck/middle and middle/bridge settings.  The third knob has a push/pull feature that activates the neck/bridge combination with the 5-way switch in either the neck or bridge positions."
-Premier Guitar


Specifications

  • Swamp ash, alder or okoume bodies chambered for enhanced resonance and light weight.
  • All figured tops available as options
  • Maple, rosewood or ebony fingerboard
  • Highest grade quarter sawn maple neck
  • 1 11/16" nut width standard, 1 5/8" nut width optional
  • Portabag case is included. 

$6600 base price

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