Tom DeLonge Stratocaster

Infobox Guitar model|title=Tom DeLonge Stratocaster


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manufacturer=Fender
period=1999 — 2003
bodytype=Solid
necktype=Bolt-on
woodbody=Alder
woodneck=Maple
woodfingerboard=Rosewood Fingerboard
pickups= Seymour Duncan Invader Humbucker

The Fender Tom DeLonge Stratocaster is a regular stratocaster body with one humbucking pickup, one volume knob, and a 1970s Fender Headstock. It has a white Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader in the bridge position, although it has been seen with a black one. At first, the Stratocasters were fitted with an American 2-Point tremolo system which was later replaced by a hardtail bridge. Its neck consisted of solid maple with a rosewood fretboard, although there have been some early custom Stratocasters that were fitted with maple fretboards. The necks included a large 1970s CBS headstock. The Custom Shop models made for Tom DeLonge himself had Sperzel locking tuners, but the regular production model (Made in Mexico) had stock Kluson-style tuners made by Ping, a Korean parts manufacturer.

Colors

* Graffiti Yellow (One with a maple fretboard and another with a rosewood fretboard. These were Fender Sub Sonics that were converted to having a single humbucker and volume pot. These guitars also had standard Fender headstocks instead of the large 1970s "CBS" headstocks found on later customs. These two guitars could be considered very early prototypes.)
* Seafoam Green (Another early prototype with a 2-point tremolo bridge.)
* Lake Placid Blue w/ Hurley Sticker (2-point tremolo bridge with a Hurley sticker by the bridge.)
* Sage Green Metallic (Same specs as the Lake Placid Blue Stratocaster.)
* Ocean Turquoise w/ Hurley Sticker
* Silver w/ Hurley Sticker (Same specs as the Lake Placid Blue Stratocaster and was used mostly on songs that required a capo.)
* Seafoam Green w/ Hurley Sticker (The guitar seen in the music video "All The Small Things" with a Hurley sticker by the hardtail bridge. Arguably the final prototype on which later models were based.)
* Orange (mostly tuned down one step when playing Adam's Song live.)
* Red (2 of these guitars exist: One has a rosewood fretboard and the other with a maple fretboard.)
* White
* Black (Tom smashed the guitar after the performance at the EMA European Music Awards due to a technical malfunction during the song.)
* Black w/ White Racing Stripe
* Brown w/ Orange Racing Stripe
* Natural w/ Black Racing Stripe (2 of these guitars exist as seen in a guitar rack from a shot of a video showing Blink 182 recording their last album.)

(Note: This is just a list of guitars that have been seen live and in music videos.)

Appearances

Tom used his Stratocaster from 1999 until 2003, while touring with Blink-182 and with Box Car Racer. Here are some appearances in music videos: