1975 Fender Stratocaster USA sunburst

The 1975 Fender Stratocaster USA sunburst was one of Mike Rutherford's guitars.

He played this guitar a lot with Genesis and on solo projects as his main guitar, starting with the ...And Then There Were Three album & tour in 1978. With the exception of the Invisible Touch era in 1985-87, when he was mostly into Steinberger guitars.

The Stratocaster was further modified with a hexaphonic pickup to control the ARP Avatar guitar synthesizer. And also a preamp circuit so the tone of the guitar doesn't vary with volume.