Description
Roadhouse USA:
Vintage 80’s Performance Guitars Custom Super Strat H/S/S Pearl White W/OHSC.
If you know about Performance Guitars, then you KNOW. If you don’t then you most likely won’t get anything out of reading this description.
Performance is a small Custom Shop in Hollywood CA that has been building custom guitars since the mid-70’s. They have built guitars for the likes of Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa, and Warren DeMartini among others. I have owned a handful over the years and they have all been stellar guitars with a ton of vibe. This one is no exception.
I don’t have a ton of background on this one, other than the fact that it was a Super Strat built in the 80’s to rival the shred guitars of the day, and it does exactly that. Very Charvel-esque in its styling and feel.
Performance never did assembly line builds of the same model, at least to my knowledge. Each guitar was custom built, one at a time, and therefore they were all unique to some degree.
The specs I have are listed below. The pickups are pictured and I don’t know what they are any further than what you see in the pics. It appears to be all stock and original.
The neck is awesome and it plays great. Low action, its a shredder, as you would expect.
The pearl white finish has an iridescent quality to it that sparkles and glitters in the light, again, much like the pearl white Charvels and Jacksons of this era.
Again, either you know these guitars or you don’t. If you do, you know what a killer custom shop, one of a kind build this is.
There is a reason why you seldom see these guitars on the market. Guys that know, buy them and never give them up. I last sold 4 or 5 Performance guitars about 4 or 5 years ago and this is the first one I have seen since.
Comes as pictured with what I believe to be the original hard case.
Specs:
Model: Custom Super Strat
Year: 1980s
Scale length: 25 1/2″
Weight: 8lbs 10oz
Nut Width: 1.6270″
Neck Width at 12th fret: 2.0665″
Neck Thickness at 1st fret: .8630″
Neck Thickness at 12th fret: .9075″
