An early job for the Custom Shop was to build a yellow vintage reissue Strat for Jeff Beck. At this stage Beck vetoed Fender's wish to produce a Jeff Beck signature edition strat, and the design intended for that purpose evolved into the Strat Plus. A Jeff Beck Signature Strat not dissimilar to the Plus finally appeared in 1991. The Strat Plus adopted a roller nut and locking tuners, fashionable features designed to improve vibrato performance. It was also the first Fender with new Lace Sensor pickups. Don Lace, an expert in magnetics, had tried to interest Fender in his designs before the CBS sale, and discussions reopened afterwards. Fender wanted to continue in the direction started with the Elite pickups, aiming for an ideal of low noise and low magnetic attraction, while still delivering the classic single-coil sound. The result was Lace Sensor pickups.
NOTE: This is not just any pewter color, but more greenish-grey. In some light it definitely looks grey, but in other lights it has a greenish tint to it!
