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By 1986, his work had attracted the attention of Fender and when they finally made him an offer that was too good to turn down, Michael moved to California to become the Founder and Senior Design Engineer of the Fender Custom Shop along with design engineer, John Page. Whilst there, they designed and built many of the instruments that Fender's endorsement artists have played including the Eric Clapton model Strat, Danny Gatton Tele, Robert Cray Strat and the Waylon Jennings Tele. Michael Stevens became the first person in the history of Fender to sign the instruments of his creation. The Stevens LJ which was available (and the highest priced guitar in designer series) said ‘Stevens' on the front of the headstock and "Fender Custom Shop" on the back. Moving to Alpine, West Texas in 1990, Michael once again opened his own shop and since that time, has been producing the models presented here in this brochure as well as special designs to order. Michael Stevens' fame has spread worldwide..

Primary location: Alpine United States