Does anyone know anything about this?
There is a quote in Tom Wheeler's "Stratocaster Chronicles" book where Carl Wilson says, "I feel really fortunate because I have a Stratocaster which was the first one Fender made; not the prototype, but the first production model. It's a wonderful guitar."
It's been well documented that David Gilmour owns the Stratocaster with the serial number 0001, but this is the first time I've heard about the Carl Wilson Strat. Is there a picture of this guitar anywhere? I don't recall ever seeing him playing a '50s era Strat. It doesn't give a date for the quote but you would think something this important would be better documented.