Miss Daisy

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Miss Daisy is the name given by French rock guitar star Jean-Pierre Danel to one of his rarest electric guitars, an original 1954 Fender Stratocaster. Some famous instruments have been nicknamed, such as the legendary Eric Clapton's Stratocasters Blackie, a 1957 model, and Brownie, a 1956 guitar.

Miss Daisy is a rare one-piece ash body, sunburst Stratocaster, among the first 200 models built by Fender in spring/summer of 1954, before the real production starts in October.

The neck is dated June 1954 (signed "TG" for Tadéo Gomez) and the body indicates July of that same year. The guitar bears serial number O585.

Some of those scarce 1954 instruments can now be found in museums.

Eric Clapton offered one to his fellow George Harrison. Mark Knopfler also bought one of what is seen now as the electric guitar' Stradivarius.

In recent auctions, some sunburst 1954 Strats were sold for more than 180 000 US $. A "custom color" one was sold for more than 250 000 US $.

Among Jean-Pierre Danel's guitars, can also be found a Fiesta Red 1956 Stratocaster, nicknamed La Marquise, famous for being on the sleeves of his smash hit albums Guitar Connection.