John used this guitar occasionally during the Born and Raised world tour, most notably at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2013.
From the looks of it, the guitar appears to be the late 80s/early 90s Strat Plus. The most obvious giveaway is the three Gold Lace Sensor pickups (famously used by Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Buddy Guy) and the Fender/Wilkinson needle-bearing roller nut – which was used on this specific model until around 1993. The exact color used on the guitar is probably what Fender calls Razzberry red – which is extremely rare on the Strat Plus models and highly sought after.
The color of this guitar is called Razzberry. It’s in Fender’s color chart from that period. Very rare color.
Thanks for the correction! Interestingly, as soon as I googled a Razzberry Strat Plus, I found a 1988 model selling on Reverb.com that looks identical to John’s.
It’s a dream guitar of mine and they are starting to sell for insane prices thanks in part to John Mayer!