The LeStrat Fender (courtesy photo)

Kirk Sanderson

July 27, 2025

SAN DIEGO — AMC Networks at San Diego Comic-Con on July 25 unveiled a collaboration with Fender Musical Instruments Corp. to include four customized Player II Modified Stratocaster guitars in the new season of “Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire” — titled “Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat.”

The series streams on AMC+ as well as Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu and other platforms. “Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat” began production last month in Toronto.

“The LeStrat” collection will go on tour with vampire and rockstar Lestat (Sam Reid) and be played throughout the music-themed season, which is scheduled to launch next year. The partnership was announced with the first custom guitar in the collection, “LeStrat: Petit Coup,” on display during the series’ Ballroom 20 panel at Comic-Con, during which composer Daniel Hart performed the series’ original song, “The Loneliness,” which he composed for the upcoming season.  

The custom guitars were designed and modified by Fender’s expert team along with series Production Designer Andres Cubillan. Each guitar in the collection will have a distinct design aesthetic, visually building on the previous model and become bloodier as the season progresses, culminating in the reveal of the hand-painted fourth guitar in the season finale.

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“I’ve been playing my American Tele through a ’65 Deluxe Reverb since I was 21 years old,” Hart said. “Fender has been a part of my music and my life ever since, and I’m excited to see what they’ve cooked up for our rock ‘n’ roll vampire.”

At Comic-Con, the “LeStrat: Petit Coup” was also on hand at the Anne Rice Immortal Universe press conference immediately following the panel, where guests received custom Vampire Lestat Fender guitar picks. In addition to Reid and Hart, the show’s Comic-Con panel, previewing the new season, was attended by cast members Jacob Anderson and Eric Bogosian, along with executive producer Mark Johnson, who oversees the Anne Rice Immortal Universe for AMC Networks, and showrunner and executive producer Rolin Jones.