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Fender Custom Shop 1960 Stratocaster Heavy Relic - Faded Aged 3-Colour - 923-6081-219

Description

New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic, and believe us - it's very aptly named. The two-piece select alder body wears a Heavy Relic lacquer finish in Faded Aged Three-Colour Sunburst. This is the heaviest of the Relic treatments, imparting the look of a golden-era 1960 Strat that has not exactly been handled gingerly over six-plus decades. From seriously dinged and damaged wear to intensely discoloured hardware and finish, this is a guitar that has been to Hell and back more than once.

Its quartersawn maple neck has an easy-playing '60-style Oval "C" profile, topped by a flat-lam rosewood fingerboard with a 9.5" radius, 21 jumbo (6100) frets and a bone nut. Three Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special™ pickups brings out the best in Strat® tone with clear highs, chirpy midrange and tight lows, along with Vintage Modified #2 wiring and a Tone-Saver bleed circuit (eliminates tone loss when volume is turned down).

Other premium features include a three-ply mint green pickguard, five-way pickup switch, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Specifications

Series: Time Machine™
Body: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster®
Neck: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: '60s Oval "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
Fingerboard: Flat-Laminated Rosewood with Vintage Clay Dot
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Frets: 21, Jumbo
String Nut: Bone, 1.650" (42 mm) nut width
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
Controls: Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Pickup Switching: 5-Position blade
Pickup Configuration: SSS
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded '60s
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
Strings: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity