Exceptional Guitars

Fender Custom Shop - 1963 JOURNEYMAN RELIC

Description

The early 1960s saw some important changes to the Stratocaster, including a new pickguard configuration, neck profile and a "round-laminated" rosewood fingerboard, all culminating in a compelling new contemporary look and sound. The 1963 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic is a fine testament to these innovations, featuring a two-piece select alder body with deep contours for perfect comfort, a quartersawn maple neck with a time-honored 1963 "C" profile, and a 9.5"-radius rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow tall frets for steady play up and down the neck.

Hand-wound Fat '60s pickups with reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup are given extra turns of wire to produce rich '60s tone, sent to a five-way switch and vintage modified #2 wiring on a three-ply mint green pickguard. Other features include a Custom Shop vintage-style synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with metal spacer. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Specifications
SERIES: Time Machine
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Alder
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK: Quartersawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Round-Laminated AAA Rosewood
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
FRET SIZE: Narrow Tall
POSITION INLAYS: Micarta White Dot
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (648 mm)
BRIDGE: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
PICKUPS:
Neck: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat
Middle: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s RWRP Single-Coil Strat
Bridge: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat
PICKUP SWITCHING: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup Position 3. Middle Pickup Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup Position 5. Neck Pickup
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
CONTROL KNOBS: Vintage White
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Mint Green
WEIGHT: 8LBS
CASE/GIG BAG: Deluxe Hardshell