Fender Custom Shop 1958 Journeyman Relic Stratocaster Electric Guitar Aged White Blonde – The Fender Custom Shop 1958 Journeyman Relic Stratocaster takes you straight back to the instrument\u2019s original era, featuring a lightweight alder body (ash on Aged White Blonde model) with comfortable deep contours and a Relic lacquer finish that imparts the look of years of wear and tear. Sparkling tone comes from three hand wound Fat \u201950s Stratocaster pickups (reverse-wound\/reverse-polarity middle pickup) with five-way switching and Vintage Modified wiring for modern versatility.<\/p>\n
Other premium features include a tinted one-piece Rift Sawn maple neck with a 1954 Soft “V” Back-Shaped profile and 9.5\u201d fingerboard radius, 6105 frets and bone nut, single-ply Parchment pickguard, and vintage hardware. Includes Custom Shop certificate of authenticity and brown textured vinyl case.<\/p>\n
Each Custom Shop Limited Edition instrument is only available for a short time, which makes it eminently collectible and adds to its investment value. Crafted with many features reserved only for certain artists and master built instruments, they are just what the name says they are: highly anticipated limited-edition models that go very quickly.<\/p>\n
Model Name: 1958 Journeyman Relic Stratocaster, Maple Fingerboard, Aged White Blonde
\nModel Number: 923 1011 957
\nSeries: Time Machine
\nColor: Aged White Blonde<\/p>\n
BODY:<\/p>\n
Body Material: 2 Piece Lightweight Alder
\nBody Finish: Lacquer
\nBody Shape: Stratocaster<\/p>\n
NECK:<\/p>\n
Neck Material: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
\nNeck Shape: 1954 Soft “V” Back-Shape
\nScale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
\nFingerboard Material: Maple
\nFingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
\nNumber Of Frets: 21 Narrow Tall\/6105
\nNut Material: Bone
\nNut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
\nPosition Inlays: Black Dot
\nTruss Rod: XXXXX<\/p>\n
ELECTRONICS:<\/p>\n
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat ’50s Single-Coil Strat
\nMiddle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat ’50s Reverse-Wound\/Reverse-Poliarity Single-Coil Strat
\nNeck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat ’50s Single-Coil Strat
\nControls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck\/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup With Tone Saver Bleed)
\nSwitching: 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
\nConfiguration: sss
\nSpecial Electronics: Vintage Modified Wiring # 2<\/p>\n
HARDWARE:<\/p>\n
Bridge: Custom Shop 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
\nHardware Finish: Chrome
\nTuning Machines: Vintage-Style
\nPickguard: 1-Ply Parchment
\nControl Knobs: White Plastic
\nSwitch Tip: White Plastic
\nNeck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style<\/p>\n
MISCELLANEOUS:<\/p>\n
Strings: NPS, .010-.046 Gauges<\/p>\n