The Fender Custom Shop 1961 Heavy Relic Stratocaster takes you back to a pivotal period in the instrument’s history, when surf music caught a huge wave and the Strat entered a phenomenal new decade. Its lightweight alder body features a Relic lacquer finish that evokes years of wear and tear, and sparkling tone comes from three hand-wound custom shop pickups with modern five-way switching and Vintage Modern wiring.
Other premium features include a tinted quartersawn M=matching paint maple neck with a ’60s oval “C” profile and small headstock, 9.5”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 6105 Narrow/Tall frets and vintage style nut, pickguard, and vintage hardware.
Specifications
Series: Time Machine
Product: 9231008959
Colour: 3 Color Sunburst
Body: Alder
Body Finish: Heavy Relic Thin Nitro Finish
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Neck: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Matching painted neck and back of headstock
Neck Shape: 60's style oval “C”
Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
Fingerboard: AAA 9mm Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
Frets/Size: 21 / Narrow Tall 6105
String Nut/Width: Bone / 1.650″ (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Micarta White Dots
Truss-Rod: Vintage-Style Early 60’s
Pickups: SSS Configuration
• Bridge Pickup: Custom Hand-Wound 59 Strat Relic
• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Strat Mid RWRP Relic
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 69 Strat Relic
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1, Tone 2. Vintage Modern Wiring
Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade
Bridge: American Vintage Strat
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage
Pickguard: 60 Strat Nitro, Mint Green
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Strings: (.010-.046 Gauges)
Included Accessories: Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity
