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.
GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER: 9235001422
SERIES: Time Machine
COLOR: 3-Color Sunburst
ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
BODY
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Stratocaster®
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Alder
NECK
NECK MATERIAL: Quartersawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: 1963 "C"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 9.5" (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Round-Laminated AAA Rosewood
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
FRET SIZE: Narrow Tall
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
POSITION INLAYS: Micarta White Dot
TRUSS ROD NUT: Vintage-Style Slotted
NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo
HARDWARE
BRIDGE: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Mint Green
CONTROL KNOBS: Vintage White
ELECTRONICS
BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat®
NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat®
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge 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
CONFIGURATION: SSS
