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.
MODEL NUMBER 9235001423
SERIES Time Machine
COLOR Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue
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
