1964 saw significant design changes to the Strat, including but not limited to the pickups, pickguard, headstock logo and body contours. The Custom Shop ’64 Strat Journeyman Relic is a faithful recreation of that transitional year’s model, with several compelling custom modifications ideal for all players. Its two-piece select alder body wears a Journeyman Relic lacquer finish with the perfect amount of wear. The quartersawn maple neck has a 1963 “C” profile, 9.5”-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard and 21 narrow tall (6105) frets.
Custom Shop hand-wound gray bottom ’64 Strat pickups (with reverse-wound/reverse polarity middle pickup) are connected to Vintage Modified #2 wiring with Tone-Saver bleed circuitry and a five-way switch for period-correct tone that preserves highs even at lower volumes. Other features include a three-ply mint green pickguard, custom shop synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, and wing string tree with tall metal spacer. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER 9235001577
SERIES Time Machine
COLOR Target 3-Color Sunburst
ORIENTATION Right-Hand
BODY
BODY FINISH Lacquer
BODY SHAPE Stratocaster®
BODY MATERIAL 2-Piece Select Alder
NECK
NECK MATERIAL Quartersawn Maple
NECK FINISH Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE 1963 "C"
NECK BINDING None
FINGERBOARD RADIUS 9.5" (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Round-Lam Rosewood
NUMBER OF FRETS 21
FRET SIZE Narrow Tall (6105)
NUT WIDTH 1.650" (42 mm)
POSITION INLAYS Vintage Clay Dot
HARDWARE
BRIDGE Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
TUNING MACHINES Vintage-Style
PICKGUARD 3-Ply Mint Green
CONTROL KNOBS Aged White
ELECTRONICS
BRIDGE PICKUP Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat ’64 Single Coil Strat
MIDDLE PICKUP Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat ’64 Single Coil Strat
NECK PICKUP Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat ’64 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
