-Lacquer Finish with Closet Classic Hardware -2-Piece Select Alder Body -Quartersawn Maple Neck with ’62 Style “C” Back-Shape and Matching Painted Headstock -Round-Lam Rosewood Fingerboard with MOP Face Dots and White Binding -9.5″ Radius -22 Medium Jumbo (6150) Frets -Custom Shop Vintage Jaguar Pickups -Vintage Jaguar Wiring and Controls -4-Ply Brown Shell Pickguard -Vintage-Style “Floating” Tremolo and Bridge -Vintage-Style “F” Tuning Machines -Bone Nut -Wing String Tree with Nylon Spacer -Series: Custom Built LTD -Color: Aged Dakota Red -Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap & Certificate of Authenticity
New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1967 Stratocaster Relic with Closet Classic hardware. Honoring the legacy of late-‘60s, “large headstock” Stratocaster guitars, this model delivers all the nuances that makes this era of Strat special—a two-piece select alder body, quartersawn maple neck with ’60-style Oval “C” back-shape and parchment-bound, round-laminated rosewood fingerboard, and a three-ply parchment pickguard loaded with Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special pickups.
Dressed in Relic lacquer Aged Blue Ice Metallic, Aged Ocean Turquoise, Aged Firemist Gold and Aged Charcoal Frost Metallic finishes with Closet Classic hardware, the 1967 Stratocaster looks like a perfectly worn, workhorse that’s seen years and years of gigs, but was handled with care.
Other premium features include 9.5″ radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, Vintage Modified #2 wiring with tone-saver bleed, 5-way switch, 3-ply parchment pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree with nylon spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1967 Telecaster DLX Closet Classic. Nearly six decades after its initial release, the ‘67 Telecaster is still a highly sought after model. With its two-piece select ash body, maple neck with round-laminated maple fingerboard, Bigsby B5 Vibrato tailpiece and RSD J-Bridge, this Tele is perfect for nearly any collection.
Available in a trio of DLX Closet Classic lacquer finishes (Natural Blonde, Three-Color Sunburst and Candy Apple Red), this finely aged Telecaster has the look of a guitar that was owned with pride, well cared for and religiously polished over many years. Moderate finish checking and hardware oxidation create a the distinct look and feel of an instrument that has evolved into something beautifully complex—like a fine wine.
Other premium features include ’60-style Oval “C” back-shape, 9.5″ radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, Custom Shop hand-wound ’67 Tele pickups, Modern Tele wiring with Greasebucket tone circuit, 3-way switch, 3-ply parchment pickguard, vintage-style “F” tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Features:
HEADSTOCK: Telecaster NECK MATERIAL: Maple NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer NECK SHAPE:’60s Oval “C” FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 9.5″ (241 mm) FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Maple NUMBER OF FRETS: 21 FRET SIZE: Narrow Tall (6105) TRUSS ROD: Late ’60s STRING NUT: Bone NUT WIDTH: 1.650″ (42 mm) NUT MATERIAL: Bone BODY: 2-Piece Select Ash BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Ash TUNING MACHINES: Fender/Schaller Vintage “F” Style BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’67 Single-Coil Tele NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’67 Single-Coil Tele
New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1959 Telecaster Journeyman Relic. Over six decades since its original release, this instrument captures the essence of a unique set of appointments only found for a brief period in Tele history.
Its two-piece select ash body is aged to perfection with Journeyman Relic flashcoat lacquer finishes in three popular colors from the era – Natural Blonde, Aged White Blonde and Faded Aged Three-Color Sunburst – while the one-piece rift sawn maple neck and single ply parchment pickguard round out its unique and timeless look. Loaded with a pair of Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special pickups and Fat ‘50s wiring, this Telecaster not only looks the part, but sounds lively, responsive and is bursting with full-range Tele tone.
Other premium features include Large “C” neck back-shape, 9.5″ radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, 3-way switch, top-load/strings-through-body bridge with threaded steel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
SERIES: Time Machine COLOR: Aged White Blonde COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US NECK MATERIAL: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple NECK FINISH: Flash Coat Lacquer NECK SHAPE: Large “C” FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 9.5″ (241 mm) FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple Neck NUMBER OF FRETS: 21 TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust STRING NUT: Bone NUT WIDTH: 1.625″ (41.3 mm) NUT MATERIAL: Bone BODY: 2-Piece Select Ash BODY FINISH: Flash Coat Lacquer BODY SHAPE: Telecaster BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Ash BRIDGE: 3-Saddle Vintage-Style Tele, Top-Load or Strings-Through-Body with Threaded Steel Saddles CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Aluminum SWITCH TIP: Top Hat Style, Black HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo STRING TREES: American Vintage ’56-’58 STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges) NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop “V” Logo, Serialized BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Tele NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Tele PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SS
This Relic lacquer-finish beauty showcases the very best of the what the 1950s had to offer, with the compelling addition of several special features and three beautiful custom colors. The two-piece select alder body features deep body contours for perfect comfort, and “dirty” finish checking—a finely detailed feature that normally takes years to achieve naturally but is conjured by our magicians in the Custom Shop relic department in far less time.
Other features include an 11-hole parchment pickguard, Custom Shop vintage-style synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, and single wing string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.The one-piece rift-sawn maple neck sports a ’54 soft “V” profile, 9.5”-radius fingerboard and 21 jumbo (6100) frets. Hand-wound Fat ’50s pickups (with reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup) produce fatter ’50s-style tone, with five-way switching and Fat ’50s wiring that produces stronger tone and more transparent bloom.
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