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Fender Custom Shop 1963 Relic Stratocaster Black RW

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Fender Custom Shop 1963 Relic Stratocaster Black RW
Product no: 9000-0019-9416 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

The sound of a Fender Stratocaster is instantly recognisable. This guitar model has been around for decades now but 1963, in particular, was a good year for the Strat. Back then, the beloved Strat sound was used in almost every genre of music, from surf to rock n' roll. This Custom Shop Time Machine model is based on a Stratocaster from that glorius period. It's a top-quality American Fender that's been given the special Relic treatment. This means it has all the details that you would expect to find on a model from that time, including signs of ageing like cracks in its nitrocellulose lacquer. This black version has a rosewood fretboard with clay dot position markers just like you would find on a model in 1963.

Fender 1963 Relic Stratocaster: construction

The body is of made of select alder and has solid contours for a comfortable feel. The neck has a familiar feel thanks to the mid-sixties oval C profile with a modern 9.5 inch fretboard radius. The authentic strat sound is picked up by three hand-wound Custom Shop '60s single coils. The middle pickup has reverse polarity to prevent the undesirable 60-cycle hum when the position switch is in postions 2 and 4. A Vintage synchronised tremolo allows you to add subtle vibrato effects easily. In short, this Fender Stratocaster offers you the sound and feel of a vintage instrument.

Custom Shop Time Machine

With the Time Machine series, Fender's Custom Shop delivers top-quality reissued guitars and bass guitars with the vintage look and feel of classic Fenders. As well as finishes like Relic, Closet Classic and New Old Stock, you can now also choose Heavy Relic and Journeyman Relic. Fender Custom Shop's master luthiers make sublime replicas of highly acclaimed original string instruments, right down to the smallest details. They succeed in capturing the essence of these legendary Fender basses and guitars perfectly. Together with your time machine you will receive a luxury case, a bass guitar strap, an instrument cable, a CruzTools Toolkit and a certificate of authenticity.

Specifications

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	12,3 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	110,0 x 43,5 x 16,0 cm

Product specifications

Fender electric guitar
- model: 1963 Stratocaster
- series: Custom Shop Time Machine
- colour: Black
body
- material: select alder
- finish: nitrocellulose lacquer, Relic
- shape: Stratocaster
neck
- connection: bolt-on
- material: quarter sawn maple
- finish: nitrocellulose lacquer, Relic
- profile: Mid '60s Oval C
- scale length: 25.5 inches
- fretboard: rosewood, laminated (including radius)
- fretboard radius: 9.5 inches
- number of frets: 21
- fret type: narrow jumbo
- material string nut: Micarta
- string nut width: 1.65 inches
- position markers: clay dots
hardware
- bridge: American Vintage synchronised tremolo
- hardware finish: chrome-plated nickel
- machine heads: American Vintage, sealed self-lubricating
- pickguard: 3-ply mint green
electronics
- bridge pickup: Custom Shop Handwound '60s Single-Coil Strat
- middle pickup: Custom Shop '60s Handwound Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Single-Coil Strat
- neck pickup: Custom Shop Handwound '60s Single-Coil Strat
- controls: 1x volume, 2x tone, 5-way pickup switch
included: luxury case, instrument cable, guitar strap, CruzTools Tool kit and certificate of authenticity
Details:
- hand-made in America with first-class Custom Shop build quality
- Relic version of the legendary 1963 Stratocaster
- authentically aged for a comfortable feel
- Custom Shop Fat '60s Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity pickup in the middle position

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