Fender Custom Shop 1963 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic Aged Olympic White 9230020805 SN - R84284

Fender Custom Shop 1963 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic Aged Olympic White 9230020805 SN - R84284

Straight from the Fender Custom Shop, this 1963 Journeyman Relic Stratocaster offers the best of the vintage and modern world. The aged nitro finish mimics the wear of a well cared for vintage guitar, and the lightly worn neck plays like a dream. Loaded with three hand wound 60s Strat Relic pickups and vintage Fender tuning machines, this ’63 Strat sounds great.  If you're seeking a Strat that feels like a pre CBS classic, this one will not disappoint!

1963 Relic & Journeyman Relic Stratocaster®

– The Fender Custom Shop 1963 Relic® Stratocaster® takes you back to a pivotal period in the instrument's history, when surf music was riding high and the Strat underwent some notable design mods. Its deep-contoured alder body comes in Three-Color Sunburst, Black, Candy Apple Red and Olympic White lacquer Relic finishes. Sparkling tone comes from three hand-wound '60s Stratocaster single-coil pickups (reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup) with modern five-way switching.  Other premium features include a Quartersawn maple neck with a comfortable '60s "oval C" profile and small headstock, 9.5"-radius "round-laminated" rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow jumbo frets, three-ply mint green pickguard, vintage white control knobs, American Vintage bridge, and American Vintage tuning machines. Includes brown textured vinyl hard-shell case with red interior.