Fender - Custom Shop 1963 Stratocaster® - Electric Guitar - Super Heavy Relic® - 3A Rosewood Fingerboard - Super Faded Aged 3-Color Sunburst Sparkle - w/ Deluxe Hardshell Case - x1768

Fender - Custom Shop 1963 Stratocaster® - Electric Guitar - Super Heavy Relic® - 3A Rosewood Fingerboard - Super Faded Aged 3-Color Sunburst Sparkle - w/ Deluxe Hardshell Case

New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1963 Stratocaster® Super Heavy Relic®. The lively, resonant two-piece select ash body is paired with an extremely comfortable playing rift sawn maple neck with ’63-style “C” back-shape and round-laminated rosewood fingerboard for a quintessential early-‘60s Strat®.

All wrapped in stunning Super Heavy Relic® lacquer finishes – Super Faded Aged Three-Color Sunburst, Super Faded Aged Three-Color Sunburst Sparkle, Super Faded Aged Black over Three-Color Sunburst and Super Faded Aged Surf Green over Three-Color Sunburst – the ’63 Strat® looks like it was gigged hard for decades. With a set of three Custom Shop hand-wound ‘60/’63 Strat® pickups (RWRP middle pickup), this guitar sounds as incredible as it looks.

Other premium features include 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, Fat '50s 1/2 Blender Strat® wiring with Greasebucket™ tone circuit, 5-way switch, 3-ply mint green pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

In House Serial: CZ581768

7 pounds, 5 ounces.

Specifications:

General

• Series: Time Machine™
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Color: Super Faded Aged 3-Color Sunburst Sparkle
• Country Of Origin: US

Neck

• Headstock: Stratocaster®
• Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Shape: 1963 Strat® "C"
• Neck Thickness: .830"
• Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
• Neck Thickness 12th Fret: 1.00"
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
• Fingerboard Material: 3A Rosewood
• Position Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot
• Number of Frets: 21
• Truss Rod: Early '60s
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Nut Material: Bone

Body

• Body: 2-Piece Select Ash
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash

Hardware

• Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
• Control Knobs: Vintage White Plastic
• Switch Tip: Vintage White
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
• String Trees: American Vintage '59-'64
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded '60s
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat®
• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat®
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat®
• Pickup Configuration: SSS
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, 1/2 Blend
• Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge with Neck Blend, Position 2. Bridge and Middle with Neck Blend, Position 3. Middle, Position 4. Neck and Middle, Position 5. Neck
• Potentiometers: 250K 10% Taper Split

Measurements

• Dimensions: 4.10x17.30x43.40 IN