MORE ABOUT 1960 RELIC® STRATOCASTER®
With the fast-playing, comfortable feel of a guitar that’s seen more than a few stages, the Custom Shop 1960 Relic Stratocaster unites authentic vintage style and sound with contemporary features. The lightweight two-piece select alder body bears a color-over-color paint scheme, finished with nitrocellulose lacquer to let the wood breathe with pure Fender tone, while the tinted quartersawn maple neck has a comfortable “Oval C”-shaped profile, and wears the same Heavy Relic finish as the body.
The trio of hand-wound 60/63 Strat pickups includes a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup, reducing RF- and EMI-induced hum in positions two and four. A five-way switch and modified wiring—including a Tone-Saver treble-bleed circuit—selects pickups in almost any combination while preserving your tone, no matter where the instrument’s volume is set.
Other phenomenal features include a comfortably modern 9.5”-radius slab rosewood fingerboard, 21 Jescar 6100 jumbo frets, American Vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuning machines with Fender logo, bone nut and wing string tree with metal spacer. Includes a deluxe hardshell case, strap and Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity.
SPECS
General
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Model Name: |
1960 Relic® Stratocaster®, Rosewood Fingerboard, Aged Olympic White |
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Model Number: |
1530160805 |
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Series: |
Time Machine |
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Color: |
Aged Olympic White |
Body
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Body Shape: |
Stratocaster® |
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Body Material: |
2-Piece Select Alder |
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Body Finish: |
Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck
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Neck Material: |
Quartersawn Maple |
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Neck Shape: |
Mid ’60s Oval “C” |
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Scale Length: |
25.5″ (64.8 cm) |
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Fingerboard Radius: |
9.5″ (241 mm) |
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Number of Frets: |
21 |
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Fret Size: |
6100 Jumbo |
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String Nut: |
Bone |
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Neck Plate: |
4-Bolt Vintage-Style |
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Neck Finish: |
Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
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Fingerboard: |
AAA Rosewood |
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Position Inlays: |
Vintage Clay Dot |
Electronics
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Bridge Pickup: |
Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Bridge |
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Middle Pickup: |
Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 RWRP Middle |
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Neck Pickup: |
Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Neck |
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Controls: |
Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) |
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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 |
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Pickup Configuration: |
SSS |
Hardware
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Bridge: |
6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
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Tuning Machines: |
Vintage-Style with Fender Logo |
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Orientation: |
Right-Hand |
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Pickguard: |
3-Ply Mint Green |
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Control Knobs: |
Custom Relic® Vintage White |
Miscellaneous
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Strings: |
NPS, .010-.046 Gauges |
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Included Accessories: |
Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Polishing Cloth, Certificate of Authenticity |