Team Built at the Fender Custom Shop in Corona, California, dated 5/11/2011. Serial R58385. Certificate of Authenticity signed by Mike Eldred, Director of the Custom Shop.

Fiesta Red over alder, with a one-piece maple neck. It is the most-wanted color the Custom Shop offers and arguably the best it has ever looked on a Strat.

Fifteen years on, the Closet Classic nitro has checked evenly across the entire finish — fine, tight lines over the whole body, not a patch here and a patch there. The wear-through is minimal. Hardware has the light, even patina that comes with this relic tier.

PLEASE NOTE: this is the player-appointed build, not the vintage-correct one. 9.5" fingerboard radius and medium jumbo frets rather than 7.25" and vintage wire (confirmed by the original Music Zoo sales receipt — part number 9231002483, "56 STRAT CC 9.5-MJ – FRD"). If you want the mid-'50s look and feel with a neck you can bend above the 12th fret, these are the droids you are looking for. If you are after strict vintage spec, this is not that guitar (these are NOT the droids you are looking for - move along).

Specifications

• Two-piece alder body, nitrocellulose lacquer, Faded Aged Fiesta Red
• One-piece maple neck, integral maple fingerboard
• 9.5" fingerboard radius
• 21 medium jumbo frets
• Bone nut
• 25.5" scale
• 5-way switch, master volume, two-tone
• Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuners
• Closet Classic aging package

Condition

Played and cared for, not displayed and not abused. Even light nitro checking throughout, light hardware patina, minimal wear-through.

Honest disclosure: there is cable swirl on the lower bout near the jack plate and a scratch through the finish in that area, from years of a cable hanging against it. Photographed clearly below. It is the one flaw on the guitar.

Otherwise: no cracks, no breaks, no repairs, no modifications, no headstock damage, no fret issues, no electronic issues. All original. Everything works exactly as it should.

Included

• Original tweed G&G hardshell case
• Certificate of Authenticity, signed by Mike Eldred
• Original Fender Custom Shop build tag (serial and inspection stamps intact)
• Fender Custom Shop Time Machine Series hang tag
• Spare aged switch tip
• Fender medium pick
• Original 2011 dated sales receipt from The Music Zoo
• Tremelo arm

Documented from original retail purchase forward: build tag, COA, and dealer receipt all carry serial R58385.

Shipped fully insured in the original case, double-boxed, strings detuned. Ships within three business days after payment is cleared. Questions and reasonable offers welcome.