Serial Number: CZ565659
Instrument Weight: 7.97 lbs
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New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic, and believe us - it's very aptly named. The two-piece select alder body wears Heavy Relic lacquer finishes in Faded Aged Three-Color Sunburst, Aged Olympic White over Three-Color Sunburst, Aged Sonic Blue over Three-Color Sunburst and Aged Black over Three-Color Sunburst. This is the heaviest of the Relic treatments, with each imparting the look of a golden-era 1960 Strat that has not exactly been handled gingerly over six-plus decades. From seriously dinged and damaged wear to intensely discolored hardware and finish, this is a guitar that has been to Hell and back more than once; a guitar that has repeatedly been through the ringer and then some, laughing all the while even as it demands more punishment.

Classic appointments abound: Its quartersawn maple neck has an easy-playing '60-style Oval "C" profile, topped by a flat-lam rosewood fingerboard with a 9.5" radius, 21 jumbo (6100) frets and a bone nut. Three Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special™ pickups brings out the best in Strat® tone with clear highs, chirpy midrange and tight lows, along with Vintage Modified #2 wiring and a Tone-Saver bleed circuit (eliminates tone loss when volume is turned down).

Other premium features include a three-ply mint green pickguard, five-way pickup switch, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

 

Body Shape: Stratocaster® Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple Neck Shape: '60s Oval "C" Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm) Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm) Number of Frets: 21 Fret Size: Jumbo (6100) String Nut: Bone Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm) Headstock: Stratocaster® Small Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Fingerboard: Flat-Laminated Rosewood Position Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat® Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat® Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat® Controls: Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) 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 Pickup Configuration: SSS Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo Orientation: Right-Hand Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green Control Knobs: Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic Switch Tips: Vintage White Strings: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406 Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.   7.97 lbs