New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1959 Stratocaster® Journeyman Relic®. The two-piece select alder body wears Journeyman Relic® lacquer finish in Faded Sage Green Metallic for the authentically worn-in look and feel of a family heirloom instrument that’s been handed down through the years.

Classic appointments from the end of the decade are featured up and down the guitar: quartersawn maple neck with ’59-style “D” back-shape and flat-laminated rosewood fingerboard bring out the best in tone and playability. Armed with a trio of Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ‘50s Stratocaster® pickups, Vintage Modified #2 wiring and Tone-Save bleed circuitry, there’s no shortage of sought after golden era tone.

Other premium features include 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, 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.

This incredible strat will ship free with a fresh setup and strings by a Fender authorized technician, and safely packed by a shipping expert typically within a day of purchase. Specifications below, more details available upon request, so please message us with any questions.

General

Model Name: 1959 Stratocaster® Journeyman Relic®

Series: Time Machine™

Color: Faded Aged Sage Green Metallic

Weight: 7 lbs 13.2 oz

Body

Body Shape: Stratocaster®

Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder

Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Heavy Checking

Neck

Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple

Neck Shape: 1959 "D"

Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)

Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)

Number of Frets: 21

Fret Size: Narrow Tall (6105)

String Nut: Bone

Nut Width:1 .650" (42 mm)

Headstock: Stratocaster®

Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized

Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, unfinished relic back

Fingerboard: 3A RosewoodPosition

Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot

Electronics

Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®

Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®

Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s 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

Hardware

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 White Plastic

Switch Tips: Vintage White

Miscellaneous

Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)

Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.