Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Roasted Stratocaster Super Faded Aged Lake Placid Blue Relic (Serial #XN18647)

Since 1987, the Fender Custom Shop—affectionately known at CME as “The Dream Factory”—has grown to a band of over 50 veteran guitar artisans who take Leo Fender’s legacy to its utmost heights by bringing dream guitars and basses to life.

Taking an amp builder’s sensibility to instrument design, Leo Fender’s modular approach emphasized swappable components. This foundational design philosophy portended a future that we now inhabit, in which it’s not only easy to replace individual parts and maintain the longevity of each instrument—but, players also have the ability to customize every component of an instrument, giving them innumerable options when dreaming up their ideal guitar.

Here at Chicago Music Exchange, we’ve collaborated with the best minds at Fender to build the best instruments from top to bottom, tirelessly going over each spec to ensure that we offer you the best of what Fender has to offer—from neck shaping and fretwork to finishing and aging.

As a result of our ongoing collaboration, the instrument you see here is, of course, much more than the sum of its parts. Imbued with history, alive with the spirit and devotion of those who crafted it, this Fender Custom Shop creation is brimming with intangible, electrifying elements, that add new dimensions to every playing experience.

General:
Brand Name: Fender
Case Type: Hardshell Case
Hardware Color: Aged Nickel
Made in: Made in the USA
Product Color: Super Faded Aged Lake Placid Blue
Relic or Aging Level: Relic
Serial Number: XN18647
Series: Fender Custom Shop
Weight: 7lbs 7oz

Body:
Body Finish: Relic Lacquer Finish
Body Material: Offset Seam Roasted Ash Body
Body Shape: Stratocaster

Neck:
Fingerboard Inlay: Dots
Fingerboard Material: 3A Rosewood
Neck Finish: Relic Lacquer Finish
Neck Joint: Bolt-On
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Shape: 60s-Style Oval "C" Back-Shape
Number of Frets: 22 Frets
Nut Material: Bone Nut
Side Marker Inlay: Dots
Truss Rod: Adjustable

Electronics:
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Ancho Poblano Single-Coil Strat Bridge Pickup
Controls and Switching: 5-Way Switch; Vintage Modified Strat #2 Wiring
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tomatillo Strat Pickup

Hardware:
Bridge: 6-Saddle RSD Stratocaster Tremolo with Vintage-Style Steel Saddles
Fret Wire: 21 Medium Jumbo (6150) Frets
Pickguard: 4-Ply Brown Shell Pickguard
Saddle Material: Steel
String Tree: American Vintage '56-'58 String Tree
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Tuning Machines with Fender Logo