Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1959 Stratocaster NOS – Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst | NEW

The Vintage Custom series sits in an interesting spot in the Custom Shop lineup — not a Masterbuilt, but built to a spec that's more exacting than the standard Team Built guitars. The idea here is a faithful '59 Stratocaster recreation finished NOS: no artificial aging, just a thin flash-coat nitro lacquer that lets the wood breathe and will develop its own character over time.

1959 is a meaningful year for Strat nerds — it's when rosewood boards and the 3-Color Sunburst finish first appeared. This one has both, along with a few details that make it stand out from the usual vintage-spec crowd: a 7.25"–9.5" compound radius (taken from rare original examples from the period), medium vintage frets that are just slightly larger than true vintage for a more comfortable feel, and Custom Shop hand-wound '59 single-coil pickups that are voiced to be full without being muddy.

The Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst is a rich, deep finish — darker and more complex than a standard 3-tone. Looks fantastic on alder.

Specs:

• Body: 2-piece Select Alder
• Neck: Tinted Rift-Sawn Maple, '59 C profile
• Fingerboard: AAA Rosewood, 7.25"–9.5" compound radius, vintage clay dot inlays
• Frets: 21 Medium Vintage
• Pickups: Custom Shop hand-wound '59 single-coils
• Electronics: 5-way switch, vintage wiring
• Bridge: American Vintage synchronized tremolo, bone nut
• Pickguard: 3-ply mint green nitrocellulose
• Finish: NOS flash-coat nitro — Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst
• Includes: Deluxe hardshell case, strap, Certificate of Authenticity

Brand new, unplayed. Ships fully insured.