This Stratocaster is Brand New, ships free in its hardshell case, inspected and set up by our Fender Certified technicians.

Experience the authentic style and feel of a late-'60s Stratocaster with the 1969 Stratocaster® Journeyman Relic® from the Fender Custom Shop Time Machine™ series. This electric guitar features a faded shoreline gold nitrocellulose lacquer finish on a 2-piece select alder body for the vintage look and feel. The maple neck has a 1969 "U" profile and is topped with either a round-laminated maple fingerboard and 21 Vintage Upgrade (45085) frets.

Loaded with a Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 single-coil pickup in the neck position, a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity (RWRP) '69 single-coil in the middle position, and a hot Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 single-coil in the bridge position, this Strat produces iconic bell-like tones. The 5-way blade pickup switching provides a wide range of classic Strat tones.

Other features include 9.5" (241 mm) Radius, Fat ’50s Strat® Wiring with 1/2 Blender, 3-Ply Parchment Pickguard, Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo, Vintage “F” Style Tuning Machines, Bone Nut, American Vintage '65 String Tree, Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity.

Weight: 7 lbs 7 oz

General

Series: Time Machine™

Orientation: Right-Hand

Color: Faded Shoreline Gold

Country Of Origin: US

Body

Body: 2-Piece Select Alder with Offset Seam

Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Body Shape: Stratocaster®

Body Style: Solid Body

Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder with Offset Seam

Neck

Headstock: Stratocaster® Large

Neck Material: Plain-Grain Maple

Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck Shape: 1969 "U"

Neck Thickness: .820"

Neck Butt Width: 2.200"

Neck Thickness 12th Fret: .900"

Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)

Fingerboard Material: Maple

Position Inlays: Black Micarta Dot - 7 mm

Number of Frets: 21

Truss Rod: Late '60s

String Nut: Bone

Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)

Nut Material: Bone

Fret Size: Jescar Vintage (45085)

Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)

Electronics

Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat®

Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP '69 Single-Coil Strat®

Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat®

Pickup Configuration: SSS

Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, 1/2 Blend

Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge with Neck Blend, Position 2. Bridge and Middle with Neck Blend, Position 3. Middle, Position 4. Neck and Middle, Position 5. Neck

Potentiometers: 250K 10% Taper Split

Hardware

Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo

Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment

Control Knobs: Parchment Plastic

Switch Tip: Parchment

Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

Tuning Machines: Fender®/Schaller® Vintage “F” Style

String Trees: American Vintage '65

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

Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded '60s

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