Fender Custom Shop 1969 Journeyman Relic Faded Aged Sonic Blue Stratocaster
DESCRIPTION:
Combining the authentic style of a “big stock” Fender with the feel and features of a contemporary instrument, the 1969 Journeyman Relic Stratocaster swaggers into our 2017 Time Machine Collection. Commemorating a banner year for music (and the Strat), this guitar’s two-piece select alder body wears a WLS undercoat beneath nitrocellulose lacquer finish that received a Journeyman Relic treatment, granting the look and feel of an instrument that launched from that musically exciting period into today.
The hand-wound Custom Shop ’69 Strat single-coil neck and RWRP middle pickups are joined by a high-output, hand-wound Custom Shop Texas Special single-coil bridge pickup. A five-way switch and modified wiring—including a Tone-Saver treble-bleed circuit—selects pickups in almost any combination while preserving the tone, no matter where the instrument’s volume is set.
Other exciting features include a light-tint, urethane-finished riftsawn maple neck with ’69 “U”-shaped profile, 9.5”-radius round-lam maple or rosewood fingerboard, three-ply Parchment pickguard, 21 6105 frets, American Vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style “F”-stamped tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with nylon spacer. Includes a deluxe hardshell case, strap and Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity.
SPECS:
Model # : 1546082872
Series : Time Machine
Color : Faded Aged Sonic Blue
Body : 2-Piece Lightweight Select Alder
Body Finish : Nitrocellulose Lacquer Over Urethane Finish
Body Shape : Stratocaster®
Neck Material : Maple Rift Sawn
Neck Finish : Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape : 1969 "U"
Scale Length : 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard : Round-Laminated Maple
Fingerboard Radius : 9.5" (241 mm)
Number of Frets : 21
Frets Size : 6105 Narrow Jumbo
String Nut : Bone
Nut Width : 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays : Micarta Black
Bridge Pickup : Custom Shop Handwound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat
Middle Pickup : Custom Shop '69 Hand-Wound Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Single-Coil Strat
Neck Pickup : Custom Shop Hand-Wound 1969 Single-Coil Strat
Controls : Master Volume, 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 : 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Hardware Finish : Chrome
Tuning Machines : Schaller® F
Pickguard : 3-Ply Parchment
Control Knobs : Custom Relic® Vintage White
Strings : NPS, .010-.046 Gauges
Included Accessories : Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity