Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop Limited Edition - 1959 STRATOCASTER RELIC LTD (Builder Select - Masterbuilt by Todd Krause) Electric Guitar Review
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Limited run of 100 instruments, team-built at
Fender's Custom Shop.
Description
The 1959 STRATOCASTER RELIC LTD guitar (Builder Select - Masterbuilt by Todd Krause) comes in limited
run of 100 instruments.
This Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition beauty has been given the full-on Relic treatment to show years
of natural wear and tear—nicks, scratches, worn finish, rusty nickel/chrome hardware, distressed aluminum
pickguard and aged plastic parts. The premium ash body has a nitrocellulose lacquer finish. The one-piece
maple neck has a C-shaped profile, and a 9-1/2" radius African rosewood fingerboard. Nickel/chrome
hardware includes Fender/Gotoh tuners and an American Vintage synchronized tremolo with ashtray cover.
Of its 3 custom wound Fat '50s single-coil pickups, the middle pickup is reverse wound, reverse polarity
to cancel hum. Includes a custom black hardshell case with an emerald-green crushed velvet interior,
a Limited Edition certificate, a DVD interview with master luthier John English, and a Master binder
with copies of John English's notes and bio.
| Features + Technical Specs |
| Model Number |
927-5000-488 |
| Series |
Custom Shop Limited Edition Series |
| Colors |
(488) Desert Sand,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) |
| Body |
Select Lightweight Alder |
| Neck |
Maple, Mid ‘60s Oval “C” Shape,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) |
| Fingerboard |
Slab Maple, Compound Radius 7.25” (184 mm) to 12” (305 mm) |
| No. of Frets |
21 Dunlop 6105 Narrow Jumbo Frets |
| Pickups |
3 Custom Fat ‘50s Single-Coil Strat Pickups |
| Controls |
Master Volume,
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 2. (Middle 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 |
| Bridge |
American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
| Machine Heads |
Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Tuning Machines |
| Hardware |
Nickel/Chrome |
| Pickguard |
1-Ply Parchment |
| Scale Length |
25.5” (648 mm) |
| Width at Nut |
1.650” (42 mm) |
| Unique Features |
Limited Run of 100 Pieces Globally,
Oval “C” Shape Maple Neck,
7.25” to 12” Compound Radius Fingerboard,
Black Dot Position Inlays with Wide Spacing,
Dunlop 6105 Narrow Jumbo Frets |
| Strings |
Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel,
Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046),
p/n 073-0250-006 |
| Accessories |
Deluxe Limited Edition Black Hardshell Case (Black Interior), Strap, Cable, Limited Edition Certificate |
| This musical instruments offer includes Case |
Deluxe Limited Edition Black Hardshell Case with Black Crushed Velvet Interior and Embroidered Limited Edition Logo |
| Introduced |
1/2006 |
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