Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar

Description: A Tomatillo Tribute to the Strat's Late-’50s Heyday For Sweetwater’s old-school Fender fanatics, play wear on a vintage instrument is a badge of honor; it’s a testament that some guitarist down the line loved the instrument enough to put it through its paces for decades of gigs and sessions. The Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic is a tribute to those grizzled axes, proudly wearing one of the Fender Custom Shop’s most extreme aging packages across its nitrocellulose lacquer finish. This Strat’s foundation come straight out of 1957, featuring a 2-piece select alder body and a stable 1-piece rift-sawn maple neck in a chunky 1957 Soft “V” profile. Designed to please the modern player, a 9.5-inch radius supplies a smooth, buzz-free travel across the narrow-tall frets when performing wide bends on the upper frets. What about the tone? Fiery Custom Shop Hand-wound Tomatillo single-coil Stratocaster pickups precisely replicate the Sweetwater is an Authorized Fender Custom Shop Dealer Genuine New Item Sweetwater's 2-year warranty and 55 point inspection Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar - Aged Surf Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple Neck, Maple Fingerboard, Sychronized Tremolo, and 3 Single-coil Pickups - Aged Surf Green A Tomatillo Tribute to the Strat's Late-’50s Heyday For Sweetwater’s old-school Fender fanatics, play wear on a vintage instrument is a badge of honor; it’s a testament that some guitarist down the line loved the instrument enough to put it through its paces for decades of gigs and sessions. The Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic is a tribute to those grizzled axes, proudly wearing one of the Fender Custom Shop’s most extreme aging packages across its nitrocellulose lacquer finish. This Strat’s foundation come straight out of 1957, featuring a 2-piece select alder body and a stable 1-piece rift-sawn maple neck in a chunky 1957 Soft “V” profile. Designed to please the modern player, a 9.5-inch radius supplies a smooth, buzz-free travel across the narrow-tall frets when performing wide bends on the upper frets. What about the tone? Fiery Custom Shop Hand-wound Tomatillo single-coil Stratocaster pickups precisely replicate the spank and chime of an aged alnico V Strat pickup set from the 1950s. Finished off with a superlative set of Stratocaster hardware — including a Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo and vintage-style slot-in tuners — the Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic turns up the heat on a golden-age Fullerton classic.Vintage-correct ’57 soft “V”neck What makes a “V” neck? In essence, a “V” neck features a V-shaped peak right across the center of the neck’s otherwise rounded ridge. And while Leo Fender never quite fully committed to the almost angular “V” profile found on scores of jazz-age archtops, this guitar’s ’57 soft “V” profile features an ever-so-slightly elevated center that forms a perfect point for your thumb to rest on. Moreover, the Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic’s neck comprises a stout 1-piece rift-sawn maple construction that’s highly resistant to warping and bowing. Top it all off with a set of 21 narrow-tall frets and a 9.5-inch fingerboard radius, and the Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic’s neck strikes a seamless center point between vintage feel and modern performance.Hand-wound single-coils with added tricks The vintage-voiced pickups in your Fender Custom Shop Strat are of the same heritage as Fender's El Diablo and Ancho Poblano sets. Alnico II magnets simulate what a set of Alnico V pickups from the 1950s might sound like. The results speak for themselves: highs are defined and bell-clear, with a slight midrange contour and a bass end that clips gorgeously.A brand-new, broken-in classic There’s a lot to be said about Fender’s intensive relicing process. And for a guitar like this, the relic’d finish gives your axe the travel-worn, broken-in feel you’ve always wanted. The master luthiers in the Fender Custom Shop expertly aged this guitar’s flash coat finish to accurately simulate decades of regular use onstage and in the studio. When you take the Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic out of the case for the first time, you’ll feel right at home — almost as if you were the original owner more than seven decades ago.Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Features: 2-piece select alder body offers a lightweight feel and resonant tone Stout and stable 1-piece rift-sawn maple neck in a vintage-inspired 1957 Soft “V” profile Modern 9.5-in. radius and narrow-tall frets supply a high-performance feel that’s sure to please guitarists who frequently bend in the upper register 3 Fender Custom Shop Hand-wound Tomatillo Strat pickups bring the heat, replicating that aged-in tone of a true vintage Strat Quacky in-between tones courtesy of the RWRP middle-position pickup and 5-way switch Greasebucket tone circuit keeps your tone clean and clear when rolling down the volume Time-tested Stratocaster hardware, including an expressive and stable Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo and slot-in tuners Battle-scarred nitrocellulose lacquer finish in the Fender Custom Shop’s Heavy Relic package SpecificationDetail Number of Strings 6 Left-/Right-handed Right-handed Body Type Solidbody Body Shape 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Body Material 2-piece Select Ash Body Finish Nitrocellulose Lacquer Color Aged Surf Green Neck Material 1-piece Rift Sawn Maple Neck Shape 1957 Soft V Neck Joint Bolt-on Radius 9.5" Fingerboard Material 1-piece Rift Sawn Maple Fingerboard Inlay Dots Number of Frets 21, Narrow Tall (6105) Scale Length 25.5" Nut Width 1.650" Nut Material Bone Bridge/Tailpiece Fender Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo Tuners Vintage-style Neck Pickup Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tomatillo Strat Single-coil Middle Pickup Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tomatillo RWRP Strat Single-coil Bridge Pickup Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Tomatillo Strat Single-coil Controls 1 x volume, 2 x tone Switching 5-way blade pickup switch Strings .010-.046 Case/Gig Bag Hardshell Case RETURN INFORMATION We want you to be completely happy with your purchase from Sweetwater. 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Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana

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