Fender Custom Shop '59 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar

Description: A Custom-spec ’59 Set to Sweetwater’s Specs Featuring handpicked features from our team of guitar experts, the Fender Custom Shop ’59 Stratocaster Heavy Relic is a custom-spec Strat that you can only get at Sweetwater! True to its name, this guitar starts with a period-correct foundation consisting of a 2-piece select alder body and a remarkably stable 1-piece rift-sawn maple neck. However, things take a thoroughly modern detour with this guitar’s easy-playing 9.5-inch fingerboard radius and medium-jumbo frets. Even the neck profile sports a later-period 1963 “C” Strat neck profile for a slightly slimmer and sleeker feel in your palm. Under the hood, a trio of Custom Shop Hand-wound Fat ’50s Stratocaster pickups supply a beefed-up spin on classic Strat sonics, effortlessly accommodating everything from high-octane dirt-drenched rock leads to exceedingly warm and bell-like clean rhythms. You also get all the usual hardware suspects of a fine vintage-style Strat, including Sweetwater is an Authorized Fender Custom Shop Dealer Genuine New Item Sweetwater's 2-year warranty and 55 point inspection Fender Custom Shop '59 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar - Aged Black, Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple Neck, Maple Fingerboard, Synchronized Tremolo, and 3 Single-coil Pickups - Aged Black, Sweetwater Exclusive A Custom-spec ’59 Set to Sweetwater’s Specs Featuring handpicked features from our team of guitar experts, the Fender Custom Shop ’59 Stratocaster Heavy Relic is a custom-spec Strat that you can only get at Sweetwater! True to its name, this guitar starts with a period-correct foundation consisting of a 2-piece select alder body and a remarkably stable 1-piece rift-sawn maple neck. However, things take a thoroughly modern detour with this guitar’s easy-playing 9.5-inch fingerboard radius and medium-jumbo frets. Even the neck profile sports a later-period 1963 “C” Strat neck profile for a slightly slimmer and sleeker feel in your palm. Under the hood, a trio of Custom Shop Hand-wound Fat ’50s Stratocaster pickups supply a beefed-up spin on classic Strat sonics, effortlessly accommodating everything from high-octane dirt-drenched rock leads to exceedingly warm and bell-like clean rhythms. You also get all the usual hardware suspects of a fine vintage-style Strat, including a 6-saddle vintage-style Synchronized tremolo and slot-in tuning machines. To top it all off, we’ve spec’d this Strat out with a wonderfully worn Heavy Relic nitrocellulose relic finish that boasts all the battle scars of a well-loved golden-age classic.Easy-playing ’63 “C” neck profile Instead of the typical ’59-style neck profile, we chose to outfit this Strat with a slightly later ’63 “C” shape. It’s a profile that will feel instantly familiar to Strat fans of all stripes. What’s more, this Strat’s 9.5-inch radius and medium-jumbo frets are sure to please guitarists who shy away from the round radii and tiny frets of yore, providing you with a perfect platform for expressive multi-step bends without a hint of fret-out in sight.Custom Shop Fat ’50s pickups This Fender Custom Shop ’59 Stratocaster Heavy Relic can pull double duty either as a rhythm machine, a lead monster, or both. A trio of onboard Fat '50s pickups from the Fender Custom Shop deliver beefy vintage-style tone with enhanced bass response and balanced midrange that’s never harsh. These pickups look and sound period correct with staggered hand-beveled alnico magnets and formvar magnet wire for refined harmonic response to dynamics. The middle Fat '50 is reverse wound, a welcome modern touch that cuts pickup hum when playing in position 2 or 4. Fat ’50s are often called a workhorse pickup that is balanced but never flat or bland. With three of them and a 5-way pickup selector, there are endless tones to explore. Plus, these pickups were built with period-correct cloth wire and fiber bobbins, proof of Fender’s immaculate attention to detail.Aged to perfection One of the most extreme aging packages that the Fender Custom Shop offers is their Heavy Relic package — an aesthetic tribute to the world’s battle-scarred 6-strings, with all the dents, dings, and scratches to reflect a lifetime of music making. From the all-too-common missing patch of finish where your forearm rests to the rubbed-through finish on the back of the neck, Fender Custom Shop Heavy Relic instruments are perfect for the player who requires a perfectly worn-in feel from day one. Plus, since the Fender Custom Shop’s instruments are finished in a period-correct nitrocellulose lacquer, guitars such as the ’59 Stratocaster Heavy Relic will only continue to age and develop character the more time you spend with them.Fender Custom Shop ’59 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Features: Custom Shop Strat spec’d out by our team of guitar experts — only available at Sweetwater! Lightweight and balanced-sounding 2-piece select alder body Incredibly stable 1-piece rift-sawn maple neck in a comfortable ’63 “C” profile Maple fingerboard sporting a modernized 9.5-inch radius and medium-jumbo frets for fret-out free bends and peak performance Custom Shop Hand-wound Fat ’50s Stratocaster pickups with RWP middle pickup offer a fuller, more powerful spin on golden-era Strat sonics Rock-solid vintage-style Strat hardware includes traditional tuners and a classic Synchronized tremolo bridge Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, treated with the Fender Custom Shop’s well-worn Heavy Relic treatment for a broken-in feel from day 1 Treble bleed circuit on the master volume keeps your tone clear and defined when rolling down the volume control SpecificationDetail Number of Strings 6 Left-/Right-handed Right-handed Body Type Solidbody Body Shape '59 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Body Material 2-piece Select Alder Body Finish Nitrocellulose Lacquer Color Aged Black Neck Material Rift Sawn Maple Neck Shape 1963 Strat C Neck Joint Bolt-on Radius 9.5" Fingerboard Material 1-piece Rift Sawn Maple Fingerboard Inlay Dots Number of Frets 21, Medium Jumbo (6150) Scale Length 25.5" Nut Material Bone Bridge/Tailpiece 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles Tuners Vintage-style Neck Pickup Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-coil Middle Pickup Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-coil Bridge Pickup Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-coil Controls 1 x volume, 2 x tone Switching 5-way blade pickup switch Case/Gig Bag Hardshell Case RETURN INFORMATION We want you to be completely happy with your purchase from Sweetwater. 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Price: 5000 USD

Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana

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