Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop Limited Edition – 1959 STRATOCASTER RELIC LTD (Builder Select – Masterbuilt by Todd Krause) Electric Guitar Review :: Fender Electric Guitars Reviews
Limited run of 100 instruments, team-built at Fender’s Custom Shop.
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 |
| These musical instruments offer includes Case | Deluxe Limited Edition Black Hardshell Case with Black Crushed Velvet Interior and Embroidered Limited Edition Logo |
| Introduced | 1/2006 |
