Fender Custom Shop ‘59 Stratocaster Relic Faded Aged Lake Placid Blue

Experience the magic of a golden-era Fender brought to life in the Fender Custom Shop '59 Stratocaster Relic, finished in a beautifully faded and aged Lake Placid Blue. Built with painstaking attention to detail, this Strat is a faithful tribute to the original 1959 model, offering the perfect blend of vintage charm and expert modern craftsmanship.

Crafted from a two-piece alder body and finished with a thin nitrocellulose lacquer, this guitar is designed to resonate freely and age gracefully. Its quarter sawn maple neck features a comfortable 1959-style "C" profile, paired with a 9.5" radius rosewood fingerboard and 21 narrow tall frets delivering exceptional playability without compromising vintage feel.

Specifications

Finish:

• Faded Aged Lake Placid Blue

Body:

• 2-piece select alder
• Deep body contours
• 3-ply parchment pickguard

Neck:

• Rift-sawn maple with AAA rosewood fingerboard
• '60 Style Oval "C" profile
• 9.5" radius
• 21 narrow tall (6105) frets
• Bone nut (1.650" width)

Pickups:

• Custom Shop hand-wound '59 Strat single-coils (neck, middle [RWRP], bridge)

Electronics:

• 5-way switch
• Vintage Modified #2 wiring
• Master volume, tone 1 (neck/middle), tone 2 (bridge)

Hardware:

• Vintage-style synchronized tremolo
• Vintage tuners
• Aged chrome/nickel hardware
• Fender 10-46 strings

Case: Custom Shop brown hard-shell case with certificate and case candy

Limited Edition Series

Each Custom Shop Limited Edition instrument is only available for a short time, which makes it eminently collectable and adds to its investment value. Crafted with many features reserved only for certain artists and master built instruments, they are just what the name says they are: highly anticipated limited-edition models that go very quickly.