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The Fender Custom Shop Dealer Select Journeyman HST Stratocaster is that singular guitar that instantly adds a new level of depth to anyone’s collection. Completely designed by Guitar Center, the HST is made for the most serious of Fender fans.

At first glance, it’s a Strat meets Tele Custom, with a Seymour Duncan hand-wound humbucker and dual Custom Shop single coils. But with an instrument like this, it’s all about the details—the roasted maple neck, compound radius AAA rosewood fretboard and lightly aged Journeyman finish. Available exclusively at Guitar Center, the HST Strat sets a new standard for premium features with vintage sounds.

Fender Custom Shop Dealer Select Journeyman HST Stratocaster Main Features

  • Alder body
  • Roasted maple neck with ’60 C-profile, AAA rosewood fretboard with compound  radius
  • Seymour Duncan SH-55 humbucker (neck), Fat ’50s Strat (middle), Fat ’51  Nocaster (bridge), 5-way switch
  • American Vintage tremolo bridge/tailpiece, vintage locking tuners

 
A Body Built for Tone and Visual Appeal

We chose alder for the body, a balanced tonewood that makes a perfect sonic base for pickups. It has a Journeyman relic finish—the shine of a closet classic, with the lacquer checking that only age (and the Fender Custom Shop) imparts.


 A Neck Spec’d With Special Woods


There is something intoxicating about roasted maple, and Fender uses it to full effect with this neck. It has a ’60s oval C shape, based specifically on a 1963 Strat. The AAA rosewood fretboard has a compound radius—7.25ʺ to 9.25ʺ. It has a rounder, chunkier, feel for lower fret chording; moving up the neck, the fretboard flattens for better bending, faster picking and more tuneful arpeggios.


 Balanced Set of Hand-Wound Pickups


It’s easy to drop three different pickups into a guitar and call it a day, but we spent extra time with Fender to come up with a truly balanced set. Seth Lover designed the neck humbucker in the original ’72 Tele Custom. Here, it’s a Seymour Duncan SH-55, built to Lover’s precise specification for a true P.A.F. sound—lively with a warm midrange and a smooth, buttery treble. A Fat ’50s Stratocaster single coil occupies the middle position. It has the vintage tone of the earliest Strat pickup, but is reverse-wound with reverse polarity for modern, noiseless operation. The bridge Fat ’51 Nocaster offers true Tele twang and a tight low end, with the biting treble tones of Bakersfield.


Time-Tested Hardware

The Journeyman HST is equipped with an American Vintage tremolo bridge/tailpiece and Vintage locking tuners. Fender got it right the first time—why mess with success?

The Fender Custom Shop Dealer Select Journeyman HST Stratocaster comes with a certificate of authenticity and a hardshell case.
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Fender Custom Shop Dealer Select Stratocaster HST Journeyman Electric Guitar Aged Candy Tangerine
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Features

  • 2-piece alder body
  • Roasted maple neck with ’60s-style Oval C profile, AAA rosewood fretboard
  • Seymour Duncan SH-55 Seth Lover humbucker (neck), Fender Custom Shop Fat 50 Strat (middle) and Fat 51 Nocaster (bridge) single coils, 5-way selector
  • American Vintage tremolo bridge, locking tuners
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Reviewed by 2 customers

  • Very different but oddly familiar

    5

    submitted2 years ago

    byMichael

    fromHouston

    I feel like I've been searching for this guitar my whole life. By far the most versatile guest in my collection. This beauty does it all. She'll Tele for you for sure with that unmistakable twang. She kinda Strats and kinda Les Paul's but not %100. I can't imagine another guitar that can do all 3. I wish it wasn't a relic guitar but, that also is okay since I don't have to worry about scratching it. It is pricey but if you're a serious musician or a collector that can appreciate this thing you're in luck. I didn't even plug this in before I bought it. It was love at first sight. Lake Placid Blue has that effect on me. Definitely a workhouse of a guitar and a pleasure to own.

  • Fantastic multi purpose tool.

    5

    Verified Buyer

    submitted4 years ago

    byAustin

    fromPittsburgh Pa

    This guitar has a variety of different tones from the most iconic sounds of the past and future. A 59 Les Paul full and flavorful neck pickup, A 50s Stratocaster middle chime, and the unmistakable twang of an early 50s Telecaster. The Strat being the most comfortable body shape of vintage instruments is a perfect way to deliver comfort and ease to the player. Even if you are the man with everything you have to admit that this guitar will help you find the sound your looking for.

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  • submitted2 years ago

    asked byVince

    fromFairlawn, NJ

    Can you split the neck humbucker?

    Open Reply - Gear-Support
    I apologize for the inconvenience. I don't have one to check. We do not have that information currently available and we are waiting on an update from the manufacturer.

  • submitted3 years ago

    asked byDavey

    fromGrafton Wisconsin

    What is the neck radius ?

    Open Reply - Gear-Support
    Fender provides no specs on the HST..These types of specs are not the kind of thing the manufacturer normally publishes. A Custom Shop is sold - "as is". A strat neck radius is typically, depending, 7.25 - 9.5".

  • submitted3 years ago

    asked byHarrison

    fromRaleigh,NC

    I've have been looking everywhere for demos of this instrument, this truly could check all the boxes for me but I really Need to know what it sounds like with these pickups. Can we get a full Demo with sound samples of each pickup configuration?

    Open Reply - Gear-Adviser
    Thank you for your question. An agent will contact you within 48 hours

  • submitted4 years ago

    asked byCharlie

    fromLake Forest California

    How much does this fender weigh?

    Open Reply - Kenneth
    Weight: 8.5 lbs

  • submitted4 years ago

    asked byCc

    fromColorado

    What date was this guitar produced? Fender Custom Shop Dealer Select Stratocaster HST Journeyman Electric Guitar Aged Lake Placid Blue Item #:1500000329390 #: 116513698

    Open Reply - Ronald
    We would need the serial number to get the exact date, but this is a fairly new model so it would have been made in the last couple years.