Fender Custom Shop

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The Fender Custom Shop Limited-Edition Texas Stratocaster Heavy Relic electric guitar evokes the grit of a rock-and-roll survivor—a tenacity forged over hundreds of gigs in beer-drenched bars, derelict clubs and the occasional big concert stage. The heavy relic treatment reveals a guitar that could have been adored by different owners in various finishes throughout the years, as it performed countless songs in all kinds of styles. Vintage appointments such as a ’65 C neck shape and old-school Fender tremolo are offset by scorching Texas Special single-coil pickups that bust through dense band mixes much like Patrick Swayze’s tough Zen bouncer restored order in Road House. Depending on your amp settings, picking dynamics and guitar-volume manipulations, these pickups can go from stout and ringing clean tones to articulate and punchy overdrive to full-on apocalyptic distortion. The Texas Stratocaster can stand its ground, for sure, but it can also produce the sonic equivalent of a beautiful sunrise caressing the plains. The Texas Stratocaster looks like it has years of music in it, and so much more music to come.
Fender Custom Shop Limited-Edition Texas Stratocaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar Blue Flake/Candy Apple Red/Aged Olympic White
Fender Custom Shop Limited-Edition Texas Stratocaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar Blue Flake/Candy Apple Red/Aged Olympic White
Fender Custom Shop Limited-Edition Texas Stratocaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar Blue Flake/Candy Apple Red/Aged Olympic White

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  • Limited-Edition Heavy Relic
  • Alder body
  • Roasted-maple neck
  • Three hot Fender Texas Special single coils
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Body
  • Body Type: Solid, double cutaway
  • Body wood: Alder
  • Body finish: Nitro lacquer
Neck
  • Neck shape: ’65 Strat C
  • Neck wood: Roasted maple
  • Joint: 4 bolt
  • Scale length: 25.5"
  • Truss rod: Early ’60s
  • Neck finish: Nitro lacquer
Fingerboard
  • Material: Rosewood
  • Radius: Compound, 9.5"–12"
  • Fret size: Jumbo
  • Number of frets: 21
  • Inlays: Narrow dot
  • Nut width/material: 1.650"/Bone
Electronics
  • Configuration: SSS
  • Neck: Texas Special
  • Middle: Texas Special
  • Bridge: Texas Special
  • Control layout: Volume, tone, blender
  • Pickup switch: 5-way
Hardware
  • Bridge type: Standard
  • Bridge design: Vintage Strat
  • Tailpiece: Tremolo
Other
  • Number of strings: 6
  • Case: Fender Custom Shop Strat/Tele
  • Country of Origin: USA

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