Used – Fender Custom Shop 1968 Relic Stratocaster – Faded Aged Candy Apple Red

True to a remarkable era, the 1968 Stratocaster® has an exceptional regality that resonates through the decades. Boasting an oversized headstock at the end of a riftsawn “U”-shaped maple neck, topped off with a round-lam maple fingerboard, this guitar has the unforgettable, classic feel that only the Fender® Custom Shop can create. Giving it our signature Relic® treatment, a WLS undercoat priming a lacquer finish on a hand-selected two-piece select alder body and comfortable urethane finish on the neck completes this mouth-wateringly faithful Strat®.

In period-correct fashion, hand-wound ’69 pickups, complemented by 5-way switching and Vintage Modified #2 wiring, transcend the passage of time to recreate the warm and chimey tonal options you’d expect of this sublime guitar.

Additional appointments include a 9.5”-radius fingerboard, 21 6105 frets, 3-ply Eggshell pickguard, American Vintage synchronized tremolo, Fender “F”-stamped tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with nylon spacer. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity

Other specifications include:

• Model Name: 1968 Stratocaster Relic®, Maple Fingerboard, Faded Aged Candy Apple Red
• Model Number: 9235000520
• Series: Time Machine
• Color: Faded Aged Candy Apple Red
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: Select Alder
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Over Urethane Finish
• Neck Material: Maple Rift Sawn
• Neck Shape: 1969 “U”
• Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: 6105 Narrow Jumbo
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Serialized with Custom Shop “V” Logo
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer With Urethane Headcap
• Fingerboard: Round-Laminated Maple
• Position Inlays: Black Dots
• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP ’69 Single-Coil Strat®
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’69 Single Coil Strat®
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge 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
• Pickup Configuration: SSS
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Eggshell
• Control Knobs: Vintage White
• Switch Tips: Vintage White
• Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case; Strap; Certificate of Authenticity.
• 7 lbs 13 oz
• #CZ540449

For more information on the Fender Custom Shop Relic Stratrocaster, please contact us.