Fender Custom Shop Unveil Jaw-Dropping Relics And Guitar Mash-Ups
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Fender Custom Shop Unveil Jaw-Dropping Relics And Guitar Mash-Ups

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Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Journeyman Relic “’59 Special” Strat

Features include a trio of high-output hand-wound Ancho Poblano Stratocaster pickups, Blender wiring, a Greasebucket tone control circuit and Tone Saver Treble Bleed on the master volume control.

 

This limited edition model has a one-piece AAA flame maple neck sporting a 1959 “C”-shaped profile, along with a slab rosewood fingerboard featuring a 9.5”-radius and 21 6100 jumbo frets. The two-piece select alder body sports a Journeyman Relic treatment and the neck has a Heavy Relic treatment.

 

Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Heavy Relic H/S Tele

Features include a hand-wound Twisted Tele single-coil bridge pickup, an EVH humbucker neck pickup and a three-saddle Tele bridge.

 

This Tele also features a two-color Heavy Relic lacquer finish based on one of Fender’s classic ‘Wallpaper’ finishes—either Candy Apple Red over Pink Paisley or Lake Placid Blue over Blue Floral.

 

Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Heavy Relic El Diablo Strat

Features include a Tone Saver Treble Bleed, Greasebucket tone control circuit, quatersawn maple neck with a fingerboard that sports 21 6100 jumbo frets and a modern 9.5”-radius. The two-piece alder body, as well as the neck and hardware, have received a Heavy Relic treatment.

 

Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Relic H/S Strat

Features include a Twisted Tele neck pickup, an overwound EVH bridge pickup, vintage-style six-screw Custom Shop RSD Stratocaster tremolo bridge and 1957 “Soft V”-shaped profile. The Aged White Blonde body received a Relic treatment.

 

Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Relic ’50s Thinline Tele

Perfect for those in search of superb tonal versatility, light weight and vintage worn-in feel, this guitar is a study in sonic contrast and balance, with built-in mojo and style to spare.

 

Features include a two-piece select ash body with a Relic lacquer finish, a rosewood neck with a 1957 “Soft V” Shape and 9.5” (241 mm) radius, 21, 6105 narrow jumbo frets and nickel/chrome hardware with a Relic treatment and a ‘51 Nocaster® Bridge with a reverse-angle center saddle.

Pickups include a Custom Shop Hand-Wound Original Blackguard Tele single-coil bridge pickup and Custom Shop Hand-Wound Twisted Tele single-coil neck pickup. It also includes modern Tele wiring with a Greasebucket tone circuit.

 

Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Artisan Tele Caballo Tono Ligero – Koa

Features include a hand-wound Custom Shop ’51 Nocaster pickup, TV Jones® Classic humbucking neck pickup, RSD-designed bridge, 1963 “C”-shaped neck profile and modern 9.5”-radius rosewood fingerboard. It also includes Sperzel die-cast tuning machines with white pearloid buttons, a one-ply gold anodized pickguard and a 21-fret one-piece AAA birdseye maple neck.

 

For more details on Fender products, head to fender.com.au.