Fender Stratocaster 2016 Custom Shop 1961 Relic Olympic White

Fender Stratocaster 2016 Custom Shop 1961 Relic in Olympic White

This fast-playing, and comfortable feeling guitar seems that it's seen more than a few stages, this Custom Shop 1960 Relic Stratocaster unites authentic vintage style and sound with all the contemporary features.

The lightweight two-piece select alder body bears a Olympic White paint scheme, finished with nitrocellulose lacquer to let the wood breathe with pure Fender tone, while the tinted quartersawn maple neck has a comfortable "Oval C" -shaped profile with a Slab Rosewood fingerboard a vintage green guard, with a beautiful Relic finish on the body.

The trio of hand-wound 60/63 Strat pickups includes a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup, reducing RF- and EMI-induced hum in positions two and four. A five-way switch and modified wiring including a Tone-Saver treble-bleed circuit selects pickups in almost any combination while preserving your tone, no matter where the instrument's volume is set.

Other phenomenal features include a comfortably modern 9.5"-radius slab rosewood fingerboard, 21 Jescar 6100 jumbo frets, American Vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuning machines with Fender logo, bone nut and wing string tree with metal spacer. Includes a deluxe hardshell case, strap, lead and Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity complete with all the candy.