Fender Custom Shop Ltd Edition 1960 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic - Faded Aged Sunburst

This Limited Edition ’60 Strat® captures the magic of a pivotal era when the Stratocaster was burning its name into music history forever. Built in the renowned Fender Custom Shop, this road-worthy stage companion combines original Fender design with modern appointments and a custom Journeyman Relic® finish, making it a timeless tool for players, professionals and collectors alike. The guitar features Custom Shop hand-wound ’60 Strat® pickups, wound to exact specifications from those formidable years that defined the instrument’s legendary status.

The two-piece alder body showcases a nitro lacquer Journeyman Relic® finish, while the tinted rift-sawn maple neck boasts a ’60 “C” profile with round-lam rosewood fingerboard. Key transitional period features include wide 12th fret dot spacing, specific pickguard screw spacing, and a compound 7.25”-9.5” fingerboard radius with 21 medium vintage frets. The vintage modified #2 wiring incorporates tone-saver treble bleed circuitry, allowing volume adjustments without sacrificing delicate high frequencies.

A Fender Custom Shop instrument possesses extraordinary qualities that go beyond its individual components. The Custom Shop serves as home to Fender’s most skilled builders - part craftsman, part artist, part music enthusiast and often part mad scientist. This bustling, creatively volcanic environment has earned its nickname as the Dream Factory, where dedicated artisans pour their passion, knowledge and expertise into every instrument they craft. Each creation emerges filled with intangible elements that add new dimensions to your playing, as if imbued with the history and spirit of its birthplace.