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Fender Custom Shop Sweetwater Exclusive '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic (3-Color Sunburst) (No Longer Available)

Item ID: StratCSSWPJ

Sweetwater-exclusive Solidbody Electric Guitar, LTD Edition, with '60s Alder Body, '51 Nocaster Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, Gold Hardware, and Hand-wound Texas Special Pickups - Heavy Relic 3-color Sunburst Finish

Sorry, the Fender Custom Shop Sweetwater Exclusive '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic (3-Color Sunburst) is no longer available. We've left this page up for reference only. Check out the great alternatives on this page or call toll-free (800) 222-4700 to speak with a Sweetwater Sales Engineer about similar products.

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This One's Worthy of a Guitar God!

The Fender Custom Shop Sweetwater '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic comes to you straight from the hands of Fender's best builders. The incredible spec list, however, was dreamed up by Sweetwater Sales Engineers — with a nod to American electric blues. When designing the Sweetwater '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic, we wanted to craft an axe that not only looked and sounded stunning — but sported the kind of indescribable vibe that only a well-played axe offers. And thanks to the Fender Custom Shop's careful craftsmanship and innovative relic techniques, the Sweetwater '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic radiates all of the above.

Fender Custom Shop Sweetwater '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic LTD Edition Electric Guitar at a Glance:
  • Sweetwater and the Fender Custom Shop joined forces to create this LTD Edition beauty
  • Emblematic of a well-played, well-loved vintage axe
  • A vintage-styled Fender and a modern classic, through and through

Sweetwater and the Fender Custom Shop joined forces to create this LTD Edition beauty
You won't find this medallion of a Strat anywhere else. That's because Sweetwater and the second-to-none Fender Custom Shop got together to develop a series of very special, very LTD Edition guitars — the Sweetwater Icon Series. Together, we envisioned a lineup of unbelievable axes — each spec'd out to evoke a classic Fender gem, and each worthy of a music idol. In the Sweetwater '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic, you'll find an unbelievable playing partner — but more than that, you'll own a modern apparition of a hall-of-fame-worthy axe.

Emblematic of a well-played, well-loved vintage axe
The ever-innovating Fender Custom Shop crew has found a way to take a painstakingly crafted modern guitar and trail it through time, so it looks, feels, and exudes the vibe of a vintage instrument. The process is called "Relic"-ing — and the Sweetwater '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic has received a weathered dose of the amazing technique. What you get is an instrument that feels like it came through a time machine, passed through the hands of music's best along the way, and played through gig after gig after gig.

A vintage-styled Fender and a modern classic, through-and-through
The Sweetwater '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic is nothing but an emblematic Strat — decked out with some of the best specs found on '60s Fenders. You'll find a '60s alder body with a '51 Nocaster neck profile (12" radius) for extreme playability. The neck's also got a tinted-lacuqer finish and is topped with a smooth-playing rosewood fingerboard with 6100 frets. As for tone, the Sweetwater '60s Stratocaster Heavy Relic is just drenched with it. Onboard, three hand-wound Texas Special pickups give you plenty of midrange chirp with crystal highs and tight bass — they're the same pickups you've heard crafting the best electric blues in music history. To cap the instrument off and launch it into legendary status, gorgeous gold hardware and an amazing 3-color sunburst finish create a LTD Edition Strat that's flat-out lust inducing.

Fender Custom Shop Sweetwater '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic LTD Edition Electric Guitar Features:
  • Extremely LTD Edition — designed by Sweetwater and the Fender Custom Shop
  • Finish: 3-color sunburst (Nitro Lacquer finish)
  • Heavy Relic finishing technique
  • Body: 60 Strat
  • Neck: '51 Nocaster neck profile with a 12" radius
  • Hardware: Gold Hardware
  • Pickups: Hand wound Texas Special pickups
  • Electronics: 5-position switch
  • Neck: Tinted lacquer neck w/rosewood fretboard
  • Fret Inlay: Clay Dots
  • Body: 2-piece Alder body
  • Fretboard Radius: 12" radius
  • Frets: 6100 frets
  • Nut: Bone nut
  • Pickguard: Black 3-ply pickguard
  • Other: White relic'd knobs, selector cap & pickup covers
  • Included Case: Tweed case

The Sweetwater '60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic is worthy of music's best players — and only available at Sweetwater!
Specification Detail
Manufacturer Part Number 923-3000-720

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