A Prime '60s Specimen for Strat Aficionados
Part of Fender Custom Shop's Time Machine Series, the 1960 Stratocaster Heavy Relic was handcrafted using the same techniques and tooling as a '60s-era original. This exquisite solidbody electric guitar is built around a 2-piece slab of select alder with a road-punished Heavy Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Its ultra-stable quarter-sawn maple neck boasts a supremely comfortable Oval "C" back shape, along with a fast-playing 9.5-inch-radius rosewood fingerboard. Plugging the 1960 Strat Heavy Relic into a tube amp is a real treat, thanks to its Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special single-coil pickups, which are fortified by modern 5-way switching. You also get a vintage-style Synchronized Tremolo and tuning machines, a 3-ply mint green pickguard, and a wing-style string tree with a tall metal spacer. Strat aficionados with a fondness for 1960s-era instruments will be duly inspired by the Fender Custom Shop 1960 Stratocaster Heavy Relic.
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Built for effortless playability
Once you get your hands on the 1960 Stratocaster Heavy Relic, you're not going to want to put it down. Its 2-piece select alder body is lightweight and comfortably contoured, whether you're sitting in your practice room or standing onstage. Its rock-solid quarter-sawn maple neck boasts an addictive '60s-style Oval "C" back shape, and its 9.5-inch-radius, rosewood fingerboard ensures effortless, lightning-fast playability. Moreover, 21 jumbo-sized frets enable you to bend judiciously with zero worries about fretting out.
Delivers red-hot Strat tones
The Fender Custom Shop 1960 Stratocaster Heavy Relic is outfitted with Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special single-coil pickups — a near-unanimous favorite among Sweetwater's Strat connoisseurs. These overwound, calibrated, vintage-style Strat pickups are built around Alnico IV magnets with enamel-coated magnet wire for an authoritative sound that commands instant respect. These pups exhibit the definitive Stratocaster sound: tight lows, spanky mids, glassy highs, and gloriously quacky when they need to be. To top it off, you get RWRP operation for hum-canceling in positions two and four.
Adorned with topflight hardware
You'll appreciate all the special finishing touches applied to the 1960 Stratocaster Heavy Relic. You'll benefit from top-shelf hardware, including a Custom Shop vintage-style Synchronized Tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, and a wing-style string tree with a tall metal spacer. A 3-ply mint green pickguard and period-correct small Stratocaster headstock give this solidbody electric guitar spotlight-stealing aesthetics. You also get a bone nut, a Custom Shop "V" logo neck plate, vintage-style clay dot position inlays, and a well-worn Heavy Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Whenever you step out with the 1960 Strat Heavy Relic, it's a sure bet that all eyes will be on you.
Fender Custom Shop 1960 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar Features:
- Handcrafted using the same techniques and tooling as a '60s-era original
- Road-punished Heavy Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Lightweight, comfortably contoured 2-piece select alder body
- Rock-solid quarter-sawn maple neck with an addictive '60s-style Oval "C" back shape
- Easy-playing 9.5-inch-radius, rosewood fingerboard with 21 jumbo-sized frets
- Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special single-coil pickups exhibit definitive Strat tones
- RWRP operation offers hum-canceling in positions 2 and 4
- Vintage-style Synchronized Tremolo and tuning machines
- Wing-style string tree with a tall metal spacer
- 3-ply mint green pickguard and period-correct small Stratocaster headstock
- Bone nut, Custom Shop "V" logo neck plate, and vintage-style clay dot position inlays
- Comes with a deluxe hardshell case, strap, and certificate of authenticity
