This Strat Takes You Straight Back to ’63
This Fender Custom Shop ’63 Stratocaster is a tone-packed solidbody electric guitar with a spotlight-grabbing Journeyman Relic finish. This limited-edition ’63 Strat is built around an acoustically balanced, 2-piece select alder body. Its quarter-sawn maple neck and 21-fret, round-lam rosewood fingerboard facilitate effortless — and endlessly inspiring — playability. Powering this guitar’s tone are three hand-wound Custom Shop Fat ’64 Strat pickups that deliver warm vintage output with enhanced bass for a slight modern edge. A Synchronized Tremolo and vintage-style tuning machines round out this ’63 Stratocaster’s hardware. You also get a 3-ply pickguard and a lovingly broken-in nitrocellulose finish. For Strat aficionados, this limited-edition ’63 Stratocaster offers a nonstop thrill ride. Only you’ll know that it’s not an authentic vintage axe that you’ve loved — and played — for the last 60 years.
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Tones straight out of time
Fender’s Custom Shop luthiers never fail to do their homework, so this ’63 Stratocaster feels — and sounds — like an axe straight out of time. Hand-selected alder comprises a 2-piece body known for its balanced-sounding acoustic properties, yielding an exquisite blend of lows, mids, and highs. This solidbody electric guitar’s quarter-sawn maple neck boasts an addictive ’65 Strat “C” back shape, and its 9.5-inch-radius, round-laminated rosewood fingerboard ensures effortless, lightning-fast playability. Moreover, 21 narrow-tall frets enable you to bend judiciously with zero worries about fretting out.
Hot hand-wound vintage pickups
A trio of Fat ’64 Strat Pickups provide a warm, balanced vintage tone. These pickups look and sound period-correct with over-wound construction and Alnico II magnets. The middle pickup is reverse wound, a period-accurate innovation that helped eliminate hum for a clearer, crisper tone. Fat ’64 Strat pickups deliver crisp articulation with warm, full expression and a touch of extra low-end punch for a slight modern twist on these classic tones. Plus, these pickups were built with period-correct cloth wire and fiber bobbins, proof of Fender’s immaculate attention to detail.
Adorned with topflight hardware
You’ll appreciate all the special finishing touches applied to this limited-edition ’63 Stratocaster. You’ll benefit from top-shelf hardware, including a Custom Shop vintage-style Synchronized Tremolo and vintage-style tuning machines. A 3-ply pickguard gives this solidbody electric guitar spotlight-stealing aesthetics. You also get a bone nut and a lovingly worn Journeyman Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Whenever you step out with this ’63 Strat, it’s a sure bet that all eyes will be on you.
Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition ’63 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic Electric Guitar Features:
- Spotlight-ready Journeyman Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Lightweight, comfortably contoured 2-piece select alder body
- Rock-solid quarter-sawn maple neck with an addictive ’65 Strat “C” back shape
- Easy-playing 9.5-inch-radius, round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow-tall frets
- Hand-wound Fat ’64 Strat single-coil pickups deliver wide vintage tone with powerful presence
- RWRP operation offers hum-canceling in positions 2 and 4
- 3-ply pickguard and bone nut
- Comes with a deluxe hardshell case, strap, and certificate of authenticity
