A Prime '60s Specimen for Strat Connoisseurs
This Fender Custom Shop '62 Stratocaster is a tone-filled solidbody electric guitar with a road-torn Heavy Relic finish. This limited-edition '62 Strat is built around an acoustically balanced, 2-piece select alder body. Its roasted quarter-sawn maple neck and 21-fret, flat-lam rosewood fingerboard facilitate playability so effortless that it's downright inspiring. Powering this guitar's tone is a flexible array of single-coil Strat pickups with an RWRP middle pup for hum-canceling in the "in between" positions. A Custom Shop vintage-style synchronized tremolo and vintage-style tuning machines round out this '62 Stratocaster's hardware. You also get a 3-ply pickguard and a nitrocellulose finish that reflects six decades of hard-earned wear and tear. For Strat aficionados, this limited-edition '62 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 '62 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 roasted quarter-sawn maple neck boasts a hand-filling Large "C" back shape, and its 9.5-inch-radius, flat-laminated 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
This Fender Custom Shop '62 Stratocaster comes loaded with a flexible array of pickups. At the bridge, you'll find a hand-wound Custom Shop Texas Special, which is built around Alnico IV magnets with enamel-coated magnet wire for an authoritative sound that commands instant respect. What's more, the bridge pickup is reverse-mounted for an authentic Hendrix-ian experience. In the middle position, you'll find an RWRP Fat '50s Strat pup, which is known far and wide for its classic bell-like, jangly, smooth, and bluesy tone with hum-canceling operation in positions two and four. Finally, at the neck, you get a '69 Strat pickup with height-staggered Alnico V magnets and a special gray bobbin, yielding clear, transparent highs and thumping lows. The guitarists at Sweetwater will testify: When you plug this limited-edition '62 Strat in, it will pump out red-hot tones with plenty of attitude.
Adorned with topflight hardware
You'll appreciate all the special finishing touches applied to this limited-edition '62 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, a Custom Shop "V" logo neck plate, and a well-worn Heavy Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Whenever you step out with this '62 Strat, it's a sure bet that all eyes will be on you.
Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition '62 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar Features:
- Road-torn Heavy Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Lightweight, comfortably contoured 2-piece select alder body
- Rock-solid quarter-sawn maple neck with a hand-filling Large "C" back shape
- Easy-playing 9.5-inch-radius, flat-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 jumbo-sized frets
- Texas Special, 'Fat '50s Strat, and '69 Strat single-coil pickups deliver a wide range of red-hot Strat tones
- Custom Shop vintage-style synchronized tremolo and vintage-style tuning machines
- RWRP operation offers hum-canceling in positions 2 and 4
- 3-ply pickguard, bone nut, and Custom Shop "V" logo neck plate
- Comes with a deluxe hardshell case, strap, and certificate of authenticity
