Check Out This Red-hot Roasted Strat!
This Fender Custom Shop '61 Stratocaster is a swamp-infused solidbody electric guitar with a road-tortured Super Heavy Relic finish. This limited-edition '61 Strat is built around a musically resonant, 2-piece roasted ash body. Its roasted quarter-sawn maple neck and 21-fret, flat-lam rosewood fingerboard precipitate playability so smooth that it's downright inspiring. Fueling this guitar's piping-hot tone is a trio of hand-wound Texas Special single-coil pickups, fortified by 1/2 Blender Strat wiring, a Tone-Saver Bleed circuit, and modern 5-way switching. A Custom Shop vintage-style synchronized tremolo and vintage-style tuning machines round out this '61 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 devotees, this limited-edition '61 Stratocaster offers a nonstop thrill ride. Only you'll know that it's not an authentic vintage axe that you've used — and lovingly abused — 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 '61 Stratocaster feels — and sounds — like an axe straight out of time. Roasted ash comprises a 2-piece body known for its musical-sounding acoustic properties, yielding an exquisite blend of brightness, warmth, and midrange "pop." 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 '61 Stratocaster 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. This limited-edition Strat includes 1/2 Blender Strat wiring with a Tone-Saver Bleed circuit and modern 5-way switching for easy access to those coveted "in-between" tones.
Adorned with topflight hardware
You'll appreciate all the special finishing touches applied to this limited-edition '61 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 Super Heavy Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish that looks like it's been tortured by six decades of nonstop hard-core touring. Whenever you step out with this '61 Strat, it's a sure bet that all eyes will be on you.
Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition Roasted '61 Strat Super Heavy Relic Electric Guitar Features:
- Road-tortured Super Heavy Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Lightweight, comfortably contoured 2-piece roasted ash body
- Rock-solid roasted 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
- Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special single-coil pickups exhibit definitive Strat tones
- Custom Shop vintage-style synchronized tremolo and vintage-style tuning machines
- 1/2 Blender Strat wiring with a Tone-Saver Bleed circuit and modern 5-way switching
- 3-ply pickguard, bone nut, and Custom Shop "V" logo neck plate
- Comes with a deluxe hardshell case, strap, and certificate of authenticity
