Description
Description
Since 1987, the Fender Custom Shop—affectionately known at CME as “The Dream Factory”—has grown to a band of over 50 veteran guitar artisans who take Leo Fender’s legacy to its utmost heights by bringing dream guitars and basses to life.
Taking an amp builder’s sensibility to instrument design, Leo Fender’s modular approach emphasized swappable components. This foundational design philosophy portended a future that we now inhabit, in which it’s not only easy to replace individual parts and maintain the longevity of each instrument—but, players also have the ability to customize every component of an instrument, giving them innumerable options when dreaming up their ideal guitar.
Here at Chicago Music Exchange, we’ve collaborated with the best minds at Fender to build the best instruments from top to bottom, tirelessly going over each spec to ensure that we offer you the best of what Fender has to offer—from neck shaping and fretwork to finishing and aging.
As a result of our ongoing collaboration, the instrument you see here is, of course, much more than the sum of its parts. Imbued with history, alive with the spirit and devotion of those who crafted it, this Fender Custom Shop creation is brimming with intangible, electrifying elements, that add new dimensions to every playing experience.
Heavy Relic instruments embrace the full, hard-earned story of a life played loud. Where NOS captures a guitar at the moment it left the factory floor, Heavy Relic imagines an instrument that’s traveled the long road—bar stages, smoky clubs, sun-bleached festival fields—and survived it all with character intact. Expect deep wear patterns through the finish, exposed wood in all the right places, tarnished hardware, lacquer checking, and the kind of tactile patina that usually takes generations to earn.
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Fender Custom Shop |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Serial Number: | R141120 |
| Product Color: | Aged Lake Placid Blue |
| Relic/Aging Level: | Heavy Relic |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Stratocaster |
| Body Material: | Lightweight 2-Piece Select Alder |
| Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Quartersawn Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Neck Tint/Color: | Natural |
| Neck Shape: | 1969 "U" |
| Fingerboard Material: | Quartersawn Maple |
| Headstock Veneer: | Aged Lake Placid Blue |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.65" (42mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | Compound 7.25-9.5" (184-241mm) |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" (648mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 21 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Black Micarta Dot - 7 mm |
| Inlay Shape: | Dots |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Dots |
| Neck Binding: | None |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat |
| Middle Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat |
| Neck Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat |
| Controls and Switching: | Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) |
| Electronics Notes: | 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Bridge: | Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
| Tuning Machines: | Vintage “F”-Style Tuning Machines |
| String Tree: | American Vintage '65+ String Tree |
| Fret Wire: | Narrow Tall (6105) |
| Saddle: | Metal |
| Pickguard: | 3-Ply Aged White |
| Knobs: | Vintage White Plastic |