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Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster "Chicago Special" Journeyman Relic Aged Charcoal Frost Metallic w/Rosewood Neck

Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster "Chicago Special" Journeyman Relic Aged Charcoal Frost Metallic w/Rosewood Neck

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Description

From Fender:

The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as "The Dream Factory," produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques–only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender’s finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.

"Chicago Special" Strat pickups
  • Calibrated set - bridge to neck - for balanced output
  • Each pickup as custom AlNiCo 5 magnet stagger for optimum output balance string-to-string
  • 42 gauge enamel wire for round highs
  • Potted in shellac for open wide range frequency response

Model Number: 923100814
Serial Number: R102336
Finish Package: Journeyman Relic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Brown
Weight: 7lbs 11.8oz

Body Wood: Alder
Body Color: Aged Charcoal Frost Metallic
Body Finish: Nitro Lacquer

Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel
Bridge Assembly: American Vintage Strat Bridge
Output Assembly: Vintage Strat
Control Assembly: Strat 1/2 Blender
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Back Plate & Trem Cover: Strat Parchment
Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded 60s
Tremolo Arm Tip: White Relic
Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo Relic
String Gauge: .010-.046

Neck Assembly: 56 Strat Custom
Neck Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Rosewood
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Truss Rod: 50s
Head Style: Small
Neck Head Thickness: 0.580"
Neck Scoop: 56
Dot Spacing: Wide
Face Dot: Micarta Black .250
Side Dot: Micarta Black 3/32"
Fret Wire: Sanko 6105
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"
Neck Back Shape: 60 Style Oval "C"
Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .790"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .930"
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4-Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 56-60 Strat
Pickguard: 60 Strat Nitro P/B/P
Pickup Neck: Hand-wound Chicago Special Strat Neck
Pickup Middle: Hand-wound Chicago Special Strat Mid RWRP
Pickup Bridge: Hand-wound Chicago Special Strat Bridge
Control Knobs: Strat Small Font White
Selector Switch Tip: White Relic
Pots: 250k 10% Taper Split
Switch: 5-Way Lever CRL
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SKU: 9237100814-R102336

Description

From Fender:

The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as "The Dream Factory," produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques–only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender’s finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.

"Chicago Special" Strat pickups
  • Calibrated set - bridge to neck - for balanced output
  • Each pickup as custom AlNiCo 5 magnet stagger for optimum output balance string-to-string
  • 42 gauge enamel wire for round highs
  • Potted in shellac for open wide range frequency response

Model Number: 923100814
Serial Number: R102336
Finish Package: Journeyman Relic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Brown
Weight: 7lbs 11.8oz

Body Wood: Alder
Body Color: Aged Charcoal Frost Metallic
Body Finish: Nitro Lacquer

Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel
Bridge Assembly: American Vintage Strat Bridge
Output Assembly: Vintage Strat
Control Assembly: Strat 1/2 Blender
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Back Plate & Trem Cover: Strat Parchment
Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded 60s
Tremolo Arm Tip: White Relic
Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo Relic
String Gauge: .010-.046

Neck Assembly: 56 Strat Custom
Neck Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Rosewood
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Truss Rod: 50s
Head Style: Small
Neck Head Thickness: 0.580"
Neck Scoop: 56
Dot Spacing: Wide
Face Dot: Micarta Black .250
Side Dot: Micarta Black 3/32"
Fret Wire: Sanko 6105
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"
Neck Back Shape: 60 Style Oval "C"
Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .790"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .930"
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4-Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 56-60 Strat
Pickguard: 60 Strat Nitro P/B/P
Pickup Neck: Hand-wound Chicago Special Strat Neck
Pickup Middle: Hand-wound Chicago Special Strat Mid RWRP
Pickup Bridge: Hand-wound Chicago Special Strat Bridge
Control Knobs: Strat Small Font White
Selector Switch Tip: White Relic
Pots: 250k 10% Taper Split
Switch: 5-Way Lever CRL