Fender Custom Shop Time Machine 1967 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Faded Aged 3-Color Sunburst

6-String Solid Body Electric Guitar with Rosewood Fingerboard, Includes Hardshell Case. Made in the USA.
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Fender Custom Shop Time Machine 1967 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Faded Aged 3-Color Sunburst

Brand New
Serial #CZ555098
7lbs 12oz
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Brand New
Serial #CZ555098
7lbs 12oz
1967 is a particularly notable year for the Stratocaster. The introduction of the Jaguar and Jazzmaster provided some sibling competition for the Strat by then, and production numbers were lowered as Fender anticipated phasing it out completely (!). Cut to the June 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival, however, where Jimi Hendrix mesmerized the audience with a monumentally legendary performance that seemed to singlehandedly return the Stratocaster to the height of fashion, forever changing the fate of the instrument. The Fender Custom Shop 1967 Stratocaster Heavy Relic evokes that memorable year’s model in all its glory, with all the scratches, dents and dings of a well-loved workhorse.

A two-piece select alder body wears a Heavy Relic lacquer finish, while the tinted rift-sawn maple neck features a large headstock, ’67 “oval C” profile and 9.5”-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow tall frets for streamlined play. Hand-wound pickups include a Texas Special™ at the bridge, a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity Fat ’50s in the middle and a ’69 at the neck for an ultimate tonal combination, with a five-way switch and Vintage Modified #2 wiring on a three-ply parchment pickguard. Other features include a Custom Shop vintage-style synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with nylon spacer. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Body: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Shape: Stratocaster

Fingerboard Material: Round-Lam AAA Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Shape: 1966 Oval "C"
Neck Thickness: .850"
Neck Thickness 12th Fret: .910"
Number of Frets: 21
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dot 7mm
Side Dots: Mother of Pearl, 3/32" (2.38 mm)
String Nut: Bone
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Slotted

Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo
Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
Pickup Covers: Aged White
String Trees: Single Wing with Nylon Spacer
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style

Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s RWRP Single-Coil Strat®
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Strat® Single-Coil
Pickup Configuration: SSS
Switching: 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
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Description & Specs

1967 is a particularly notable year for the Stratocaster. The introduction of the Jaguar and Jazzmaster provided some sibling competition for the Strat by then, and production numbers were lowered as Fender anticipated phasing it out completely (!). Cut to the June 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival, however, where Jimi Hendrix mesmerized the audience with a monumentally legendary performance that seemed to singlehandedly return the Stratocaster to the height of fashion, forever changing the fate of the instrument. The Fender Custom Shop 1967 Stratocaster Heavy Relic evokes that memorable year’s model in all its glory, with all the scratches, dents and dings of a well-loved workhorse.

A two-piece select alder body wears a Heavy Relic lacquer finish, while the tinted rift-sawn maple neck features a large headstock, ’67 “oval C” profile and 9.5”-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow tall frets for streamlined play. Hand-wound pickups include a Texas Special™ at the bridge, a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity Fat ’50s in the middle and a ’69 at the neck for an ultimate tonal combination, with a five-way switch and Vintage Modified #2 wiring on a three-ply parchment pickguard. Other features include a Custom Shop vintage-style synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with nylon spacer. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Body: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Shape: Stratocaster

Fingerboard Material: Round-Lam AAA Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Shape: 1966 Oval "C"
Neck Thickness: .850"
Neck Thickness 12th Fret: .910"
Number of Frets: 21
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dot 7mm
Side Dots: Mother of Pearl, 3/32" (2.38 mm)
String Nut: Bone
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Slotted

Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo
Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
Pickup Covers: Aged White
String Trees: Single Wing with Nylon Spacer
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style

Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s RWRP Single-Coil Strat®
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Strat® Single-Coil
Pickup Configuration: SSS
Switching: 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

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