More about Journeyman Relic® Postmodern Stratocaster®
The 2016 Postmodern Stratocaster is elegantly designed with a reappraisal of modern assumptions. A time-honored classic crafted with six decades of “Fender firsts,” it has a lightweight ash body with a comfortably deep contours and cutaway heel, a tinted quartersawn maple neck with a finely sculpted ’60s “oval C” profile and Heavy Relic back finish, a fast compound-radius (9.5”-12”) fingerboard (round-laminated rosewood or one-piece maple) with 21 narrow jumbo frets, and three scintillating Ancho Poblano single-coil pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup) with modern five-way switching, Vintage Modified #2 wiring and a special “Tone-Saver” treble-bleed network that keeps tone consistent at any volume (no loss of highs when decreasing volume).
Other premium features include a three-ply parchment pickguard, American Vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, staggered tuners (no string tree), Schaller® strap locks and Fender “F” logo engraved neck plate. Available in NOS and “Journeyman” Relic® lacquer body finishes, the latter of which imparts the appearance of years of aging and light use without heavy wear and tear. Finishes include Black and Three-Color-Sunburst (rosewood or one-piece maple fingerboard); Daphne Blue, Olympic White and Candy Apple Red (rosewood fingerboard); and Sonic Blue and HLE Gold (one-piece maple fingerboard). Includes black hard-shell case and Custom Shop certificate of authenticity.
Specs
General
Model Name: | Journeyman Relic® Postmodern Stratocaster®, Rosewood Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst |
Model Number: | 1504120 |
Series: | Postmodern |
Color: | Daphne Blue |
Body
Body Shape: | Stratocaster® |
Body Material: | Lightweight Ash |
Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck
Neck Material: | Quartersawn Maple |
Neck Shape: | 60s Oval “C” |
Scale Length: | 25.5″ (648 mm) |
Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5″ to 12″ Compound Radius (241mm-305mm) |
Number of Frets: | 21 |
Fret Size: | Narrow Jumbo |
String Nut: | Bone |
Nut Width: | 1.650″ (42 mm) |
Neck Plate: | 4-Bolt |
Neck Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Fingerboard: | Rosewood |
Position Inlays: | White Dot |
Electronics
Bridge Pickup: | Custom Shop Handwound Ancho Poblano Single-Coil Strat |
Middle Pickup: | Custom Shop Handwound Ancho Poblano Single-Coil Strat |
Neck Pickup: | Custom Shop Handwound Ancho Poblano Single-Coil Strat |
Controls: | Master Volume with Treble-Bleed, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) |
Pickup 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 |
Pickup Configuration: | SSS |
Hardware
Bridge: | 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo |
Tuning Machines: | Vintage-Style Staggered |
Orientation: | Right-Hand |
Pickguard: | 3-Ply Parchment |
Control Knobs: | White Plastic |
Miscellaneous
Strings: | NPS, .010-.046 Gauges |