MORE ABOUT 1970 RELIC® STRATOCASTER®
The Fender Custom Shop 1970 Relic® Stratocaster® delivers the authentic style and sound of the era when the Strat ascended to world dominance on the charts and concert stages everywhere. Features include an alder body, quartersawn maple neck with 1969 “U” profile and large headstock, 9.5″-radius maple or rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow jumbo frets, three Fat ’60s single-coil pickups (reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup) with five-way switching, three-ply parchment pickguard, vintage white control knobs and an American Vintage bridge. Available in Black, Lake Placid Blue, Three-Color Sunburst and Olympic White (maple fingerboard model only) worn Relic® finishes. Includes black textured vinyl hard-shell case with red interior.
SPECS
General
| Model Name: | 1970 Relic® Stratocaster®, Rosewood Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst |
| Model Number: | 1550070802 |
| Series: | Time Machine |
| Color: | Lake Placid Blue |
Body
| Body Material: | Alder |
| Body Finish: | Urethane |
| Body Shape: | Stratocaster® |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Quartersawn Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Urethane |
| Neck Shape: | 1969 “U” |
| Scale Length: | 25.5″ (648 mm) |
| Fingerboard: | Round-Laminated Rosewood |
| Fingerboard: | Rosewood |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5″ (241 mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 21 |
| Fret Size: | Narrow Jumbo |
| String Nut: | Micarta |
| Nut Width: | 1.650″ (42 mm) |
| Position Inlays: | White Dot |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Custom Shop Fat ’60s Single-Coil Strat |
| Middle Pickup: | Custom Shop Fat ’60s Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Single-Coil Strat |
| Neck Pickup: | Custom Shop Fat ’60s Single-Coil Strat |
| Controls: | Master Volume, 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. Bridge and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup |
| Pickup Configuration: | SSS |
Hardware
| Bridge: | 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
| Hardware Finish: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Tuning Machines: | American Vintage |
| Pickguard: | 3-Ply Parchment |
Miscellaneous
| Strings: | NPS, .009-.042 Gauges |
| Included Accessories: | Case, Cable, Strap, CruzTools® Tool Kit, Certificate of Authenticity |