More about Journeyman Relic® Postmodern Stratocaster®
The 2015 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 , 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: | 1504120800 |
| Series: | Postmodern |
| Color: | 3-Color Sunburst |
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 Fat 60 Single-Coil Strat |
| Middle Pickup: | Custom Shop Fat 60 RW/RP Single-Coil Strat |
| Neck Pickup: | Custom Shop Fat 60 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 |