More about 1960 Relic® Stratocaster®
With the fast-playing, comfortable feel of a guitar that’s seen more than a few stages, the Custom Shop 1960 Relic Stratocaster unites authentic vintage style and sound with contemporary features. The lightweight two-piece select alder body bears a color-over-color paint scheme, finished with nitrocellulose lacquer to let the wood breathe with pure Fender tone, while the tinted quartersawn maple neck has a comfortable “Oval C”-shaped profile, and wears the same Heavy Relic finish as the body.
The trio of hand-wound 60/63 Strat pickups includes a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup, reducing RF- and EMI-induced hum in positions two and four. A five-way switch and modified wiring—including a Tone-Saver treble-bleed circuit—selects pickups in almost any combination while preserving your tone, no matter where the instrument’s volume is set.
Other phenomenal features include a comfortably modern 9.5”-radius slab rosewood fingerboard, 21 Jescar 6100 jumbo frets, American Vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuning machines with Fender logo, bone nut and wing string tree with metal spacer. Includes a deluxe hardshell case, strap and Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity.
Specs
General
| Model Name: | 1960 Relic® Stratocaster®, Rosewood Fingerboard, Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst |
| Model Number: | 1530160897 |
| Series: | Time Machine |
| Color: | Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst |
Body
| Body Shape: | Stratocaster® |
| Body Material: | 2-Piece Select Alder |
| Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Quartersawn Maple |
| Neck Shape: | Mid ’60s Oval “C” |
| Scale Length: | 25.5″ (64.8 cm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5″ (241 mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 21 |
| Fret Size: | 6100 Jumbo |
| String Nut: | Bone |
| Neck Plate: | 4-Bolt Vintage-Style |
| Neck Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Fingerboard: | AAA Rosewood |
| Position Inlays: | Vintage Clay Dot |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Bridge |
| Middle Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 RWRP Middle |
| Neck Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound 60/63 Neck |
| 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. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup |
| Pickup Configuration: | SSS |
Hardware
| Bridge: | 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
| Tuning Machines: | Vintage-Style with Fender Logo |
| Orientation: | Right-Hand |
| Pickguard: | 3-Ply Mint Green |
| Control Knobs: | Custom Relic® Vintage White |
Miscellaneous
| Strings: | NPS, .010-.046 Gauges |
| Included Accessories: | Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Polishing Cloth, Certificate of Authenticity |