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Fender Custom Shop Late 1962 Stratocaster Relic With Closet Classic Hardware - 3-Color Sunburst

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Product Code: 346726

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Here's what Fender Custom Shop say about the Late 1962 Stratocaster Relic With Closet Classic Hardware:

New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Late '62 Stratocaster Relic with Closet Classic Hardware. Just over 60 years after its namesake predecessor, the instrument is loaded with aged looks, sound and vibe that expertly evoke the Stratocaster in the early 1960s.

Its two-piece select alder body wears Relic lacquer finished in 3-Color Sunburst. From the finish checking that covers the body to every last ding, dent and scar from bridge to headstock - plus Closet Classic hardware with showing moderate oxidization - this treatment imparts authentically worn-in look and feel and tells a story of a guitar that has experienced many years of regular use in clubs and bars.

In a distinctive combination of appointments for a transitional Stratocaster from late 1962, the rift-sawn maple neck has a classic '60-style Oval "C" profile and is topped by a 9.5"-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with clay-dot inlays (with wide 12-fret spacing), 21 narrow tall (6105) frets and a bone nut. Three Custom Shop hand-wound '60-'63 Stratocaster Pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup for hum cancellation in switch positions 2 and 4) deliver sought-after and dynamically expressive early-'60s Strat® tone, with glassy highs, slight midrange scoop and focused lows.

Other premium features include Vintage Modified #2 wiring with Tone-Saver bleed circuit (eliminates tone loss when volume is turned down), five-way pickup switch, three-ply mint green pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

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Please note: You may notice some reflections on the guitar. This is just the wall of our photobooth and not marks on the instrument.
Fender Custom Shop Late 1962 Stratocaster Relic With Closet Classic Hardware - 3-Color Sunburst Features
General:
SERIES: Time Machine™
ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
COLOR: 3-Color Sunburst
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
Neck:
HEADSTOCK: Stratocaster® Small
NECK MATERIAL: Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: '60s Oval "C"
NECK THICKNESS: .790"
NECK BUTT WIDTH: 2.200"
NECK THICKNESS 12TH FRET: .930"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 9.5" (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Round-Laminated Rosewood
POSITION INLAYS: Vintage Clay Dot
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
TRUSS ROD: Early '60s
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
Body:
BODY: 2-Piece Select Alder
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Stratocaster®
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Alder
Hardware:
BRIDGE: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Mint Green
PICKUP COVERS: Vintage White
CONTROL KNOBS: Vintage White Plastic
SWITCH TIP: Vintage White
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
STRING TREES: American Vintage '59-'64
STRINGS: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
TREMOLO ARM: Vintage Upgraded '60s
NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo
Electronics:
BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat®
MIDDLE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat®
NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat®
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SSS
CONTROLS: Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge 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
POTENTIOMETERS: 250K 10% Taper Split
Accessories:
INCLUDED ACCESSORIES: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
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