Fender Custom Shop '69 Stratocaster Relic Electric Guitar, British Racing Green Over 3-Color Sunburst

Dropping in from the fabled California shop is this Fender Custom Shop ’69 Stratocaster Relic – slick, stylish and ready for action. This FCS Stratocaster, gussied up with a captivating British Racing Green over 3-Color Sunburst finish, combines two iconic colors with the Custom Shop’s Relic finish treatment. On this Custom Shop piece, the Relic finish treatment materializes in chips and scrapes across the body in the green areas and sunburst areas for a total aesthetic implying a storied lineage. This Custom Shop Strat embodies so much of what makes Custom Shop guitars thrilling for any player to cross its path.

This Fender Custom Shop ’69 Stratocaster Relic begins with a two-piece alder body in a 69 Strat style, sorted for weight. Resulting in a solid weight in hand, this Strat feels classic and sturdy. Its lacquer body finish dashed across the double-cutaway alder is endlessly rich and enthrallingly deep, exposing some bare alder wood grain in certain areas.

The alder body is paired with a 5/4 quartersawn maple neck shaped in a 1969 “U” profile to form the basis of the iconic Stratocaster shape. Comfortable and giving this Strat a smooth playing experience in the left hand, this neck plays a big part in this Custom Shop’s overall one-of-a-kind presentation. This maple meets up with a 9mm AAA rosewood fingerboard featuring twenty-one frets fitted with unique 45085 Vintage Upgrade fret wire. The overall radius of the fingerboard measures at 7.25”. 7mm Mother of Pearl facedots line the rosewood while 3/32” Mother of Pearl side dots accompany. This Strat’s Large style headstock, lined with Shaller F-Key Relic tuning keys, tops off this quartersawn maple neck, which measures .850” at the first fret and .910” at the twelfth.

Audibly, this Custom Shop Stratocaster comes to life with a harmonious arrangement of single-coils. Stratocaster Texas Special single-coil pickups can be found in the neck, middle and bridge positions, outfitted with 250K 10% taper split pots for dialing in some unique Strat tonality. This tonal experience is enhanced by further appointments and playability specifications including an American Vintage Strat tremolo bridge with a Relic finish treatment and a bone nut measuring 1.650”. This guitar ships with a Fender Custom Shop Black hardshell case.

Delivering both a classy English vibe with the British Racing Green finish and a sunny Californian vibe with its three-color sunburst, the Fender Custom Shop presents an intriguing clash of aesthetics for any player find a match with. Tonally and visually, this Custom Shop delivers.