Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition '50s Stratocaster Relic Electric Guitar, Black

Delivering classic Strat sound with expert craftsmanship from Fender Custom Shop, this Limited Edition '50s Stratocaster Relic lends unlimited amounts of signature, singular tone. Merging accurate period-appointed specs with modern aesthetics and playability, this visually and sonically striking Strat will put you in the mood for serious shredding—forever and always.

This '50s Strat is crafted from a 2-piece select alder body with an offset seam, sporting a 1-ply gold anodized aluminum pickguard that flashes against its black relic nitrocellulose treatment. With knurled aluminum knobs, white-covered pickups, and tarnished bridge, saddles, and screws, this odd-parted Strat already looks and feels worn-in and is perfect for a long life of endless musicality.

Attached to the body is a 1-piece 5/4 quartersawn maple neck in an 11/56 off-center "V" shape, slotting into the palm with a slightly exaggerated point that allows players to truly feel their position on and around the instrument. The fingerboard is an extension of the maple neck, showing signs of wear on certain frets—segmented and marked with 21 narrow-tall-sized frets and black Micarta dot inlays. This uniquely feeling instrument never feels foreign and will always feel applicable to any session or jam it's invited to.

Hardware makes the guitar, and this '50s Strat is equipped with the best. First, an RSD Strat tremolo bridge is appointed for string-to-body vibration transfer, intonation support, and expressive tremolo action. Further up the neck, we'll find a bone nut to maintain string spacing while also supporting intonation, while the vintage-style tuning machines carry pitches with ease—easy to operate and simply stylish, with standout white buttons.

Now, let's plug this ripper in. Equipped with three Custom Shop hand-wound 11/56 single-coil Strat pickups, this guitar produces the pinnacle of Strat tone—the final boss of Strat tone, if you will. These pickups provide remarkable definition and clarity, with a rich midrange and a glistening top end that makes any solo sing. With enhanced features such as Vintage Modified Wiring #2, which allows for a unique bridge/neck blend, and a master volume treble-bleed circuit to maintain tone at all volume levels, this '50s Strat was designed for all decades—past, present, and future—and is bound to be a legendary staple in any rig.

Packaged in a Fender Custom Shop tweed deluxe hardshell case, this Strat is ready for road life, gig time, and studio living. Day in and day out, you'll never want this Strat to leave your side. We're gonna be sad to see it go!