Fender Custom Shop '59 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic Electric Guitar, Faded Aged Daphne Blue

The sky's the limit with this Fender Custom Shop '59 Stratocaster in a soft Faded Aged Daphne Blue! This unique take on Fender's classic doublecut from the mythical Custom Shop assembles with effortless customized features and specifications readymade for the stage. Undeniably delectable custom specs spread across this whole model for a Strat too cool to deny.

A bright, cool model without a cloud in the sky, this Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster starts off with a guitar and bass alder body brought together with two-piece construction. "Sorted for weight," this Custom Shop Strat's alder body holds the distinction of being selected for its light weight among a lot during construction. Placing it comfortably in the seven-pound range, this alder cut also serves as an exceptional canvas for a cheery blue Custom Shop Journeyman Relic finish treatment. This guitar's gloss lacquer finish exhibits charming checks, scrapes, and wear throughout for a lived-in but still bright Daphne Blue shade, throwing it back to some of Fender's classic muscle car colors.

From here, this Custom Shop brings on a 5/4 quartersawn maple neck in a 10/56 "V" profile. This neck, uniquely unfinished across its back, gives a closer look at the maple's natural grain pattern. A 10/56 "V" profile presents a solid balance of prominent "V" thickness and modern smoothness. Moving consistently from .880" at the first fret to .980" at the twelfth, this neck offers an authentic, vintage Fender feel in the palm while retaining mobility. Filling out, this maple neck pairs up with a fingerboard bearing twenty-one Narrow Tall (6105) frets. A flatter 9.5" radius presents a fast feel on the fingertips for articulate fretting.

Sonically, this Custom Shop Strat loads in with three coveted pickups. In each position, a '59 Strat single-coil lands, hand-wound by the famous Josefina Campos. These artistically crafted single-coils snap and sing with classic Fender tonality, as shaped with 250K 10% split taper potentiometers and Modern Strat wiring. The audible experience is backed up by reliable hardware appointments, including a Fender American Vintage series Stratocaster tremolo bridge, a bone nut, and vintage-style tuning machines. Aesthetically, this Custom Shop Strat is elevated by clean elements found throughout, including a no-wear fingerboard and unique aged white control knobs with eye-popping green numbers. This Fender Custom Shop '59 Stratocaster travels with an included Fender Custom Shop Strat/Tele Tweed hardshell case.

A rocket into the wild blue yonder, this Custom Shop Strat is a true space cowboy, if there ever were one.