Fender Custom Shop Time Machine 59 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue

New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1959 Stratocaster® Journeyman Relic®. The two-piece select alder body wears Journeyman Relic® lacquer finishes in Super Faded Aged Shell Pink, Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue, Faded Aged Sea Foam Green and Faded Aged Sherwood Green Metallic for the authentically worn-in look and feel of a family heirloom instrument that’s been handed down through the years.

Classic appointments from the end of the decade are featured up and down the guitar: quartersawn maple neck with ’59-style “D” back-shape and flat-laminated rosewood fingerboard bring out the best in tone and playability. Armed with a trio of Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ‘50s Stratocaster® pickups, Vintage Modified #2 wiring and Tone-Save bleed circuitry, there’s no shortage of sought after golden era tone.

Other premium features include 9.5 radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, 5-way switch, 3-ply mint green pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Specs

Serial Number	CZ572615
Type	Solid Body
Colour	Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue
Orientation	Right Handed
Number of Strings	6
Body Shape	Stratocaster
Body Material	2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish	Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material	Quartersawn Maple
Neck Shape	'59 Style D
Neck Finish	Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fretboard Material	Flat-Lam Rosewood
Number of Frets	21
Fretboard Inlays	Vintage Clay Dots
Fret Size	Narrow Tall (6105)
Fretboard Radius	9.5 (241 mm)
Nut Material	Bone
Nut Width	1.650 (42 mm)
Neck Pickups	Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®
Middle Pickups	Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®
Bridge Pickups	Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®
Controls	1 X Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, 1 X Tone (Neck/Middle Pickups), 1 X Tone (Bridge Pickup); Vintage Modified #2 Wiring, 5-Position Pickup Selector
Pickguard	3-Ply Mint Green
Bridge	Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Tuners	Vintage-Style
Strings	Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
Included Accessories	Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity