Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster #R133800 - relic antique vintage white

Based on a "1960 Stratocaster Base Model" die, the FENDER Custom Shop Time Machine 1959 Stratocaster Relic Antique Vintage White #R133800 (9238014441) is a reinterpretation of the typical Strat of the late 1950s/early 1960s, ideally combining vintage and more contemporary features.

Solid body electric guitar, selected Ash body, bolt-on neck in "plain-grain" Maple with AAA round-lam "sort for dark" Rosewood fingerboard (60's Oval C profile, narrow-tall frets, radius 9.5"), Custom Shop 60's Strat pickups. Sold with Fender Custom Shop case, strap, certificate of authenticity.

The Fender Telecaster, Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, Jaguar Precision Bass or Jazz Bass are legendary electrics that are an integral part of the history of amplified music, having amply contributed to its expansion and democratization.
The ideal would be to be the proud owner of an original from the 50s or 60s, but the price of vintage instruments is so high that it's difficult for anyone to get access to them. Concerning the Relic finish: the dealers present at NAMM 1995 were totally blown away by the level of realism of the first two Relic models that Fender presented to them that year. Despite being vintage connoisseurs, they mistook them for genuine Fender originals (a '51 Nocaster and a '56 Mary Kaye Stratocaster).
The early-aging process is now fully mastered, and accounts for the bulk of Custom Shop sales...