Fender Custom Shop 1956 Stratocaster #R134776 - relic natural blonde

Based on a "1960 Stratocaster Base Model" die, the FENDER Custom Shop Time Machine 1956 Stratocaster Relic Natural Blonde #R134776 (9238014447) is a hybrid reinterpretation of the typical Strat of the late 1950s/early 1960s. Solid body electric guitar, 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, 9.5" radius), Custom Shop '60 Strat pickups.

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 contributed amply 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...