Fender Custom Shop 1961 Stratocaster #CZ580527 - super heavy relic black o. 3-color sunburst

Based on a "1960 Stratocaster Base Model" die, the FENDER Custom Shop Time Machine 1961 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Aged Black Over 3-Color Sunburst #CZ580527 (9231013162) is a reinterpretation of the Strat of the early 1960s, essentially combining typically vintage features with a few more contemporary ones.

Solid body electric guitar, Alder body, torrefied maple bolt-on neck (quarter cut) with AAA flat-lam "sort for dark" rosewood fingerboard (60's Oval C profile, narrow-tall frets, 9.5" radius), Custom Shop Fat 60's Strat hand-wound 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...