Fender Custom Shop Late 1964 Stratocaster #CZ569925 - relic target 3-color sunburst

Based on a "1965 Stratocaster Base Model" die, the FENDER Custom Shop Time Machine Late 1964 Stratocaster Relic #CZ569925 (9236080926) is a reinterpretation of a typical mid-1960s Fender, ideally combining a majority of vintage features with a few more contemporary ones.

Solid body electric guitar, Alder body, bolt-on neck in rift-sawn Maple (profile '63 C), "sort for dark" Rosewood fingerboard (narrow-tall frets, radius 9.5"), Custom Shop Hand-wound Fat '64 pickups, sold with Fender Custom Shop case, strap, certificate of authenticity.

The Fender Telecaster, Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, Jaguar Precision Bass or Jazz Bass are legendary electric guitars that are an integral part of the history of amplified music, having amply contributed to its expansion and democratization.
The ideal situation would be to be the proud owner of an original example from the 50s or 60s, but the price of vintage instruments is so high that it's difficult for anyone to gain access to them. The Time Machine concept: dealers present at NAMM 1995 were totally blown away by the level of realism of the first two Relic models Fender presented to them that year. Even though they knew all there was to know about vintage guitars, they were fooled into thinking they were 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.