Fender Custom Shop 1963 Stratocaster Super Heavy Relic, White over 3 Tone Sunburst Overview
The Fender Custom Shop 1963 Stratocaster Super Heavy Relic in White over 3 Tone Sunburst is a meticulously crafted tribute to the classic 1963 Strat, complete with a “super heavy relic” finish that simulates decades of wear. Here are its key features:
Body:
- Body Wood: Ash (sorted for light weight)
- Body Style: 60s Stratocaster
- Construction: 2-piece body
- Finish: Super thin lacquer with a faded/aged white top over a 3-color sunburst
- Relic Work: Heavy relic finish for a worn, vintage look
Hardware:
- Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Stratocaster, relic’d
- Neck Plate: V Logo serial number, relic’d
- Tremolo: Vintage upgraded 60s style with relic’d white tip
- Pickguard: Brown shell nitro relic (63-76 Strat style)
- String Tree: American Vintage 59-64 metal spring, relic’d
- Tuners: Vintage Fender logo, relic’d
- Strap Locks: None (standard strap buttons)
Pickups & Electronics:
- Neck Pickup: Hand-Wound 60/63 Strat Dual Magnet, relic’d
- Middle Pickup: Hand-Wound 60/63 Strat Dual Magnet (reverse wound, reverse polarity), relic’d
- Bridge Pickup: Hand-Wound 60/63 Strat Dual Magnet, relic’d
- Switching: 5-way lever switch (vintage-style CRL)
- Knobs: Relic’d white Strat knobs (small font)
- Pots: 250K 10% taper split
Neck:
- Neck Shape: 1963 Strat-style “C” profile
- Neck Wood: Maple, rift-sawn
- Fingerboard: AAA-grade rosewood, round lam
- Fretboard Radius: 9.5"
- Frets: 21 narrow-tall frets (6105 style)
- Inlays: Vintage clay dots, narrow spacing
- Nut: Bone
- Neck Finish: Medium tint nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck Dimensions:
- 1st fret thickness: .830"
- 12th fret thickness: 1.00"
- Nut Width: 1.650"
- Butt Width: 2.200"
- Body Wood: Ash, Sorted for lightweight
- Base Model: '60 Strat
- Body Spread: 2-piece
- Body Finish: Super Heavy Relic, Flash Coat Lacquer
- Finish Colour: Candy Tangerine
- Neck Finish: "Worn" and "Dirty" rear of neck
- Neck Wood: Rift Sawn Maple
- Neck Shape: '60 Style Oval "C"
- Truss Rod: Early '60s
- Mounting Style: 4 Bolt
- Fingerboard: AAA Dark Rosewood
- Radius: 9.50
- Fret Size: Jumbo / 6100
- Frets: 21
- Face Dots: Vintage Clay - Narrow Spacing
- Nut: Bone
- Tuners: Fender Gotoh Vintage
- Hardware: Chrome
- Bridge: American Vintage Strat
- Pickguard: 63-69 Mint Green Strat
- Controls: Strat Blender
- Selector Switch: 5-way
- Pickups: Handwound '60/63 Strat (Middle is RW/RP)
- Pots: 250K 10% Taper Split
- Included: Fender Custom Shop Strat/Tele Brown Case, Strap & Certificate of Authenticity
