1956 Heavy Relic Stratocaster (Late 2013-2014)
Custom Shop - Time Machine Series (2014 Custom Collection)
MODEL NUMBER
151-1602-(Color#)
BODY
Body Material: Select Alder
Body Finish: Thin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Tinted Nitrocellulose
Neck Shape: 10/’56 “Boat Neck” “V”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Dunlop 6105 Narrow Jumbo Frets
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.6875" (43 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dot, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Master Designed Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Master Designed Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Master Designed Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" reverse direction
Tuning Machines: Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Machine Heads
String Tree: Wing (Early Models with Button String Tree)
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply Parchment, 8-Holes
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial
COLORS
(801) Blonde
(802) Aged Lake Placid Blue
(806) Black
(840) Fiesta Red
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Vintage-Style Strap Buttons
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Tweed Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
CruzTools Tool Kit
COMMENTS
Heavy Relic Finish. All Original Detailing, Built From Original Tooling. Shows Natural Wear and Tear of Years of Heavy Use, Nicks, Scratches, Worn Finish Rusty Hardware and Aged Plastic Parts.
FENDER SAYS
Few guitars are as inspiring as a beat-up original-era Strat. There's just nothing like it. The Fender Custom Shop wanted to create a Stratocaster that would look, sound and play like a real workhorse; a truly battle-hardened beauty that had survived a lifetime of beer brawls and all-nighters.
The result is this gorgeously worn 1956 model, built with power and action that perfectly match its battered heavy-relic look. It is a guitar that is built for the player to lean into like nobodys business, with features including one of our favorite neck shape V-shaped 10/56 profile plus a 9.5-radius fingerboard for easier string bending, 21 6105 frets, and Master designed pickups with a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup that produces humbucking in-between sounds.
Un po' di storia: La nascita del relic e la nascita delle Time Machine
151-1602-(Color#)
BODY
Body Material: Select Alder
Body Finish: Thin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Tinted Nitrocellulose
Neck Shape: 10/’56 “Boat Neck” “V”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Dunlop 6105 Narrow Jumbo Frets
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.6875" (43 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dot, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "ORIGINAL Contour Body"
Other Decals, back: Custom Shop V Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Master Designed Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Master Designed Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Master Designed Single-Coil Strat Pickup, staggered
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"FENDER" reverse direction
Tuning Machines: Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Machine Heads
String Tree: Wing (Early Models with Button String Tree)
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply Parchment, 8-Holes
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Serial
COLORS
(801) Blonde
(802) Aged Lake Placid Blue
(806) Black
(840) Fiesta Red
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Vintage-Style Strap Buttons
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Tweed Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
CruzTools Tool Kit
COMMENTS
Heavy Relic Finish. All Original Detailing, Built From Original Tooling. Shows Natural Wear and Tear of Years of Heavy Use, Nicks, Scratches, Worn Finish Rusty Hardware and Aged Plastic Parts.
FENDER SAYS
Few guitars are as inspiring as a beat-up original-era Strat. There's just nothing like it. The Fender Custom Shop wanted to create a Stratocaster that would look, sound and play like a real workhorse; a truly battle-hardened beauty that had survived a lifetime of beer brawls and all-nighters.
The result is this gorgeously worn 1956 model, built with power and action that perfectly match its battered heavy-relic look. It is a guitar that is built for the player to lean into like nobodys business, with features including one of our favorite neck shape V-shaped 10/56 profile plus a 9.5-radius fingerboard for easier string bending, 21 6105 frets, and Master designed pickups with a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup that produces humbucking in-between sounds.
Un po' di storia: La nascita del relic e la nascita delle Time Machine
Courtesy Of Fender
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