MODEL NUMBER
1550060880
BODY
Body Material: Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Mid '60s Oval “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jumbo
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dot, Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146 2,960,900", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend."
Other Decals, back: Yuriy Shishkov Master Builder Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop '60s Hand-Wound Single-Coil Strat
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop '60s Hand-Wound Single-Coil Strat
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop '60s Hand-Wound Single-Coil Strat
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Control Knobs: Aged White
Switch Tip: Aged White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Aged White
Pickup covers: Aged White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Master Builder Logo, "USA", Serial
COLORS
(880) Arctic White
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
Journeyman Relic Finish
FENDER SAYS
Craftsmanship, imagination and a love of luthiery are at the heart of the Yuriy Shishkov Builder Select 1963 Stratocaster. Inspired by a white ’63 Stratocaster with a contrasting tortoiseshell pickguard, this Strat is instilled with Shishkov’s own personality and imagination yet still maintains elemental Fender tone, style and feel.
This inspired example of Shishkov’s luthiery reflects an instrument that has been played with loving respect versus careless abandon. The Aged Arctic White Journeyman Relic finish shows the marks of countless gigs over the years. The quartersawn ’60s “C”-shaped maple neck reflects a master’s touch—a smooth, silky finish on the front and lack of finish on the back, where the player’s hands would caress the neck. “The neck is the part handled the most,“ Shishkov said, “so it had to be comfortable and reflect a well-loved instrument.” Using authentic ’60s-era construction techniques, Shishkov created an eminently playable 9.5”-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 jumbo frets to top off this exceptional neck.
The Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’60s Strat Single-Coil pickups include a reverse-wound, reverse polarity middle pickup for hum-free playing while accurately recreating classic Fender tone and dynamic response. In a personal touch, Shishkov included a modern five-way pickup switch along with Vintage Modified Stratocaster wiring. The traditional master volume and neck pickup tone controls are left unmodified, while the second tone control affects the middle and bridge pickups. Period-accurate touches include a responsive six-saddle American Vintage synchronized tremolo, nickel/chrome hardware and nitrocellulose lacquer finish—allowing the guitar’s body to breathe with extra resonance and a more natural sound.
Riffing on a classic—while staying true to Fender’s roots—the Yuriy Shishkov Builder Select 1963 Stratocaster springs from the master’s mind to your waiting hands.
ENG: The birth of Fender Custom Shop and Vince Cunetto and the birth of Relics
ITA: La nascita del Custom Shop Fender e la nascita del Relic
1550060880
BODY
Body Material: Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Mid '60s Oval “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jumbo
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dot, Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146 2,960,900", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend."
Other Decals, back: Yuriy Shishkov Master Builder Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop '60s Hand-Wound Single-Coil Strat
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop '60s Hand-Wound Single-Coil Strat
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop '60s Hand-Wound Single-Coil Strat
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT.PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
String Tree: Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell, 11 Holes (config. vintage)
Control Knobs: Aged White
Switch Tip: Aged White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Aged White
Pickup covers: Aged White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Master Builder Logo, "USA", Serial
COLORS
(880) Arctic White
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
Journeyman Relic Finish
FENDER SAYS
Craftsmanship, imagination and a love of luthiery are at the heart of the Yuriy Shishkov Builder Select 1963 Stratocaster. Inspired by a white ’63 Stratocaster with a contrasting tortoiseshell pickguard, this Strat is instilled with Shishkov’s own personality and imagination yet still maintains elemental Fender tone, style and feel.
This inspired example of Shishkov’s luthiery reflects an instrument that has been played with loving respect versus careless abandon. The Aged Arctic White Journeyman Relic finish shows the marks of countless gigs over the years. The quartersawn ’60s “C”-shaped maple neck reflects a master’s touch—a smooth, silky finish on the front and lack of finish on the back, where the player’s hands would caress the neck. “The neck is the part handled the most,“ Shishkov said, “so it had to be comfortable and reflect a well-loved instrument.” Using authentic ’60s-era construction techniques, Shishkov created an eminently playable 9.5”-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 jumbo frets to top off this exceptional neck.
The Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’60s Strat Single-Coil pickups include a reverse-wound, reverse polarity middle pickup for hum-free playing while accurately recreating classic Fender tone and dynamic response. In a personal touch, Shishkov included a modern five-way pickup switch along with Vintage Modified Stratocaster wiring. The traditional master volume and neck pickup tone controls are left unmodified, while the second tone control affects the middle and bridge pickups. Period-accurate touches include a responsive six-saddle American Vintage synchronized tremolo, nickel/chrome hardware and nitrocellulose lacquer finish—allowing the guitar’s body to breathe with extra resonance and a more natural sound.
Riffing on a classic—while staying true to Fender’s roots—the Yuriy Shishkov Builder Select 1963 Stratocaster springs from the master’s mind to your waiting hands.
ENG: The birth of Fender Custom Shop and Vince Cunetto and the birth of Relics
ITA: La nascita del Custom Shop Fender e la nascita del Relic
Courtesy of Max Guitar Store
Courtesy of GBL Guitars
