MODEL NUMBER
9235001422: 3-Color Sunburst
9235001423: Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue
9235001424: Aged Olympic White
9235001425: Faded Aged Sherwood Green Metallic
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Heavy Relic Finish
Neck Shape: 1963 "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round-Lam AAA Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: 6105 Narrow Tall
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Micarta Clay Style Dot, Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style Heel Adjust
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend."
Other Decals, back: Limited Edition V Custom Shop Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat, Beveled Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat, Beveled Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat, Beveled Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume with Tone Saver Bleed, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT. PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style with Fender Logo
String Tree: Wing woth Metal Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green, 11 Hole (Config. Modern)
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Custom Shop V Logo "Fender", Serial Number
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case with Red Interior
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
First Models were made in late 2020
FENDER SAYS
The early 1960s saw some important changes to the Stratocaster, including a new pickguard configuration, neck profile and a “round-laminated” rosewood fingerboard, all culminating in a compelling new contemporary look and sound. The 1963 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic is a fine testament to these innovations, featuring a two-piece select alder body with deep contours for perfect comfort, a quartersawn maple neck with a time-honored 1963 “C” profile, and a 9.5”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow tall frets for steady play up and down the neck.
Hand-wound Fat ’60s pickups with reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup are given extra turns of wire to produce rich ’60s tone, sent to a five-way switch and vintage modified #2 wiring on a three-ply mint green pickguard. Other features include a Custom Shop vintage-style synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with metal spacer. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
9235001422: 3-Color Sunburst
9235001423: Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue
9235001424: Aged Olympic White
9235001425: Faded Aged Sherwood Green Metallic
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Heavy Relic Finish
Neck Shape: 1963 "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round-Lam AAA Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: 6105 Narrow Tall
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Micarta Clay Style Dot, Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style Heel Adjust
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: "STRATOCASTER", "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO", "PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146", "ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend."
Other Decals, back: Limited Edition V Custom Shop Logo "Fender"
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat, Beveled Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat, Beveled Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat, Beveled Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume with Tone Saver Bleed, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage Style, "FENDER"/"PAT. PEND."
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style with Fender Logo
String Tree: Wing woth Metal Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green, 11 Hole (Config. Modern)
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, Custom Shop V Logo "Fender", Serial Number
MISCELLANEOUS:
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case with Red Interior
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
First Models were made in late 2020
FENDER SAYS
The early 1960s saw some important changes to the Stratocaster, including a new pickguard configuration, neck profile and a “round-laminated” rosewood fingerboard, all culminating in a compelling new contemporary look and sound. The 1963 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic is a fine testament to these innovations, featuring a two-piece select alder body with deep contours for perfect comfort, a quartersawn maple neck with a time-honored 1963 “C” profile, and a 9.5”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow tall frets for steady play up and down the neck.
Hand-wound Fat ’60s pickups with reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup are given extra turns of wire to produce rich ’60s tone, sent to a five-way switch and vintage modified #2 wiring on a three-ply mint green pickguard. Other features include a Custom Shop vintage-style synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with metal spacer. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
ENG: Vince Cunetto and the birth of Relics and the Time Machine Series
ITA: Vince Cunetto e la nascita del Relic e la nascita delle Time Machine
ITA: Vince Cunetto e la nascita del Relic e la nascita delle Time Machine
Courtesy of Seattle Guitar Store
Courtesy of Wilcutt Guitars
