MODEL NUMBER
9236091088: Super Faded Aged Shell Pink
9236091089: Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue
9236091090: Faded Aged Sea Foam Green
9236091091: Faded Aged Sage Green Metallic
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Journeyman Relic with Heavy Checking
Body Shape: ’56 Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Medium Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Unfinished Back
Neck Shape: 1959 “D”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: AAA Slab Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Narrow Tall (6105)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Clay-Style Dot, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: No
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Markings, front: “STRATOCASTER”, “WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO”, “ORIGINAL Contour Body”
Other Markings, back: “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Mid Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Wiring: Vintage Modified #2
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage-Style, “FENDER”/“PAT.PEND.”
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Logo
String Tree: Wing with Tall Metal Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
Back Plate: Parchment, Oval Holes
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo, Serial Number
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
First units manufactured in late 2023
FENDER SAID
New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1959 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic. The two-piece select alder body wears Journeyman Relic lacquer finishes in Super Faded Aged Shell Pink, Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue, Faded Aged Sea Foam Green and Faded Aged Sherwood Green Metallic for the authentically worn-in look and feel of a family heirloom instrument that’s been handed down through the years.
Classic appointments from the end of the decade are featured up and down the guitar: quartersawn maple neck with ’59-style “D” back-shape and flat-laminated rosewood fingerboard bring out the best in tone and playability. Armed with a trio of Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ‘50s Stratocaster pickups, Vintage Modified #2 wiring and Tone-Save bleed circuitry, there’s no shortage of sought after golden era tone.
Other premium features include 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, 5-way switch, 3-ply mint green pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
9236091088: Super Faded Aged Shell Pink
9236091089: Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue
9236091090: Faded Aged Sea Foam Green
9236091091: Faded Aged Sage Green Metallic
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Journeyman Relic with Heavy Checking
Body Shape: ’56 Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Medium Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Unfinished Back
Neck Shape: 1959 “D”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: AAA Slab Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Narrow Tall (6105)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Clay-Style Dot, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: No
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Markings, front: “STRATOCASTER”, “WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO”, “ORIGINAL Contour Body”
Other Markings, back: “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Mid Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Wiring: Vintage Modified #2
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage-Style, “FENDER”/“PAT.PEND.”
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Logo
String Tree: Wing with Tall Metal Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
Back Plate: Parchment, Oval Holes
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Switch Tip: Vintage White
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Pickup covers: Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo, Serial Number
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
First units manufactured in late 2023
FENDER SAID
New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1959 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic. The two-piece select alder body wears Journeyman Relic lacquer finishes in Super Faded Aged Shell Pink, Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue, Faded Aged Sea Foam Green and Faded Aged Sherwood Green Metallic for the authentically worn-in look and feel of a family heirloom instrument that’s been handed down through the years.
Classic appointments from the end of the decade are featured up and down the guitar: quartersawn maple neck with ’59-style “D” back-shape and flat-laminated rosewood fingerboard bring out the best in tone and playability. Armed with a trio of Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ‘50s Stratocaster pickups, Vintage Modified #2 wiring and Tone-Save bleed circuitry, there’s no shortage of sought after golden era tone.
Other premium features include 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, 5-way switch, 3-ply mint green pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, 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 Chicago Music Exchange
