MODEL NUMBER
9235700044: Faded Vintage Blonde
9235700046: Faded Shoreline Gold
9235700045: Faded Daphne Blue
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder with Offset Seam (Treble Side)
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Journyeman Relic
Body Shape: ‘69 Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Plain-Grain Maple
Neck Finish: Medium Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Unfinished Back
Neck Shape: 1969 “U”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: 9mm AAA Round-Laminated Rosewood or Round-Laminated Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jescar Vintage (45085)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (41.9 mm)
Position Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dots (Rosewood) or Black (Maple), Narrow Spacing
Side Dots: Mother of Pearl (Rosewood) or Black (Maple)
Truss Rod: Vintage Style, Butt Adjust
Skunk Stripe: None
Micro-Tilt: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: CBS Black Logo
Other Markings, front: “STRATOCASTER” (Bold Lettering), “WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO” (Bold Lettering), “ORIGINAL Contour Body PATENTED”
Patent Numbers: PAT 2,741,146 3,143,028
Other Markings, back: “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo
Truss Rod Dowel: None
Walnut Plug: None
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP '69 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, 1/2 Blend
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Auxiliary Switching: None
Wiring: Fat ’50s Strat with 1/2 Blender
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Screw Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: “FENDER”/”PAT.PEND,” Same Directions
Tuning Machines: Fender/Schaller “F” Keys
String Tree: Wing with Nylon Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment with Truss Rod Notch, 11-Hole (Config. Modern)
Back Plate: 1-Ply Parchment, Oval Holes, Offset Middle Screws
Control Knobs: Parchment
Switch Tip: Parchment
Tremolo Arm Tip: Parchment
Pickup covers: Parchment
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo, Serial Number
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
Strap Buttons: Vintage Style
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case
COMMENTS
Although it was unveiled in 2025, the first units had been manufactured a few months earlier
FENDER SAID
Experience the authentic style and feel of a late-'60s Stratocaster with the 1969 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic from the Fender Custom Shop Time Machine series. This electric guitar features a nitrocellulose lacquer finish on a 2-piece select alder body for the vintage look and feel. The maple neck has a 1969 "U" profile and is topped with either a round-laminated maple or rosewood fingerboard (depending on finish) and 21 Vintage Upgrade (45085) frets.
Loaded with a Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 single-coil pickup in the neck position, a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity (RWRP) '69 single-coil in the middle position, and a hot Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 single-coil in the bridge position, this Strat produces iconic bell-like tones. The 5-way blade pickup switching provides a wide range of classic Strat tones.
Other features include 9.5" (241 mm) Radius, Fat ’50s Strat Wiring with 1/2 Blender, 3-Ply Parchment Pickguard, Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo, Vintage “F” Style Tuning Machines, Bone Nut, American Vintage '65 String Tree, Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity.
9235700044: Faded Vintage Blonde
9235700046: Faded Shoreline Gold
9235700045: Faded Daphne Blue
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder with Offset Seam (Treble Side)
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Journyeman Relic
Body Shape: ‘69 Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Plain-Grain Maple
Neck Finish: Medium Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Unfinished Back
Neck Shape: 1969 “U”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: 9mm AAA Round-Laminated Rosewood or Round-Laminated Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jescar Vintage (45085)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (41.9 mm)
Position Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dots (Rosewood) or Black (Maple), Narrow Spacing
Side Dots: Mother of Pearl (Rosewood) or Black (Maple)
Truss Rod: Vintage Style, Butt Adjust
Skunk Stripe: None
Micro-Tilt: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: CBS Black Logo
Other Markings, front: “STRATOCASTER” (Bold Lettering), “WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO” (Bold Lettering), “ORIGINAL Contour Body PATENTED”
Patent Numbers: PAT 2,741,146 3,143,028
Other Markings, back: “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo
Truss Rod Dowel: None
Walnut Plug: None
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP '69 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered Poles
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, 1/2 Blend
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Auxiliary Switching: None
Wiring: Fat ’50s Strat with 1/2 Blender
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: 6-Screw Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: “FENDER”/”PAT.PEND,” Same Directions
Tuning Machines: Fender/Schaller “F” Keys
String Tree: Wing with Nylon Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment with Truss Rod Notch, 11-Hole (Config. Modern)
Back Plate: 1-Ply Parchment, Oval Holes, Offset Middle Screws
Control Knobs: Parchment
Switch Tip: Parchment
Tremolo Arm Tip: Parchment
Pickup covers: Parchment
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo, Serial Number
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
Strap Buttons: Vintage Style
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case
COMMENTS
Although it was unveiled in 2025, the first units had been manufactured a few months earlier
FENDER SAID
Experience the authentic style and feel of a late-'60s Stratocaster with the 1969 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic from the Fender Custom Shop Time Machine series. This electric guitar features a nitrocellulose lacquer finish on a 2-piece select alder body for the vintage look and feel. The maple neck has a 1969 "U" profile and is topped with either a round-laminated maple or rosewood fingerboard (depending on finish) and 21 Vintage Upgrade (45085) frets.
Loaded with a Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 single-coil pickup in the neck position, a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity (RWRP) '69 single-coil in the middle position, and a hot Custom Shop Hand-Wound '69 single-coil in the bridge position, this Strat produces iconic bell-like tones. The 5-way blade pickup switching provides a wide range of classic Strat tones.
Other features include 9.5" (241 mm) Radius, Fat ’50s Strat Wiring with 1/2 Blender, 3-Ply Parchment Pickguard, Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo, Vintage “F” Style Tuning Machines, Bone Nut, American Vintage '65 String Tree, Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity.
Courtesy of Haggerty's Music
