MODEL NUMBER
9235700074: Aged Charcoal Frost Metallic
9235700075: Aged Olympic White
9235700076: Aged 2-Color Sunburst
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam (Treble Side)
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Heavy Relic
Body Shape: ’66 Stratocaster with Tele Routings
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Dark Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Unfinished Back
Neck Shape: 1966 Oval “C”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: 9mm AAA Round-Lam Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” to 12” (241 mm - 305 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jescar Vintage (45085)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (41.9 mm)
Position Inlays: 7 mm Mother of Pearl Dots, Narrow Spacing
Side Dots: Mother of Pearl
Truss Rod: Vintage Style, Butt Adjust
Skunk Stripe: None
Micro-Tilt: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: Transition
Other Markings, front: “STRATOCASTER”, “WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO”, “ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend.”
Patent Numbers: PAT 2,741,146 3,143,028 DES 169,062
Other Markings, back: “LIMITED EDITION” Custom Shop V Logo “Fender”
Truss Rod Dowel: None
Walnut Plug: None
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Original Blackguard Single-Coil Tele
Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan '59 SH-1B
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Switching: 3-Position Blade
Auxiliary Switching: None
Wiring: Dual Stack HS Tele Wiring
Configuration: SH
HARDWARE
Bridge: 3-Saddle Vintage Style Strings-Through Body Hard-Tail Tele Bridge
Saddles: Telecaster Brass Saddles
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Tuning Machines with Logo
String Tree: Wing with Nylon Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: None
Back Plate: None
Control Knobs: Parchment "Witch Hat"
Switch Tip: Parchment
Tremolo Arm Tip: None
Pickup covers: Chrome (Humbucker), None (Black Bobbin Tele Single Coil)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, “LIMITED EDITION” Custom Shop V Logo “Fender”, Serial Number
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
Strap Buttons: Vintage Style
All Direct Mount Pickups
Telecaster Ferrules
Rear Load Control
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case
COMMENTS
Although it was unveiled in 2025, the first units had been manufactured a few months earlier
The first units did not feature any patent number shown on the headstock
FENDER SAID
Stand out from the crowd with the Limited Edition Strat SH Heavy Relic from the Fender Custom Shop. This stunning electric guitar features a 2-piece select ash body with offset seam complete with realistic heavy relicing that lends vintage mojo and road-worn appeal. The quartersawn maple neck has a 1966 Oval "C"-shaped profile and is topped with a smooth 3A rosewood fingerboard outfitted with 21 Jescar Vintage frets for supreme playability.
Equipped with a Seymour Duncan '59 SH-1B neck pickup and a Custom Shop Hand-Wound Original Blackguard single-coil Tele bridge pickup, this axe delivers classic Fender tone with a bit of an edge. The 3-position blade pickup switch allows you to go from glassy neck tones to biting bridge sounds and everything in between.
Other premium features include 9.5" to 12" Compound Radius, Dual Stack HS Tele Wiring, 3-Way Switch, 3-Saddle Custom "Cut-Off" Vintage-Style Tele Bridge with Brass Saddles, Vintage-Style Tuning Machines with Fender Logo, Bone Nut, American Vintage '65 String Tree, Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity.
9235700074: Aged Charcoal Frost Metallic
9235700075: Aged Olympic White
9235700076: Aged 2-Color Sunburst
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam (Treble Side)
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Heavy Relic
Body Shape: ’66 Stratocaster with Tele Routings
NECK
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Dark Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Unfinished Back
Neck Shape: 1966 Oval “C”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: 9mm AAA Round-Lam Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” to 12” (241 mm - 305 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jescar Vintage (45085)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650” (41.9 mm)
Position Inlays: 7 mm Mother of Pearl Dots, Narrow Spacing
Side Dots: Mother of Pearl
Truss Rod: Vintage Style, Butt Adjust
Skunk Stripe: None
Micro-Tilt: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: Transition
Other Markings, front: “STRATOCASTER”, “WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO”, “ORIGINAL Contour Body Pat. Pend.”
Patent Numbers: PAT 2,741,146 3,143,028 DES 169,062
Other Markings, back: “LIMITED EDITION” Custom Shop V Logo “Fender”
Truss Rod Dowel: None
Walnut Plug: None
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Original Blackguard Single-Coil Tele
Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan '59 SH-1B
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Switching: 3-Position Blade
Auxiliary Switching: None
Wiring: Dual Stack HS Tele Wiring
Configuration: SH
HARDWARE
Bridge: 3-Saddle Vintage Style Strings-Through Body Hard-Tail Tele Bridge
Saddles: Telecaster Brass Saddles
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Tuning Machines with Logo
String Tree: Wing with Nylon Spacer
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: None
Back Plate: None
Control Knobs: Parchment "Witch Hat"
Switch Tip: Parchment
Tremolo Arm Tip: None
Pickup covers: Chrome (Humbucker), None (Black Bobbin Tele Single Coil)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, “LIMITED EDITION” Custom Shop V Logo “Fender”, Serial Number
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
Strap Buttons: Vintage Style
All Direct Mount Pickups
Telecaster Ferrules
Rear Load Control
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Hardshell Case
COMMENTS
Although it was unveiled in 2025, the first units had been manufactured a few months earlier
The first units did not feature any patent number shown on the headstock
FENDER SAID
Stand out from the crowd with the Limited Edition Strat SH Heavy Relic from the Fender Custom Shop. This stunning electric guitar features a 2-piece select ash body with offset seam complete with realistic heavy relicing that lends vintage mojo and road-worn appeal. The quartersawn maple neck has a 1966 Oval "C"-shaped profile and is topped with a smooth 3A rosewood fingerboard outfitted with 21 Jescar Vintage frets for supreme playability.
Equipped with a Seymour Duncan '59 SH-1B neck pickup and a Custom Shop Hand-Wound Original Blackguard single-coil Tele bridge pickup, this axe delivers classic Fender tone with a bit of an edge. The 3-position blade pickup switch allows you to go from glassy neck tones to biting bridge sounds and everything in between.
Other premium features include 9.5" to 12" Compound Radius, Dual Stack HS Tele Wiring, 3-Way Switch, 3-Saddle Custom "Cut-Off" Vintage-Style Tele Bridge with Brass Saddles, Vintage-Style Tuning Machines with Fender Logo, Bone Nut, American Vintage '65 String Tree, Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity.
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