MODEL NUMBER
9236081223: 3-Color Sunburst
9236081224: Faded Aged Daphne Blue
9236081225: Aged Aztec Gold
9236081226: Super Faded Aged Shell Pink
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Relic Finish
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Medium Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Heavy Relic Back
Neck Shape: '60s Oval “C”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: AAA 9mm Round-Laminated 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: Vintage Clay Dot, Wide 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: “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered poles
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
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, 11-Hole (Config. Vintage)
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
Brown Tolex Deluxe Hardshell Case with Orange Interior
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
Early units were made in 2022
FENDER SAID
New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Late ’62 Stratocaster Relic with Closet Classic Hardware. Just over 60 years after its namesake predecessor, the instrument is loaded with aged looks, sound and vibe that expertly evoke the Stratocaster in the early 1960s.
Its two-piece select alder body wears Relic lacquer finishes in Three-Color Sunburst, Faded Aged Daphne Blue, Aged Aztec Gold and Super Faded Aged Shell Pink. From the finish checking that covers the body to every last ding, dent and scar from bridge to headstock—plus Closet Classic hardware with showing moderate oxidization—this treatment imparts authentically worn-in look and feel and tells a story of a guitar that has experienced many years of regular use in clubs and bars.
In a distinctive combination of appointments for a transitional Stratocaster from late 1962, the rift-sawn maple neck has a classic ’60-style Oval “C” profile and is topped by a 9.5”-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with clay-dot inlays (with wide 12-fret spacing), 21 narrow tall (6105) frets and a bone nut. Three Custom Shop hand-wound ’60-’63 Stratocaster Pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup for hum cancellation in switch positions 2 and 4) deliver sought-after and dynamically expressive early-’60s Strat tone, with glassy highs, slight midrange scoop and focused lows.
Other premium features include Vintage Modified #2 wiring with Tone-Saver bleed circuit (eliminates tone loss when volume is turned down), five-way pickup switch, three-ply mint green pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
9236081223: 3-Color Sunburst
9236081224: Faded Aged Daphne Blue
9236081225: Aged Aztec Gold
9236081226: Super Faded Aged Shell Pink
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Relic Finish
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Medium Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Heavy Relic Back
Neck Shape: '60s Oval “C”
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: AAA 9mm Round-Laminated 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: Vintage Clay Dot, Wide 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: “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat, Staggered poles
Middle Pickup RWRP: Yes
Controls: Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
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, 11-Hole (Config. Vintage)
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
Brown Tolex Deluxe Hardshell Case with Orange Interior
Certificate of Authenticity
COMMENTS
Early units were made in 2022
FENDER SAID
New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Late ’62 Stratocaster Relic with Closet Classic Hardware. Just over 60 years after its namesake predecessor, the instrument is loaded with aged looks, sound and vibe that expertly evoke the Stratocaster in the early 1960s.
Its two-piece select alder body wears Relic lacquer finishes in Three-Color Sunburst, Faded Aged Daphne Blue, Aged Aztec Gold and Super Faded Aged Shell Pink. From the finish checking that covers the body to every last ding, dent and scar from bridge to headstock—plus Closet Classic hardware with showing moderate oxidization—this treatment imparts authentically worn-in look and feel and tells a story of a guitar that has experienced many years of regular use in clubs and bars.
In a distinctive combination of appointments for a transitional Stratocaster from late 1962, the rift-sawn maple neck has a classic ’60-style Oval “C” profile and is topped by a 9.5”-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with clay-dot inlays (with wide 12-fret spacing), 21 narrow tall (6105) frets and a bone nut. Three Custom Shop hand-wound ’60-’63 Stratocaster Pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup for hum cancellation in switch positions 2 and 4) deliver sought-after and dynamically expressive early-’60s Strat tone, with glassy highs, slight midrange scoop and focused lows.
Other premium features include Vintage Modified #2 wiring with Tone-Saver bleed circuit (eliminates tone loss when volume is turned down), five-way pickup switch, three-ply mint green pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, 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 Reverb (Parkway Music)
Courtesy of Wildwood Guitars
