SERIES : Time Machine™
ORIENTATION : Right-Hand
COLOR : Super Faded Aged 3-Color Sunburst Sparkle
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : US
HEADSTOCK : Stratocaster®
NECK MATERIAL : Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH : Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE :1963 Strat® "C"
NECK THICKNESS :.830"
NECK BUTT WIDTH : 2.200"
NECK THICKNESS 12TH FRET : 1.00"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS : 9.5" (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL : 3A Rosewood
POSITION INLAYS : Vintage Clay Dot
NUMBER OF FRETS : 21
TRUSS ROD : Early '60s
STRING NUT : Bone
NUT WIDTH : 1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL : Bone
HEADSTOCK THICKNESS : 0.575"
FRET SIZE : Narrow Tall (6105)
SCALE LENGTH : 25.5" (64.77 cm)
BRIDGE : Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
PICKGUARD : 3-Ply Mint Green
CONTROL KNOBS : Vintage White Plastic
SWITCH TIP : Vintage White
HARDWARE FINISH : Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES : Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
STRING TREES : American Vintage '59-'64
STRINGS : Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
TREMOLO ARM : Vintage Upgraded '60s
NECK PLATE : 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized
BRIDGE PICKUP : Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat®
MIDDLE PICKUP : Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat®
NECK PICKUP : Custom Shop Hand-Wound '60/'63 Single-Coil Strat®
PICKUP CONFIGURATION : SSS
CONTROLS : Master Volume, Master Tone, 1/2 Blend
SWITCHING : 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge with Neck Blend, Position 2. Bridge and Middle with Neck Blend, Position 3. Middle, Position 4. Neck and Middle, Position 5. Neck
POTENTIOMETERS : 250K 10% Taper Split
INCLUDED ACCESSORIES : Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1963 Stratocaster® Super Heavy Relic®. The lively, resonant two-piece select ash body is paired with an extremely comfortable playing rift sawn maple neck with ’63-style “C” back-shape and round-laminated rosewood fingerboard for a quintessential early-‘60s Strat®. All wrapped in stunning Super Heavy Relic® lacquer finishes – Super Faded Aged Three-Color Sunburst, Super Faded Aged Three-Color Sunburst Sparkle, Super Faded Aged Black over Three-Color Sunburst and Super Faded Aged Surf Green over Three-Color Sunburst – the ’63 Strat® looks like it was gigged hard for decades. With a set of three Custom Shop hand-wound ‘60/’63 Strat® pickups (RWRP middle pickup), this guitar sounds as incredible as it looks. Other premium features include 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, Fat '50s 1/2 Blender Strat® wiring with Greasebucket™ tone circuit, 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.