True to a remarkable era, the 1968 Stratocaster has an exceptional regality that resonates through the decades. Boasting an oversized headstock at the end of a riftsawn “U”-shaped maple neck, topped off with a round-lam maple fingerboard, this guitar has the unforgettable, classic feel that only the Fender Custom Shop can create. Giving it the signature Relic treatment, a WLS undercoat priming a lacquer finish on a hand-selected two-piece select alder body and comfortable urethane finish on the neck completes this mouth-wateringly faithful Strat.
In period-correct fashion, hand-wound ’69 pickups, complemented by 5-way switching and Vintage Modified #2 wiring, transcend the passage of time to recreate the warm and chimey tonal options you’d expect of this sublime guitar.
Additional appointments include a 9.5″-radius fingerboard, 21 6105 frets, 3-ply Eggshell pickguard, American Vintage synchronized tremolo, Fender “F”-stamped tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with nylon spacer. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
Specifications:
• Series: Time Machine
• Body Shape: Stratocaster
• Neck Material: Maple Rift Sawn
• Neck Shape: 1969 “U”
• Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Frets Size: 6105 Narrow Jumbo
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
• Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Handwound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat
• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP ’69 Single Coil Strat
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’69 Single Coil Strat
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
• Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup Position 3. Middle Pickup Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup Position 5. Neck Pickup
• Pickup Configuration: SSS
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
• Strings: Fender USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case; Strap; Certificate of Authenticity.
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