Fender Custom Shop 1962 ’62 Reissue Stratocaster Relic 2022 Daphne Blue. 9.0/10 Excellent Condition.

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Weight: 7.5lbs

A beautiful guitar, one of our favourite “custom colour” colour Strats to pass through the shop. The guitar is in excellent used condition 9.0/10 (obviously excluding the relic finish).

The guitar is all original and unmodified. It features an Alder body in the classic Daphne Blue flash coat nitrocellulose lacquer, just like some of the real pre-cbs strats. A gorgeous Maple neck with a AAA grade laminate Rosewood board with micarta white dots keep it comfortable with a 60 C oval profile and 10″ radius. Just one tiny blemish of note at the 5th fret on the treble side of the backneck, otherwise the guitar is immaculate. This cannot be detected when playing.

The guitar is very resonant and has that signature super versatile strat tone as it is spec’d with 3 x handwound ’60 Relic pickups from the Fender Custom Shop. These pickups provide plenty of headroom with fewer turns of heavy formvar wire on the bobbin and beveled alnico 2 magnets for that underwound signature sound of the original 60s strats. Handwound pickups add a huge tonal difference as the copper wire is spread more irregularly (scattered) onto the bobbin, resulting in less electrical capacitance which results in a much more open sound.

The sale includes the case and all candy in the images. Present is the certificate of authenticity and shop floor traveller. The ageing and attention to detail with the finish is sublime, the checking is really nicely done and Daphne Blue always looks incredible on a ’62 Strat! The strat is a nice weight at the 7.5lb mark, with its Alder body and stunning 60 C shape maple neck. It has a thin and tastefully reliced Nitro finish with the usual relic features. The more you play the more of the beautiful guitar you’ll unveil!

The guitar is very resonant, has fantastic response and superb performance across the board as you’d expect. A real delight to play as you would expect. Save yourself £1000 on a new one!

Specification: ’62 Strat
Body:
Body Material: 2-Piece Alder
Body Finish: Thin Skin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Relic Daphne Blue
Neck:
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: 1960 Oval C
Frets: 21, 6105 Narrow Tall
String Nut: Bone
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style
Neck Finish: Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard: AAA Rosewood 9mm
Inlays: Micarta White Dot
Electronics:
Bridge Pickup: 1960 Relic Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Middle Pickup: 1960 Relic Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Neck Pickup: 1960 Relic Single-Coil Strat Pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck, Mid), Tone 2. (Bridge), 5 way Switch.
Hardware:
Bridge: 6 Saddle American Vintage Syncronized Tremolo
Tuners: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo Relic
Pickguard: 62 Strat Relic
Control Knobs: Vintage White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt
Accessories:
Deluxe Hardshell Case, Certificate of Authenticity, Tremolo & Case Candy Shown

Guitar will be well packed and sent fully insured. Thanks for viewing!

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