MORE ABOUT 1958 HEAVY RELIC® STRATOCASTER®

A pivotal time for the evolution of the Strat®, the 1958 model year ushered in the now-classic 3-color Sunburst, while retaining a one-piece maple neck. Heavily aged to fashion a truly vintage aesthetic and feel, our expert artisans at Fender® Custom Shop lend a Heavy Relic® treatment, providing a decades-worn twist to accompany fresh player-centric features like a 9.5”-radius fingerboard, 21 6105 frets, and Vintage Modified #2 wiring. Exhibiting a flame AA quartersawn neck and loaded with hand-wound Strat® Fat 50’s pickups, the 1958 Heavy Relic® Strat® looks and plays like a true classic. Sporting a two-piece alder body—ash for Aged White Blonde—with deep, sleek contours and a single ply Eggshell pickguard, this guitar screams classic Strat®.Other appointments include a medium-tinted “ ’59 C”-shaped neck, 5-way switch, American Vintage synchronized bridge, vintage tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity. *All models in the 2018 Time Machine collection are built-to-order and are available as is, left handed, or customized to taste. See your Custom Shop Showcase dealer for details.

• Model Name: 1958 Stratocaster® Heavy Relic®, Maple Fingerboard, Faded Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst
• Model Number: 9235000509
• Series: Time Machine
• Color: Faded Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: Select Alder
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Material: 1-Piece AA Flame Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Shape: 1959 „C“
• Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: 6105 Narrow Jumbo
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Serialized with Custom Shop „V“ Logo
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Fingerboard: 1-Piece Maple
• Position Inlays: Black Dots
• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat ’50s Single-Coil Strat®
• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat ’50s RWRP Single-Coil Strat®
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat ’50s Single-Coil Strat®
• Controls: Master Volume with Tone-Saver Bleed, 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 American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Eggshell
• Control Knobs: Vintage White
• Switch Tips: Vintage White
• Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case; Strap; Certificate of Authenticity.