Freshly inspected and set up in-house by our esteemed Guitar Tech.  In Excellent condition with modest wear, including faint scratches and other minor signs of handling and use. 

Stunning custom color, Bright Sapphire Metallic, with Thin Lacquer Finish.  Slightly underwound pickups for that vintage tone.  Half-Blender wiring.  Enhanced RSD bridge.  Light weight.  This Custom Shop Strat has it all going on.  See below for more details and specifications.

FROM FENDER CUSTOM SHOP:

A Fender Custom Shop instrument is extraordinary. You know it when you play one—it’s definitely more than the sum of its parts. It’s filled with intangible, electrifying elements that add a new dimension to your playing experience. It’s as if the instrument itself is imbued with history, alive with the spirit of the place where it was built and the devotion of those who crafted it.

The Custom Shop is home to Fender’s most skilled and talented builders. It’s a bustling, noisy and creatively volcanic place that re-earns its nickname—the Dream Factory—every day. Custom Shop builders are completely dedicated to their art—part craftsman, part artist, part music fan and, more often than not, part mad scientist. They’re the best at what they do, and they pour all of their passion, hard-earned knowledge and skill into every instrument they build. It’s no ordinary place, and the creations that come from it are no ordinary instruments.

SPECIFICATIONS:

All Original

Vintage Staggered Tuners

1.65” Bone Nut

'60s Oval C Profile Dark Roasted AAA Flame Maple Neck with 25.5” Scale Length

Neck Thickness .79" at First Fret and .93" at Twelfth Fret

Flat Lam AAA Rosewood Fingerboard with Vintage Clay Dot Inlays and 11" Radius

Vintage Clay Side Dot Markers

22 Tall Narrow 6105 Frets in Excellent Condition

Custom Shop Underwound '64 Stratocaster Pickups with RWRP Middle Pickup with Half Blender Wiring Mod*

Custom Shop RSD Enhanced Stratocaster Bridge

Roasted Alder Body in Bright Sapphire Blue Thin Nitro Lacquer Finish

Weight 7 lb 2 oz

Original Custom Shop Brown Tolex Hard Shell Case

Serial Number R98356

*Fender Half Blender is a wiring mod that lets you blend the neck pickup into bridge and bridge+middle positions on a Stratocaster, but leaves other switch positions unaffected, giving you extra tonal options while preserving the classic Strat sound elsewhere

NOTE TO OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS:

We want you to be happy with your purchase and we try to represent the condition of all used and vintage guitars as accurately as possible in our listings.  Every used guitar shows some signs of play wear and vintage models even more so.  We call out all areas of damage or unusual wear, and describe the overall condition based upon what is "normal" for the age of the instrument.  Expect to see minor dings, finish checking, or other evidence of normal use and aging which may not be captured by photography or explicitly mentioned in the listing. 

We recognize that everyone has their own personal standard of what constitutes acceptable wear and tear.  If play wear is especially critical for you, please contact us at the Shop for a complete in-hand description and to answer any questions you may have.  Your satisfaction is of paramount importance to us.