New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1959 Stratocaster® Journeyman Relic®. The two-piece select alder body wears Journeyman Relic® lacquer finishes in Super Faded Aged Shell Pink, Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue, Faded Aged Sea Foam Green and Faded Aged Sherwood Green Metallic for the authentically worn-in look and feel of a family heirloom instrument that’s been handed down through the years.
Classic appointments from the end of the decade are featured up and down the guitar: quartersawn maple neck with ’59-style “D” back-shape and flat-laminated rosewood fingerboard bring out the best in tone and playability. Armed with a trio of Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ‘50s Stratocaster® pickups, Vintage Modified #2 wiring and Tone-Save bleed circuitry, there’s no shortage of sought after golden era tone.
Other premium features include 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, 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.
Standard Specifications
General Info
Brand:
Fender
Model:
1959 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic
Color:
Faded Aged Sage Green Metallic
Serial:
Call
Weight:
Call
Condition:
New
Body
Top Material:
N/A
Body Material:
2-Piece Select Alder
Finish:
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck
Material:
Quartersawn Maple
Finish:
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard Material/Radius:
3A Rosewood, 9.5" (241 mm)
Frets (Number and Size):
21, Narrow Tall
Inlays:
Vintage Clay Dot
Nut (Material and Width):
Bone,
1.650" (42 mm)
Scale Length:
25.5" (64.77 cm)
Profile:
1959 "D"
Electronics
Pickups:
2 x
Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat (Bridge and Neck), 1 x Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat (Middle)
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
Controls:
Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Hardware
Tuning Machines:
Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
Bridge:
Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Pickguard:
3-Ply Mint Green
Control Knobs:
Vintage White Plastic
Hardware Finish:
Nickel/Chrome
Accessories
Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
