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‘68 Heavy Relic® Stratocaster®

The Fender Custom Shop Limited Release Series '68 Heavy Relic Stratocaster guitar is yet another unbelievable Custom Shop creation that effortlessly evokes a historic era of rock music and a historic
chapter of Fender history.

It features a premium lightweight ash body with a three-ply, 11-hole parchment pickguard. The quarter-sawn ’68 U-shaped maple neck has a nitrocellulose lacquer finish and 9.5”-radius dark Indian rosewood fingerboard with 21 Dunlop® 6105 narrow jumbo frets, mother-of-pearl dot position inlays and a large ’60s headstock. Famous Fender tone is supplied by three custom ’69 single-coil Stratocaster pickups with gray bobbins and aged pickup covers (custom reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup) and five-position switching. The instrument has a thin-skin nitrocellulose lacquer finish in a variety of colors and has been given our Heavy Relic treatment—built from original tooling and showing the natural wear and tear of years of heavy use, with nicks, scratches, worn finish, rusty hardware and aged plastic parts.
Model Name ‘68 Heavy Relic® Stratocaster®
Colors (812) Red Sparkle Metallic (Thin-Skin Nitro)
Body Lightweight Premium Ash Body
Neck Quarter-Sawn Maple, '68 “U” Shape, (Nitro)
Fingerboard Dark Indian Rosewood, 9.5" radius (241 mm)
No. of Frets 21 Dunlop® 6105 Narrow Jumbo Frets
Pickups 3 Custom ‘69 Single-Coil Strat® Pickups with Grey Bobbins with Custom Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Middle Pickup
Controls Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle 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
Bridge American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads Fender®/Schaller® Vintage “F” Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard 3-Ply Parchment, (11 Hole)
Scale Length 25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut 1.650” (42 mm)
Unique Features Aged Pickup Covers, Knobs and Switch Tip,
Mother-of-Pearl Dot Position Inlays,
Large ‘60s Headstock,
Built From Original Tooling. Shows natural wear and tear of years of heavy use, nicks, scratches, worn finish rusty hardware and aged plastic parts.
Strings Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel, Gauges: (.010~.046)
Accessories Deluxe Limited Edition Black Hardshell Case (Black Interior), Strap, Cable, “Ash Tray” Bridge Cover, Limited Edition Certificate
Case Deluxe Limited Edition Black Hardshell Case with Black Crushed Velvet Interior and Embroidered Limited Edition Logo
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