Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)

Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)
Used

Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster HSS Olympic White Journeyman (USED, 2024)

Regular price $3,600.00
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Weight

7lbs 9oz
Body
Alder
Pickups
FCS/Duncan
Case
Hardshell

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We recently took this fantastic '59 Stratocaster reissue in on trade from a great friend of the shop and have to say, this is one of the coolest, most interestingly spec'd Custom Shop guitars we've had to date.

If you're on the fence about picking up a Custom Shop guitar because they're almost too vintage-leaning, this might just be your guitar. Let's take a look at the specs quickly:

Alder body, maple/rosewood neck, 9 1/2" - 12" compound radius, 22 jumbo frets (6100), and a trio of awesome sounding pickups - a reverse wound/polarity '59 (neck), Fat 50s (middle), and a Duncan '78 EVH (bridge). Oh, and our favorite spec? Truss rod access at the headstock vs having to remove the neck to access it. Yes, all day long, yes.

Cool specs, right? You end up with a modern leaning, super resonant and alive, '70s-super-Strat-inspired Custom Shop Strat that still feels - and looks - like a great Fender.

Speaking of which, the 60s oval C neck carve coupled with the 22 jumbo frets and compound radius neck (9 1/2-12") almost plays itself. We didn't really notice how flat the board got while going up past the 12th fret other than lead runs being especially easy to execute (which is the hole point, really).

Plugged in, this guitar sounds wonderful (we were playing through a Carr Super Bee 12" amp). As expected, the Duncan '78 EVH bridge pickup hit the front of the amp harder than a single coil which produced a great edge-of-breakup tone - the mids were very forward as well. It's the type of sound you'd hit a low gain overdrive pedal to achieve.

The single coils deliver classic, glassy Strat tones with ease. Being a humbucker-equipped guitar, the pickups aren't perfectly balanced from one extreme to the other (bridge to neck, for example) but that's not really why you get a HSS Strat, right? You want that extra push that only a humbucker can provide. All this said, the balance is musical and not overly exaggerated volume difference-wise, and spending a few minutes with a screwdriver adjusting the height of each pickup will yield a more even balance if desired.

To be clear, this isn't a bad thing at all in our book, just something to be aware of if you're a stickler for balance across the 3 pickups. What's most important is that this is a really, really fun, easy playing Strat that'll have you grinning ear to ear.



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Body

Body
2-Piece Alder
Finish
Nitro Lacquer
Color
Olympic White
Relic Level
Journeyman

Hardware

Pickups
FCS Handwound RWRP '59 (neck) / Fat 50s (middle) / Duncan '78 EVH (bridge)
Controls
Volume / Tone / Tone / 5-Way Switch
Electronics
Position 2 No Bridge Coil
Bridge
American Vintage Strat
Tuners
Vintage Locking
Pickguard
1-Ply Parchment

Neck

Neck
Quartersawn Maple
Carve
'60s Oval C (.79-.93")
Fingerboard
AAA Rosewood 'Slab'
Radius
9 1/2 - 12" Compound
Frets
22 Jumbo (6100)
Nut
1.65" Bone
Inlay
Dots
Scale Length
25 1/2"
Truss Rod
Adjustment @ Headstock

Other

Serial #
R135734
Weight
7lbs 9oz
Case
Hardshell

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