STUNNING 
 
MINT CONDITION !!
 
 
2013
FENDER 
Custom Shop
 
1956 Relic
Stratocaster
 
 
 
'AGED LAKE PLACID BLUE'
WITH GOLD HARDWARE AND ANODIDED PICKGUARD !
 
 
weight: 7 lbs on Ultraship Digital postal scales
 
 
 
 
 
100% ORIGINAL GUITAR
 
 
 
INCREDIBLE SLIM QUARTERSAWN CANADIAN ROCK MAPLE NECK WITH A STUNNING FRET WORK...
THIS IS A PEACH OF A NECK !
 
 
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE, MINT CONDITION
 
NO ADDITIONAL MARKS FROM NEW
 
HARDLY ANY FRET WEAR AT ALL !
 
 
5-WAY SWITCH
 
COMES WITH AGED BAKELITE STYLE KNOBS WHICH LOOK FANTASTIC ! (ORIGINALS INCLUDED)
 
 
ORIGINAL HAND WOUND STAGGERED POLE PICKUPS
 
 
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT AND VERY RESONANT ! IT TRUELY CHIMES !!!!
 
SURELY ONE OF THE LIGHTEST CUSTOM SHOP STRATS AVAILABLE TODAY ?? !!
 
 
 
A BEAUTIFUL STRATOCASTER OF THE FINEST QUALITY !
 
HERE IS THE SPEC SENT TO US FROM FENDER UK :
 

R68236
1500602802 1956 REL STRATOCASTER - ALPB

Model Name: 1956 Relic® Stratocaster® 
Model Number: 1500602-(Color #) 
Series: 2013 Custom Collection
Body: Hand Selected Premium Lightweight Ash
Neck: 1-Piece Maple, 10/’56 “Boat Neck” “V” Shape, 
(Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) 
Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5” Radius (241 mm)
No. of Frets: 21 Dunlop® 6105 Narrow Jumbo Frets 
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm) 
Width @ Nut: 1.6875" (43 mm) 
Hardware: Relic’d Gold-Plated
Machine Heads: Fender®/Gotoh® Vintage Style Machine Heads
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Pickguard: 1-Ply Relic’d Gold Anodized Aluminum
Pickups: 3 Custom Shop Fat ‘50s Single-Coil Strat® Pickups 
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, 
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), 
Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
Colors: (802) Aged lake Placid Blue,
(810) Melon Candy,
(882) Candy Tangerine,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Available 2nd quarter 2013:
(006) Black,
(009) Candy Apple Red,
(099) Nocaster Blonde,
(801) White Blonde,
(803) 2-Color Sunburst,
(822) Sunset Orange Transparent,
(840) Fiesta Red,
(846) Sherwood Green Metallic,
(883) Blue Ice Metallic,
(898) HLE Gold
Strings: D’Addario® XL110 Regular Light, Nickel Plated Steel, Gauges: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046)
Other Features: 9.5" Fretboard Radius,
Synthetic Bone Nut,
Built From Original Tooling. Shows Natural Wear and Tear of Years of Heavy Use, Nicks, Scratches, Worn Finish Rusty Hardware and Aged Plastic Parts.
Source: U.S. Fender Custom Shop
 
 
 
 
AN AMAZING GUITAR IN EVERY ASPECT
 
 
SAVE £££'s !
 
 
 
 
 
this Custom Shop Strat plays like a hot knife through melted butter ....supremely set up for 10's (Just restrung)... the action is super low with no buzzing... everything you would expect of a Fender USA Masterpiece !
 
 
an instrument for life !
 
A SUPERB HIGHLY COLLECTABLE FENDER !
 
Comes with original hardcase, all the original factory case candy pictured including manual, Ashtray Bridge cover and hang tag