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Fender Custom Shop 1965 Stratocaster "Chicago Special" Journeyman Relic Aged Seafoam Green w/Roasted Bound Neck

Fender Custom Shop 1965 Stratocaster "Chicago Special" Journeyman Relic Aged Seafoam Green w/Roasted Bound Neck

Serial Number: R102490

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Description

This guitar is in great condition and is barely used, showing only minor signs of usage from display on our showroom floor.


From Fender:

The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as “The Dream Factory,” produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques–only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender’s finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.

"Chicago Special" Strat® pickups: 
  • Calibrated set - bridge to neck - for balanced output
  • Each pickup as custom AlNiCo 5 magnet stagger for optimum output balance string-to-string 42 gauge enamel wire for round highs
  • Potted in shellac for open wide range frequency response

Model Number: 9237100394
Serial Number: R102490
Finish Package: Journeyman Relic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Brown

Body Wood: Alder, 2-Piece
Body Color: Aged Sea Foam Green
Body Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Sort for Lightweight: Yes

Hardware Plating: Nickel/Chrome
Bridge Assembly: American Vintage Strat Bridge
Output Assembly: Vintage Strat
Control Assembly: Strat 1/2 Blender
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Back Plate & Trem Cover: Parchment
Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded '60s
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo
String Guide: American Vintage 59-64
String Gauge: .010-.046

Neck Assembly: 65 Strat 9.5R
Neck Finish: Nitro Lacquer, Medium Tint
Neck Blank: Roasted Maple Rift Sawn
Fingerboard: Rosewood AAA 9mm
Sort for Dark Fingerboard: Yes
Fingerboard Binding: Parchment .060 x .280
Truss Rod: 60s
Head Style: Small
Neck Head Thickness: 0.575"
Neck Scoop: 60
Dot Spacing: Narrow
Face Dot: Mother of Pearl 7mm
Side Dot: Micarta Black 3/32"
Fret Wire: 50085
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"
Neck Back Shape: 60 Style Oval "C"
Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .790"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .930"
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4-Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 65 Strat
Neck Notes: Relic Fingerboard, Heavy Relic Neck Back

Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment, 63-69 Strat, Nitro
Pickup Neck: Hand Wound "Chicago Special" Neck
Pickup Middle: Hand Wound "Chicago Special" Middle RWRP
Pickup Bridge: Hand Wound "Chicago Special" Bridge
Pickup Covers: Vintage White
Control Knobs: Vintage White Small Font Tone/Volume
Selector Switch Tip: Vintage White
Capacitors: Wax Paper Caps
Pots: 250K 10% Taper Split
Switch: 5-Way Selector (3-Way included in case)
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SKU: 9237100394-R102490-U1

Description

This guitar is in great condition and is barely used, showing only minor signs of usage from display on our showroom floor.


From Fender:

The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as “The Dream Factory,” produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques–only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender’s finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.

"Chicago Special" Strat® pickups: 
  • Calibrated set - bridge to neck - for balanced output
  • Each pickup as custom AlNiCo 5 magnet stagger for optimum output balance string-to-string 42 gauge enamel wire for round highs
  • Potted in shellac for open wide range frequency response

Model Number: 9237100394
Serial Number: R102490
Finish Package: Journeyman Relic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Brown

Body Wood: Alder, 2-Piece
Body Color: Aged Sea Foam Green
Body Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Sort for Lightweight: Yes

Hardware Plating: Nickel/Chrome
Bridge Assembly: American Vintage Strat Bridge
Output Assembly: Vintage Strat
Control Assembly: Strat 1/2 Blender
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Back Plate & Trem Cover: Parchment
Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded '60s
Tremolo Arm Tip: Vintage White
Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo
String Guide: American Vintage 59-64
String Gauge: .010-.046

Neck Assembly: 65 Strat 9.5R
Neck Finish: Nitro Lacquer, Medium Tint
Neck Blank: Roasted Maple Rift Sawn
Fingerboard: Rosewood AAA 9mm
Sort for Dark Fingerboard: Yes
Fingerboard Binding: Parchment .060 x .280
Truss Rod: 60s
Head Style: Small
Neck Head Thickness: 0.575"
Neck Scoop: 60
Dot Spacing: Narrow
Face Dot: Mother of Pearl 7mm
Side Dot: Micarta Black 3/32"
Fret Wire: 50085
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"
Neck Back Shape: 60 Style Oval "C"
Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .790"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .930"
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4-Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 65 Strat
Neck Notes: Relic Fingerboard, Heavy Relic Neck Back

Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment, 63-69 Strat, Nitro
Pickup Neck: Hand Wound "Chicago Special" Neck
Pickup Middle: Hand Wound "Chicago Special" Middle RWRP
Pickup Bridge: Hand Wound "Chicago Special" Bridge
Pickup Covers: Vintage White
Control Knobs: Vintage White Small Font Tone/Volume
Selector Switch Tip: Vintage White
Capacitors: Wax Paper Caps
Pots: 250K 10% Taper Split
Switch: 5-Way Selector (3-Way included in case)