MORE ABOUT 1957 RELIC® STRATOCASTER®
The Fender Custom Shop 1957 Relic® Stratocaster® takes you straight back to the pivotal year when the instrument was largely perfected into the form known worldwide today. Its deep-contoured alder body comes in Two-Color Sunburst, Black and HLE Gold lacquer Relic finishes, while an ash-body model is available in a White Blonde lacquer Relic finish. Sparkling tone comes from three hand-wound ’50s Stratocaster single-coil pickups (reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup) with modern five-way switching.
Other premium features include a quartersawn maple neck with a ’57 “soft V” profile and small headstock, 9.5″-radius maple fingerboard with 21 narrow jumbo frets, single-ply parchment pickguard, vintage white control knobs, American Vintage bridge, and American Vintage tuning machines. Includes hard-shell tweed case with gold interior.
SPECS
General
| Model Name: | 1957 Relic® Stratocaster®, Maple Fingerboard, White Blonde |
| Model Number: | 1555702803 |
| Series: | Time Machine |
| Color: | White Blonde |
Body
| Body Material: | Lighweight Ash |
| Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Body Shape: | Stratocaster® |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Quartersawn Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Neck Shape: | 1957 Soft “V” |
| Scale Length: | 25.5″ (648 mm) |
| Fingerboard: | Maple |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5″ (241 mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 21 |
| Fret Size: | Narrow Jumbo |
| String Nut: | Micarta |
| Nut Width: | 1.650″ (42 mm) |
| Position Inlays: | Black Dot |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’50s Single-Coil Strat |
| Middle Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’50s Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Single-Coil Strat |
| Neck Pickup: | Custom Shop ’50s Hand-Wound Single-Coil Strat |
| Controls: | Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) |
| Pickup Switching: | 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Bridge and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup |
| Pickup Configuration: | SSS |
Hardware
| Bridge: | 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
| Hardware Finish: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Tuning Machines: | American Vintage |
| Pickguard: | 1-Ply Parchment |
Miscellaneous
| Included Accessories: | Case, Cable, Strap, CruzTools® Tool Kit, Certificate of Authenticity |