Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1959 Stratocaster #R146975 - time capsule faded surf green

This FENDER Custom Shop Time Machine Vintage Custom '59 Stratocaster #R146975 (9237003434) is a reinterpretation of the original Strat in its evolution from the very late 1950s.

Solid body electric guitar, "sort for lighweight" Alder body, bolt-on neck in rift-sawn Maple, "flat-lam / sort for dark" Rosewood fingerboard ('59 Esquire C profile, narrow-tall frets, 7.25/9.5" hybrid radius), Custom Shop hand-wound 1959 Strat pickups, Fender Custom Shop case, strap, certificate of authenticity.

The Fender Telecaster, Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, Jaguar Precision Bass or Jazz Bass are legendary electrics that are an integral part of the history of amplified music, having amply contributed to its expansion and democratization.
The ideal would be to be the proud owner of an original from the 50s or 60s, but the price of vintage instruments is so high that it's difficult for anyone to get access to them. Concerning the Relic finish: the dealers present at NAMM 1995 were totally blown away by the level of realism of the first two Relic models that Fender presented to them that year. Despite being vintage connoisseurs, they mistook them for genuine Fender originals (a '51 Nocaster and a '56 Mary Kaye Stratocaster).
The early-aging process is now fully mastered, and accounts for the bulk of Custom Shop sales.