Fender Custom Shop 1960 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic, Aged Vintage White #R135913

Full Description

Vintage tone with Custom Shop Fat '60s pickups

At the heart of the Fender Custom Shop 1960 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic is a set of Custom Shop Fat '60s pickups, designed to capture the warmth and sparkle of a golden-era Strat. These hand-wound pickups are carefully voiced to deliver the rich, rounded mids, articulate highs, and smooth low-end response that defined the tones of the early 1960s. The reverse-wound, reverse-polarity middle pickup ensures hum-cancelling performance in positions two and four, giving you that signature Strat quack without unwanted noise. You can easily move from clean blues to edge-of-breakup crunch with a touch-sensitive response. From expressive lead tones to shimmering rhythm work, these pickups give you everything you need to mimic that legendary vintage tone.

Journeyman relic finish with vintage styling

Fender’s Journeyman relic treatment strikes the perfect balance between aged character and refined detail. This lighter relic style gives the guitar a naturally worn-in look, as if it has seen years of love without drastic relicing. Subtle lacquer checking, delicate dings, and oxidised hardware bring out a road-worn aesthetic that’s brimming with personality. The aged Vintage White nitrocellulose finish is thin and breathable, helping the two-piece alder body resonate more freely while developing its own patina over time. Authentic touches like a green-backed nitrate pickguard, parchment knobs and switch tip, and vintage-style tuners tie the vintage vibe together. Every visual detail is handled with care to ensure the guitar exudes early '60s charm straight out of the case.

Premium neck feel with period-correct specs

The neck has been designed with both comfort and historical accuracy in mind, featuring a 1960-style oval “C” profile that offers a natural, easy grip. Its medium-tinted nitro lacquer finish enhances the worn feel, providing a smooth feel. Built with a plain grain maple neck and African Blackwood fingerboard, the tonal and visual quality is exceptional. The 7.25" radius and vintage upgrade frets provide an old-school playing surface with improved flexibility, allowing for super expressive bends. Authentic wide-spaced vintage clay dot inlays and a classic small headstock further anchor the guitar’s mid-century DNA. Every detail, down to the truss rod and decal, has been chosen to replicate the feel of a true early '60s Strat.

Thoughtfully selected vintage hardware and electronics

This Stratocaster blends old-school looks with modern reliability, thanks to its period-accurate hardware and carefully selected electronics. The American Vintage tremolo system includes a vintage-upgraded 60s arm for smooth, expressive vibrato while maintaining excellent tuning stability. A relic’d parchment back plate and trem cover add visual continuity to the aged aesthetic. Inside, the Strat modern relic wiring harness features 250K split-shaft pots with a ten percent taper, offering smoother control and more refined tonal sweeps. The five-way CRL selector switch provides flexibility to explore a range of tones without compromising the vintage foundation. Finished with nickel/chrome hardware, a bone nut, and a four-bolt neck plate, every detail of this beauty delivers a seamless playing experience.

Specifications

• Product Name: Fender Custom Shop 1960 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic, Aged Vintage White
• Product Code: 9238014813 #R135913

Body

• Body Wood: 2-piece alder
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer
• Finish Colour: Aged Vintage White
• Finish Package: Journeyman Relic
• Body Weight Sort: No sort

Neck & Fretboard

• Neck Style: Custom 1960 Strat CC/Relic
• Neck Shape: 60 Style Oval "C"
• Neck Wood: Plain grain maple
• Neck Finish: Medium tint nitro lacquer
• Fingerboard: African Blackwood
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25"
• Frets: 21, Vintage Upgrade / 45085
• Nut Width: 1.650"
• Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: 0.790"
• Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: 0.930"
• Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
• Truss Rod: Early '60s style
• Headstock: Small, with 54–60 Strat decal and OCB
• Inlays: Wide spacing vintage clay dots
• Side Dots: Vintage clay
• Tuners: Vintage with Fender logo (Relic’d)

Hardware & Electronics

• Bridge: American Vintage Strat bridge (Relic’d)
• Tremolo Arm: Vintage upgraded 60s style (Relic’d) with white tip
• Output Jack: Vintage Strat (Relic’d)
• Back Plate: Parchment Strat cover (Relic’d)
• Control Assembly: Strat modern relic wiring
• Pickup Configuration: SSS
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '60s (Relic’d)
• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '60s RWRP (Relic’d)
• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '60s (Relic’d)
• Pickup Selector: 5-way CRL switch with white relic’d tip
• Controls: Volume, Tone 1, Tone 2 – all 250K 10 taper split shaft
• Knobs: Strat small font white (Relic’d)
• Pickguard: 60s Strat Nitro green-back (Relic’d), 3-ply
• Pickguard Style: Custom 60s Strat shape
• Strap Locks: Not included
• Neck Plate: 4-bolt with R serial (Relic’d)
• String Gauge: .010–.046
• Case: Fender Custom Shop Strat/Tele brown case