2023 Collection Limited 1965 Dual-Mag Stratocaster - Journeyman Relic

New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Limited '65 Dual-Mag Strat Journeyman Relic with Closet Classic Hardware-a stunning beauty from bridge to headstock, with special pickups and wiring, gold hardware, a three-ply black pickguard, mother-of-pearl fingerboard dot inlays and more. Most notably, it wears a beautiful Journeyman Relic finish in Aged Inca Silver, Aged Blue Ice Metallic, Aged Sage Green Metallic and Faded Aged Charcoal Frost Metallic. This finish imparts the look of moderate playing wear, with a fine network of finish checking on the two-piece select alder body and quartersawn maple neck with '65-style "C" profile, plus a handful of "friendly" down-to-the-wood nicks and dings and Closet Classic hardware that's only slightly oxidized.

All three Custom Shop hand-wound Dual Mag II pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup for hum cancellation in switch positions 2 and 4) deliver high-output vintage Strat tone with enhanced string-to-string tonal balance. Vintage Modified #2 wiring routes the neck and middle pickups to a shared tone control, with the bottom tone control routed to the bridge pickup. Further, the Tone-Saver bleed circuit eliminates tonal loss when the volume control is turned down.

Other premium features include a 9.5"-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow tall (6105) frets and a bone nut, five-way pickup switch, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, wing string tree with nylon spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

• Serial Number

  CZ564140

• Brand Name

  Fender Custom Shop

• Model

  2023 Collection Limited 1965 Dual-Mag Stratocaster

• Finish Color

  Aged Inca Silver

• Finish Type

  Nitrocellulose Lacquer

• Aging

  Journeyman Relic

• Weight

  7.89 lbs.

• Body Wood

  Alder

• Neck Dimensions

  .840 1st - .980 12th

• Neck Wood

  Quartersawn Maple

• Neck Shape

  '65 Strat C

• Fingerboard Wood

  Round-Laminated AAA Rosewood

• Fingerboard Radius

  9.5"

• Fingerboard Inlays

  Mother-of-Pearl Dot

• Frets

  21 6150 Narrow Tall

• Scale Length

  25.5"

• Nut Material

  Bone

• Width at Nut

  1.650"

• Pickups

  2 Custom Shop Hand-Wound Dual-Mag II Strat (Bridge and Neck), 1 Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP Dual-Mag II Strat (Middle)

• Controls

  Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup); 5-Way Switch

• Hardware

  Gold

• Tuners

  Vintage-Style

• bridge

  Vintage Tremolo

• Pickguard

  3-Ply Black

• Case

  Limited Edition Hardshell Case with Embroidered Custom Shop Logo

• Certificate of Authenticity

  Yes