Sold: 2019 Fender Custom Shop 63 Stratocaster Relic £2,500.

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2019 Fender Custom Shop 63 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic in classic three-tone sunburst with tortoiseshell scratchplate. It has a 9.5” radius fingerboard, medium jumbo frets, a very dark rosewood board and a 65 Strat ‘C’ neck profile. The back of the neck is fully lacquered and has not been sanded back and dirtied like it is on some Relics, and it feels nice and smooth to play. The pickups are handwound, a 69 in the neck, a 65 middle and a Texas Special bridge - the ’mischief maker’ set which is a combination that sounds great. The guitar weighs approx 7lb 12oz and comes with its original Custom Shop brown case with embroidered interior lid, COA and case candy. It will also come with a spare aged scratchplate which looks white in the pic but in real life it is a realistic off-white very pale minty colour; as it’s a mid 60s style guard the screw hole between the neck and middle pickups is in a different position to that on the tortoiseshell guard on the actual guitar. Please note that the strap and amp shown in the pics are not included!

I’m just looking for a sale on this, no trades thanks, £2,750 £2,500. Collect from Salisbury in Wiltshire or I could do a halfway meet up if not too far. Alternatively I could ship it as I do have a guitar shipping box and could pack it up securely if a buyer wanted to arrange shipping at their own cost and risk. Thanks for looking. 

chris78

I’ve played this and it’s really good. If Nigel is being honest, he’s selling it because it’s 7lbs 12oz not 7lbs 2oz.
For the rest of us, it’s a good weight, great pickups and sounds fantastic 

theatreanchor

Nicely coordinated strap (and amp too!)

pacodelucia13

Is this slab board or veneer? Can never tell in the spec sheet. Gorgeous looking strat

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pacodelucia13 said:

Is this slab board or veneer? Can never tell in the spec sheet. Gorgeous looking strat

Thanks for the question, the fingerboard is round lam not slab but with the flatter 9.5” fingerboard radius it looks almost the same as a slab board.

theatreanchor said:

Nicely coordinated strap (and amp too!)

Thanks!

Lewy

I have one with an identical spec and it's great. Was this from GG? 

Anyway, just wanted to say that this pickup set works really well together - I believe it's also referred to as the "Troublemaker" set. People sometimes recoil when they see "Texas Special" but that's a big mistake when it comes to the handwound version as part of this set. It works brilliantly in the bridge position.

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Lewy said:

I have one with an identical spec and it's great. Was this from GG? 

Anyway, just wanted to say that this pickup set works really well together - I believe it's also referred to as the "Troublemaker" set. People sometimes recoil when they see "Texas Special" but that's a big mistake when it comes to the handwound version as part of this set. It works brilliantly in the bridge position.

Thanks. Not sure if this one came from GG or not but it sure is a great pickup combination, and I think it’s also known as the ‘mischief maker set’.

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Up again. 

brooom

A bit on the heavy side for a CS strat, but still a nice guitar. Good luck with the sale.

bgmartinsbridge

Lovely guitar, I'd have had it if was lighter.

Is that kitchen, bathroom or guitar scales? 

Only joking. Good luck with the sale Nigel. 

nero1701

Almost a clone of my cs 59 journeyman
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ksGYWv9hSqLXfa839

robmac5150

Great combo

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Thanks!

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Fender Friday bump. 

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Up again. 

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Fender Friday…

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Pre-Christmas bump. 

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2023 bump.

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Bump for a trade…

jaymzhopkinz

Pm

jaymzhopkinz

Still for sale?