Fender Custom Shop Limited '58 Strat Relic

The Fender Custom Shop Limited '58 Strat Relic has some surprisingly modern specs hidden under it's worn fifties guise. The tonal center of this guitar is the Abigail Ybarra hand-wound pickups with 5-way modern strat wiring, which allows the tone knob for the middle pickup to function as high-end roll-off on the bridge pickup for smooth, creamy solos. Fender Custom Shop Limited '58 Strat Relic has a 9.5" radius fretboard with Dunlop 6105 frets married to a 1-piece 10/56 Big V Neck for unparalleled comfort and playability. Comfort, as well as natural resonance, is further enhanced by a very light Premium Ash Body, bringing this guitar's total weight in at a feathery 7lbs 3 oz. And of course Fender Custom Shop's meticulous relic-ing and perfect Nitro finish make the Fender Custom Shop Limited '58 Strat Relic a stunning piece of art as well as a highly functional instrument.

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Music

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• Fender
• Custom
• Shop
• Q1
• Limited
• '58
• Strat
• Relic

[blackberryblossom]

Hi,

another nice video from pro guitar.com. Just one question: This is supposed to be a 58 model, but the candy apple red finish didn´t appear before somewhere in the early 60s, is that right? So the color actually isn´t correct for a 50s model? Or are there any originally old 50s Strats with this beautiful custom color?

Anyway, nice guitar.

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@blackberryblossom - This guitar was built to resemble a '58 that had been refinished at some point in it's life, hence the color and pickguard. Hope that clears things up. Thanks!

-PGS

[MitchRulzWorld]

What does DRRI stand for? Deluxe Reverb reissue intergalactic? Please help. Thanks

Mitch

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@MitchRulzWorld - DRRi (notice the little "i") is generally understood to mean Deluxe Reverb Reissue by internet guitar people. We're not sure why. Why are Strat bridges called "tremolos" when they are really vibratos? Somebody screwed it up a long time ago and it's been that way ever since. I like "intergalactic" though...gotta get me one of those.

-PGS Crew

[TwoBucksShy]

I dunno if I missed it in the video, but what amp is that? That rig is delicious.

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@TwoBucksShy - Fender Custom Shop 57 Tweed Twin. Just a background prop though, Andy was playing through the Fender DRRi in this vid. Thanks for watching!

-PGS Video Crew

[TEMPA01]

Why does the wear on all these "worn" guitars always seem to be in weird places?

I have just watched most of this video and very rarely do Andy's fingers get any where near the wear marks on the scratch plate. It looks like it has been strummed between the neck and the neck pick up to get worn where it is.

The Road Worn series don't even have any wear at all at the twelfth fret! Am I the only person in the world who plays E minor Pentatonic and E blues scales at the twelfth fret?!?!?!

[TheWiffler94]

Anyone, please help me! I have a strat and it is in tune when playing open strings and low stuff but is out of tune on higher notes!!! Please tell me how to fix!!!!

[Goodmute]

someday when i got plenty of money...;)

[69Bloodsucker]

This guitar is pretty as hell, and sounds so great. I don't know what is the reason, selected ash body or this hand wound pickups but it's one of the best sounding Strat I've ever heard. And I've heard really many of them. Killer guitar, I hope I'll get one someday. If I'll find it somewhere...

[kaphillum]

Which pickups are build in this guitar? the cs fat 50´s or the cs 54´s or something completely different?

[bmolnar56]

Iron Man's guitar.

[nymetsrock]

@MitchRulzWorld i was under the impression it was Deluxe Reverb Reissue, and it was DRRi for that, the little i signifying the i in Reissue

[Jacksonkellyfreak]

hell, instead of paying fender a premium to relic a guitar, send me your guitar and 50 bucks and ill beat the dogshit out of it.

[MrStratcaster]

I hate "worn" guitars,fore all times