New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1959 Stratocaster® Journeyman Relic®. The two-piece select alder body wears Journeyman Relic® lacquer finishes in Super Faded Aged Shell Pink, Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue, Faded Aged Sea Foam Green and Faded Aged Sherwood Green Metallic for the authentically worn-in look and feel of a family heirloom instrument that’s been handed down through the years.

Classic appointments from the end of the decade are featured up and down the guitar: quartersawn maple neck with ’59-style “D” back-shape and flat-laminated rosewood fingerboard bring out the best in tone and playability. Armed with a trio of Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ‘50s Stratocaster® pickups, Vintage Modified #2 wiring and Tone-Save bleed circuitry, there’s no shortage of sought after golden era tone.

Other premium features include 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, 5-way switch, 3-ply mint green pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

NeckHEADSTOCKStratocaster®NECK MATERIALQuartersawn MapleNECK FINISHNitrocellulose LacquerNECK SHAPE1959 "D"NECK THICKNESS.800"NECK BUTT WIDTH2.200"NECK THICKNESS 12TH FRET.980"FINGERBOARD RADIUS9.5" (241 mm)FINGERBOARD MATERIAL3A RosewoodPOSITION INLAYSVintage Clay DotNUMBER OF FRETS21TRUSS RODEarly '60sSTRING NUTBoneNUT WIDTH1.650" (42 mm)NUT MATERIALBone

BodyBODY2-Piece Select AlderBODY FINISHNitrocellulose LacquerBODY SHAPEStratocaster®BODY MATERIAL2-Piece Select Alder

HardwareBRIDGECustom Shop Vintage Synchronized TremoloPICKGUARD3-Ply Mint GreenCONTROL KNOBSVintage White PlasticSWITCH TIPVintage WhiteHARDWARE FINISHNickel/ChromeTUNING MACHINESVintage-Style with Fender® LogoSTRING TREESAmerican Vintage '59-'64STRINGSNickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)TREMOLO ARMVintage Upgraded '60sNECK PLATE4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized

ElectronicsBRIDGE PICKUPCustom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®MIDDLE PICKUPCustom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®NECK PICKUPCustom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®PICKUP CONFIGURATIONSSSCONTROLSMaster Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)SWITCHING5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck PickupPOTENTIOMETERS250K 10% Taper Split