2023 Fender Limited Edition 1965 Dual-Mag Stratocaster Journeyman Relic with Closet Classic Hardware - Blue Ice Metallic

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.

Why Buy A Guitar From Palen Music Center?

Palen Music Center has a wide range of unique guitars to enhance the sound of your music! We have been trusted by musicians across the country since 1963 and are constantly working to provide the best value for our customers. With the addition of our new PLEK machine and our longtime veteran luthiers, we are pleased to provide top-quality guitar repair.

The instrument pictured is the exact instrument you’ll receive. All fretted instruments receive a free complimentary professional setup.

Please feel free to reach out to our knowledgeable sales staff with any additional questions!

  Highlights

 Beautiful Journeyman Relic finish

Three Custom Shop hand-wound Dual Mag II pickups with enhanced string-to-string tonal balance and hum cancellation in switch positions 2 and 4

Vintage Modified #2 wiring routes neck and middle pickups to a shared tone control, with a separate tone control for the bridge pickup

Includes a 9.5"-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard, 21 narrow tall frets, bone nut, five-way pickup switch, vintage synchronized tremolo bridge

Includes a deluxe hardshell case

  Specifications

Number of Strings: 6

Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed

Body Type: Solidbody

Body Shape: Stratocaster

Body Material: Alder

Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Color: Aged Blue Ice Metallic

Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple

Neck Shape: 1965 Strat C

Neck Joint: Bolt-on

Radius: 9.5"

Fingerboard Material: Laminated Rosewood

Fingerboard Inlay: Mother of Pearl Dot

Number of Frets: 21, Narrow Tall

Scale Length: 25.5"

Nut Width: 1.650"

Nut Material: Bone

Bridge/Tailpiece: Fender Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo

Tuners: Fender Vintage-style

Neck Pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Dual-Mag II Single-coil

Middle Pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP Dual-Mag II Single-coil

Bridge Pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Dual-Mag II Single-coil

Controls: 1 x volume, 2 x tone

Switching: 5-way blade pickup switch

Strings: .010-.046

Case/Gig Bag: Hardshell Case

Depth at 1st Fret: .820"

Depth at 12th Fret: .974"