Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 1964 L-Series Stratocaster Heavy Relic, 3A Rosewood Fingerboard, Aged Daphne Blue

In 2024—the 70th anniversary year of the Stratocaster®—the Fender Custom Shop introduces a model that captures the look and tone of a Strat® from an especially distinctive and sought-after era: the Limited Edition 1964 L-Series Stratocaster®. Its two-piece select alder body wears a Heavy Relic® lacquer finish that beautifully imparts the look and feel of a mid-’60s Strat® that has endured decades of heavy wear and tear, in Three-Color Sunburst, Aged Daphne Blue, Aged Olympic White and Aged Sage Metallic Green.

Its rift-sawn maple neck is fashioned with a comfortably easy-playing 1963-style “C”-shaped profile, topped by a round-lam rosewood fingerboard with a compound radius (7.25” to 9.5”) 21 medium vintage (47095) frets and a bone nut. Classic Strat® tone of that period comes from three Custom Shop hand-wound ’64 Stratocaster® pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup for hum cancellation in switch positions 2 and 4) that deliver clear highs, well-balanced mids and tight lows, routed through five way switching and Vintage Modified #2 wiring with the Tone-Saver bleed circuit, which eliminates tone loss when volume is turned down.

Other premium features include a three-ply mint green pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

SPECIFICATIONS

Neck

• Headstock: Stratocaster®
• Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Shape: 1963 Strat® "C"
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
• Fingerboard Material: 3A Rosewood
• Position Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot
• Number of Frets: 21
• Truss Rod: Early '60s
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
• Nut Material: Bone

Body

• Body: 2-Piece Select Alder
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder

Hardware

• Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
• Control Knobs: Vintage White Plastic
• Switch Tip: Vintage White
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
• String Trees: American Vintage '59-'64
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Tremolo Arm: Vintage Upgraded '60s
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '64 Single-Coil Strat®
• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP '64 Single-Coil Strat®
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat ’64 Single Coil Strat®
• Pickup Configuration: SSS
• Controls:
  • Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit
  • Tone 1: (Neck/Middle Pickups)
  • Tone 2: (Bridge Pickup)
• Switching: 5-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 Pickup

Measurements

• Dimensions: 6.40 x 17.30 x 43.50 IN
• Shipping Weight: 21.70 LB
• Fret Size: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
• Shipping Length: 43.50 IN
• Shipping Height: 6.40 IN
• Shipping Width: 17.30 IN

Accessories

• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, and Certificate of Authenticity

Miscellaneous

• Disclaimer: WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm
• Commodity Code: 9207.90.0040