Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 1964 L-Series Stratocaster Heavy Relic 3A Rosewood Fingerboard 3-Color Sunburst

Weight: 7 lbs 13 oz
Neck depth 1st fret: .84"
Neck depth 12th fret: 1.04"

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.

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

Fret Size

Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)

Scale Length

25.5" (64.77 cm)

Body

2-Piece Select Alder

Body Finish

Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Body Shape

Stratocaster®

Body Material

2-Piece Select Alder

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

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

Included Accessories

Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.