Fender Custom Shop 1960 NOS Stratocaster, Purple Sparkle

Player's Perspective

Music Store Live is proud to offer up this beautiful Fender Custom Shop Strat finished in a beautiful magenta sparkle finish and sporting a highly figured flame maple. We traveled up to the Fender Custom Shop factory in 2019 and this is one of the guitars that we put together while up there! We're so happy to see how the result has turned out and we're pretty sure there's no other strat in the world that looks like this one!

Made by the very best luthiers that Fender has to offer, any piece coming out of their Custom Shop bears with it some high expectations. And if you know anything about our store, it's that we (read: I) like purple guitars! So here's one that Prince, himself, would be envious of. The gold hardware and lipstick pickups along with the clear pickguard and the sparkle finish really make this a one-of-a-kind guitar. Just in case that clear pickguard doesn't do it for you, there is also a black one that will come with the guitar. We really dig how unique it is with the clear pickguard on there showing all of that sparkly goodness. But it's not all about the glitz and glamor with this one, although there's no shortage of that. The guitar plays like a dream from top to bottom and sounds absolutely awesome, too!

The pickups are made by Seymour Duncan and they sound absolutely fantastic! The lipstick pickups pair well with the SH-4 Jeff Beck humbucker in the bridge. It's an extremely versatile guitar that can really handle a huge range of sounds but is definitely designed with the blues and classic rock enthusiast in mind. The neck and middle pickups sound wonderfully rich, airy, and have a vocal-like quality to them that definitely reminds you of some vintage single-coil tones. But they also have enough extra oomph to them to be used in modern applications as well. The bridge, of course, being a Jeff Beck signature pickup, is going to get you a lot more mileage than a traditional bridge pickup on a strat. Whether you're going for a sweet serenading tone to make the crowd weep or more for something searing that'll melt their faces off, this guitar was designed with the intention of being able to handle any of that with ease.

When it comes to Fender Stratocasters, just about everybody's got one, but I can assure you nobody's got one quite like this one! Perfect for the collector and the player, this is definitely one of those guitars that you won't want to stop looking at or stop playing.

Specifications

BODY

• Model Name: Custom Shop 1960 NOS Custom Stratocaster
• Country Of Origin: US
• Color: Magenta Sparkle
• Body: 2-Piece Select Alder
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Pickguard(s): Clear (installed) and 3-Ply Black (extra)

NECK

• Construction: Bolt-On
• Neck and Fretboard Material: AA Flame Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Shape: 60 Style Oval "C"
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Fingerboard Radius: Compound 9.5"-12"
• Number of Frets: 21
• Frets Size: 6150 Medium Jumbo
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650"
• Neck Depth @ 1st Fret: .820
• Neck Depth @ 12th Fret: .890

ELECTRONICS

• Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan Gold SH-4 Jeff Beck Signature Humbucker
• Middle Pickup: Seymour Duncan Gold Lipstick RWRP SLS-1
• Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan Gold Lipstick SLS-1
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
• Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade
• Pickup Configuration: HSS

HARDWARE

• Hardware Finish: Gold
• Bridge: Vintage Stratocaster Tremolo
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
• Control Knobs and Switch Tip: Black

MISCELLANEOUS

• Strings: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Case: Deluxe Brown Custom Shop Hardshell
• Included Accessories: Strap, Certificate of Authenticity, Spec Sheet
• Serial #: R99642
• Instrument Weight: 8.3 lbs

Overall Condition

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for Fender. This Custom Shop Strat is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty. Photos are of the exact guitar you'll receive.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.