New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1967 Stratocaster® Relic® with Closet Classic hardware. Honoring the legacy of late-‘60s, “large headstock” Stratocaster® guitars, this model delivers all the nuances that makes this era of Strat® special—a two-piece select alder body, quartersawn maple neck with ’60-style Oval “C” back-shape and parchment-bound, round-laminated rosewood fingerboard, and a three-ply parchment pickguard loaded with Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special™ pickups.

Dressed in Relic® lacquer Aged Blue Ice Metallic, Aged Ocean Turquoise, Aged Firemist Gold and Aged Charcoal Frost Metallic finishes with Closet Classic hardware, the 1967 Stratocaster® looks like a perfectly worn, workhorse that’s seen years and years of gigs, but was handled with care.

Other premium features include 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, Vintage Modified #2 wiring with tone-saver bleed, 5-way switch, 3-ply parchment pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree with nylon spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

BODY: 2-Piece Select Alder
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Stratocaster®
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece
HEADSTOCK: Stratocaster®
NECK MATERIAL: Quartersawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: '60s Oval "C"
NECK THICKNESS: 790"
NECK BUTT WIDTH: 2.200"
NECK THICKNESS 12TH FRET: 930"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 9.5" (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: 3A Rosewood
POSITION INLAYS: Mother of Pearl Dot - 7 mm
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
TRUSS ROD: Early '60s
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
BRIDGE: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Parchment
CONTROL KNOBS: Vintage White Plastic
SWITCH TIP: Vintage White
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
STRING TREES: American Vintage '65
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
TREMOLO ARM: Vintage Upgraded '60s
NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized
BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
MIDDLE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ 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
POTENTIOMETERS: 250K 10% Taper Split