Fender Relic 60's Guitars

January 18, 1996 -- Fender expands the Relic Series, a line of unique guitars honoring the character and history of their highly collectible vintage instruments, with the addition of the Relic 60's Stratocaster and Relic 60's Jazz Bass. Handcrafted at the Fender Custom Shop, each Relic instrument undergoes a unique "aging" process, resulting in a new instrument with the comfortable playing feel and look of a vintage guitar.

The Relic 60's Stratocaster captures the true vintage feel and tone by combining an alder body, 21-fret rosewood fingerboard maple neck, vintage style tremolo bridge, vintage style tuning machines and specially wound Custom 60's pickups. The guitar is available stock in Olympic White and other vintage colors are available by special order only.

Faithfully reproducing the tone of the original classic model by using vintage Jazz Bass pickups and electronics, the Relic 60's Jazz Bass features a custom three tone sunburst finish alder body and maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. The classic look is completed with vintage style machine heads and vintage style bridge in chrome.

To distinguish the Relic Series' Custom Shop origins, the word "Relic" appears on the body under the neckplate. The Fender Custom Shop logo is also imbedded into the wood on the back of the headstock as well as under the pickguard on the body of each instrument.

"Each guitar in the Relic Series has a personality of its own due to the unique nature of the aging process." says John Page, Manager of the Fender Custom Shop. "These instruments truly capture the essence of a vintage collectors item."

For more information, visit their web site at www.fender.com.