Fender Custom Shop Announces 2014 Collection

2014 ‘56 Heavy Relic Stratocaster

Scottsdale, AZ (January 6, 2014) -- The Fender Custom Shop presents a collection of exquisitely crafted instruments for 2014, all created with the finest materials available for the player who demands a high-end boutique instrument carrying the Fender legacy. The most distinctive features of each individual model are listed below:

2014 Custom Deluxe Stratocaster

• Alder body with AAA quilt maple top in Purple Trans, Candy Red Trans, and Cobalt Blue Trans finishes
• AAA birdseye maple neck with a 10/56 large “V” shape
• Rosewood or one-piece maple fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets
• Custom Shop Fat ’60s single-coil Strat® pickups (bridge and neck); reverse-wound/reverse polarity Fat ‘60s single-coil Strat pickups (middle) with five-way pickup switch and modern Stratocaster wiring
• Nickel/chrome hardware with pearl button tuners
• Two-point synchronized tremolo with block saddles

2014 Custom Deluxe Telecaster

• Alder body with AAA quilt maple top in Purple Trans, Candy Red Trans, and Cobalt Blue Trans finishes
• AAA Birdseye Maple neck with a NoCaster “U” Shape
• Rosewood or Maple fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets
• Texas Special single-coil Tele pickups (bridge), Custom Shop Twisted Tele single-coil pickups (neck)
with three-way switch and custom Telecaster wiring
• Nickel/chrome hardware with pearl button tuners
• Six-saddle Custom Shop chrome-plated steel Tele bridge plate with plated solid brass saddles

1964 Closet Classic Stratocaster

• Select alder body in Three-Color Sunburst finish
• Nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Maple neck with early-’60s “C” shape
• Round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 vintage-style frets
• Hand-wound single-coil Stratocaster pickups (bridge, middle, neck) with Vintage Stratocaster wiring
• Vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge

1964 Closet Classic Jazzmaster

• Select alder body in Sonic Blue finish with a matching headstock
• Nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Maple neck with an early ‘60s oval “C” shape
• Round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 vintage-style frets
• Custom Vintage Jazzmaster pickups (bridge and neck) with vintage Jazzmaster wiring
• American Vintage adjustable six-saddle bridge with floating tremolo and tremolo lock button

2014 Proto Stratocaster

• Select lightweight ash body with cutaway heel in Faded Three-Color Sunburst, Black, and Arctic White finishes
• AAA Birdseye Maple neck with early ‘60s oval “C” shape
• Round-lam rosewood or one-piece maple fingerboard with 22 medium-jumbo frets
• Custom hand-wound Fat ‘60s Strat (bridge), Texas Special single-coil Strat (middle and neck) pickups with five-way switch and custom Stratocaster wiring
• Master volume and master tone controls
• Two-point synchronized tremolo with block saddles

2014 Proto Telecaster

• Select lightweight ash body with cutaway heel in Arctic White, Black, and Faded Three-Color Sunburst finishes
• AAA birdseye maple neck with a 10/56 large “V” shape
• Round-lam rosewood or one-piece maple fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets
• Josephina Red Hot pickups (bridge and neck) with three-way switch and Modern Telecaster wiring
• Nickel/chrome hardware with research special design Telecaster bridge
• Master volume and Greasebucket™ tone circuit controls

2014 Proto Precision Bass

• Lightweight select alder body ash body in Arctic White, Black, and Faded Three-Color Sunburst with nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• One-piece quartersawn maple neck with a “C” shape
• Maple fingerboard with 20 medium jumbo frets
• TV Jones Thunderblade pickup with Vintage Precision Bass wiring
• Volume and tone controls

1964 Heavy Relic Precision Bass

• Select alder body with in heavy relic Three-Color Sunburst with nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Quartersawn maple neck with a “C” shape
• Round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 20 vintage frets
• Vintage split single-coil Precision Bass pickups with Vintage Precision Bass wiring
• “L Series” neck plate
• Nickel/chrome hardware with four-saddle Vintage Precision Bass bridge
• Volume and tone controls

2014 ‘56 Heavy Relic Stratocaster

• Alder body in Black finish with Heavy Relic lacquer
• One-piece maple neck with a 10/56 “V” shape
• One-piece maple fingerboard with 21 6105 frets
• Master-designed pickups with reverse-wound/reverse polarity middle pickup with five-way switch and Modern Stratocaster wiring

For more information:
Fender Custom Shop