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Fender Custom Shop Announces 2014 Collection

The 2014 collection includes Strats, Teles, Basses, and a Jazzmaster.

2014 ā€˜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 ā€œVā€ shape
  • Rosewood or one-piece maple fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets
  • Custom Shop Fat ’60s single-coil StratĀ® pickups (bridge and neck); reverse-wound/reverse polarity Fat ā€˜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 ā€œUā€ 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 ā€œCā€ 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 ā€˜60s oval ā€œCā€ 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 ā€˜60s oval ā€œCā€ shape
  • Round-lam rosewood or one-piece maple fingerboard with 22 medium-jumbo frets
  • Custom hand-wound Fat ā€˜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 ā€œVā€ 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 Greasebucketā„¢ 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 ā€œCā€ 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 ā€œCā€ shape
  • Round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 20 vintage frets
  • Vintage split single-coil Precision Bass pickups with Vintage Precision Bass wiring
  • ā€œL Seriesā€ neck plate
  • Nickel/chrome hardware with four-saddle Vintage Precision Bass bridge
  • Volume and tone controls

2014 ā€˜56 Heavy Relic Stratocaster

  • Alder body in Black finish with Heavy Relic lacquer
  • One-piece maple neck with a 10/56 ā€œVā€ 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

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