Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilt Stratocaster

About the Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilt Stratocaster

A Masterbuilt Stratocaster is a Fender Custom Shop guitar built from start to finish by one Master Builder, where other Custom Shop guitars are team built. Specs are chosen guitar by guitar, by the customer or the ordering dealer together with the builder. Many are dealer-ordered runs or limited editions of 25 to 100 guitars, and some are one-offs.

Bodies are alder or ash, most often two-piece. Most are finished in nitrocellulose lacquer, a few in polyurethane, and the aging runs from NOS and Closet Classic through Journeyman, Relic and Heavy Relic to Ultimate Relic. Most have a 25.5 inch scale and a bone nut 1.650 inch wide. Neck profiles vary by build: 60s oval C, modern C, soft V, U and D shapes all appear. Most boards have a 9.5 inch radius; some vintage-spec builds have 7.25 inch and others a compound radius. Frets are most often narrow tall 6105 or medium jumbo 6150, and pickups are usually Custom Shop hand-wound sets.

Most weighed examples come in at about 7.2 to 8.5 lb (3.3 to 3.9 kg). It normally comes with a hardshell case, a certificate of authenticity and case candy, often with a strap.

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Sellers are asking a median of €8,450 for the Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilt Stratocaster today, 36% over the €6,200 it actually sells for (11 recorded sales, last 6 months; most sold between €5,450 and €8,400). There are 139 listings live right now across eBay United States, eBay Germany, Reverb, from €4,661 asking. Figures computed 17 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.