Fender Custom Shop Strat

About the Fender Custom Shop Strat

This page gathers Fender Custom Shop Stratocasters as a group, so specs vary from guitar to guitar. Most are period recreations named for a year, from 1954 through 1969. Many Limited Editions are built around a named hand-wound pickup set, most often Tomatillo, Dual-Mag or Texas Special, and some are runs made for a single dealer. The aging levels seen run from Closet Classic through Journeyman and Relic to Heavy Relic, and some have a roasted body or neck.

Most have nitrocellulose lacquer over a two-piece alder or ash body, a 25.5 inch scale and a bone nut 1.650 inch wide. Most boards have a 9.5 inch radius, with compound radii of 7.25 to 9.5 inch or 9.5 to 12 inch on some, and frets are usually narrow tall 6105 or jumbo 6100. The middle pickup is usually reverse wound and reverse polarity to cancel hum in the in-between positions. Wiring varies: Vintage Modified #2 with a Tone-Saver treble bleed is common, and some have a Greasebucket tone circuit or a half blender that adds the neck pickup to the bridge position. Weighed examples come in at about 7.2 to 8 lb (3.3 to 3.6 kg).

Each comes with a hardshell case, often tweed, a strap and a certificate of authenticity, and many with the floor traveler, the build sheet that lists that guitar's specs. The factory aging is part of the finish, so ask what wear on a used one is not factory aging.

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Sellers are asking a median of €4,584 for the Fender Custom Shop Strat today, 64% over the €2,800 it actually sells for (10 recorded sales, last 6 months; most sold between €2,600 and €3,400). There are 108 listings live right now across Reverb, eBay Germany, eBay United States, from €1,951 asking. Figures computed 18 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.