{"product_id":"new-fender-custom-shop-thunder-road-exclusive-59-stratocaster-journeyman-3-color-sunburst-w-closet-classic-hardware-r147337-pdx","title":"New Fender Custom Shop TRG Exclusive 1959 Stratocaster Journeyman 3-Color Chocolate Sunburst w\/Closet Classic Hardware #R147337 (PDX)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn careful planning with our friends at the Fender Custom Shop we are pleased to offer the 1959 Thunder Road Stratocaster Journeyman Relic! This model has been in planning for well over a year and we are thrilled with the results.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach Thunder Road 1959 Stratocaster features a light-weight chambered roasted alder body, hand-wound pickups that are slightly overwound to our specs, closet classic hardware, Custom Shop Exclusive RSD bridge, roasted rift sawn maple neck and a compound 9.5-12\" fingerboard radius. We love these guitars and think you will too! If you are after a light-weight resonant Strat that has the look and vibe of a vintage guitar with some modern specs this is the model for you!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFreshly inspected and set up in-house by our esteemed Guitar Tech. See below for more details and specifications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFROM FENDER CUSTOM SHOP:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA Fender Custom Shop instrument is extraordinary. You know it when you play one—it’s definitely more than the sum of its parts. It’s filled with intangible, electrifying elements that add a new dimension to your playing experience. It’s as if the instrument itself is imbued with history, alive with the spirit of the place where it was built and the devotion of those who crafted it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eABOUT HALF-BLENDER CONTROLS:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA 1\/2 blend control, aka half blender, is a wiring modification on Stratocaster guitars that replaces the bridge tone knob with a potentiometer to mix in the neck pickup selectively.  It activates only in switch positions 1 (bridge alone) and 2 (bridge + middle), blending the neck pickup for Telecaster-like tones or all-three-pickup sounds without affecting positions 3-5.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSPECIFICATIONS:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eVintage-Style Tuners\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1.65” Bone Nut\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1959 D Profile Rift-Sawn Roasted Maple Neck with 25.5” Scale Length and Unfinished Back\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNeck Thickness .80\" at First Fret and .98\" at Twelfth Fret\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAAA Rosewood Flat Lam Slab Fingerboard with Vintage Clay Dot Inlays and 9.5\" to 12\" Compound Radius\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e21 Narrow Tall (6105) Frets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e3 Custom Shop 5% Over-Wound Dual Mag Stratocaster Pickups with RWRP Middle Pickup\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eStratocaster Half-Blender Control on Bridge Tone Knob\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRSD Stratocaster Bridge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRoasted Alder Chambered Body in Aged 3-Color Chocolate Sunburst Thin Nitro Finish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWeight 6 lb 14 oz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCustom Shop Hard Shell Case\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSerial Number R147337\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fender Custom Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51928934351140,"sku":"25FenderCSTRGExclusive1959StratJourneyman3CChocSunburst#R147337U01302026","price":5025.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5560\/7980\/files\/New-Fender-CustomShopTRG59Stratocaster-Sunburst-PDX7337-3.jpg?v=1769811674","url":"https:\/\/p.thunderroadguitars.com\/products\/new-fender-custom-shop-thunder-road-exclusive-59-stratocaster-journeyman-3-color-sunburst-w-closet-classic-hardware-r147337-pdx","provider":"Thunder Road Guitars Portland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}