Fender Custom Shop 2016 Collection 1958 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic SN: CZ525803

The Fender Custom Shop 1958 Stratocaster represents a year where things were changing; Elvis Presley was inducted into the army, NASA was formed, and 14 year old Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship. At Fender, and the guitars were changing, too. Gone was the original V shape neck profile, and instead, we saw the introduction of a U shape, that would later evolve into what we now know as the classic 59 Large Three tone sunburst was the hip new finish, and the fretboard was update br, br,