In 2024 — the 70th anniversary year of the Stratocaster® — the Fender Custom Shop introduces a model that captures the look and tone of a Strat® from an especially distinctive and sought-after era: the Limited Edition 1964 L-Series Stratocaster®. Its 2-piece select alder body wears a Heavy Relic® lacquer finish that beautifully imparts the look and feel of a mid-'60s Strat® that has endured decades of heavy wear and tear, in Aged Sage Metallic Green.

Its rift-sawn maple neck is fashioned with a comfortably easy-playing 1963-style "C"-shaped profile, topped by a round-lam rosewood fingerboard with a compound radius (7.25" to 9.5"), 21 medium vintage (47095) frets and a bone nut. Classic Strat® tone of that period comes from 3 Custom Shop hand-wound '64 Stratocaster® pickups (reverse-wound / reverse-polarity middle pickup for hum cancellation in switch positions 2 and 4) that deliver clear highs, well-balanced mids and tight lows, routed through 5-way switching and Vintage Modified #2 wiring with the Tone-Saver bleed circuit, which eliminates tone loss when volume is turned down.

Other premium features include a 3-ply mint-green pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

General:

- Model Name: Limited Edition 1964 L-Series Stratocaster® Heavy Relic®, 3A Rosewood Fingerboard, Aged Sherwood Green Metallic

- Series: Limited Edition

- Color: Aged Sherwood Green Metallic

Body:

- Body Shape: Stratocaster®

- Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder

- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck:

- Neck Material: Rift-Sawn Maple

- Neck Shape: 1963 Strat® "C"

- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)

- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)

- Number of Frets: 21

- Fret Size: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)

- String Nut: Bone

- Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)

- Headstock: Stratocaster®

- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style

- Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

- Fingerboard: 3A Rosewood

- Position Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot

Electronics:

- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '64 Single-Coil Strat®

- Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP '64 Single-Coil Strat®

- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '64 Single-Coil Strat®

- Controls: Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, Tone 1 (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2 (Bridge Pickup)

- Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1 (Bridge Pickup), Position 2 (Bridge and Middle Pickup), Position 3 (Middle Pickup), Position 4 (Middle and Neck Pickup), Position 5 (Neck Pickup)

- Pickup Configuration: SSS

Hardware:

- Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo

- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo

- Orientation: Right-Hand

- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

- Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green

- Control Knobs: Vintage White Plastic

- Switch Tips: Vintage White

Miscellaneous:

- Strings: Nickel-Plated Steel (0.010 - 0.046 Gauges)

- Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity

* Features and Specifications Subject to Change Without Notice