A 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.
The Custom Shop builders are completely dedicated to their art, they’re the best at what they do, and they pour all of their passion, hard-earned knowledge and skill into every instrument they build. It’s no ordinary place, and the creations that come from it are no ordinary instruments. Whether they’re Team-built or Master-built.
Let’s jump straight in and take a look at some of our best Fender Custom Shop guitars we currently have available!
Fender Custom Shop ’50 Double Esquire Vintage Custom, NOS, Nocaster Blonde
This great looking double pickup Esquire has a NOS Flash Coat Lacquer Finish, Closet Classic Hardware, and 2-Piece Off Center Seam Ash Body. The neck is a 1-Piece Tinted Rift Sawn Maple Neck with 10/56 “V” shape, nice and chunky, topped off with a 7.25″-9.5″ Compound Fingerboard Radius, 21 Jescar Medium Frets.
Underneath the hood there are a couple of Hand-Wound ’50-’51 Blackguard Pickups, a 3-Way Switch, and ’51 Modified Nocaster Wiring. There’s a 1 Ply Black Phenolic Pickguard, ’51-’54 Tele Bridge with Brass Saddles, Vintage Tuners with Fender Logo, a Bone Nut, and Disk String Tree. It comes with a Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, and Certificate of Authenticity.
Fender Custom Shop ’51 Precision Bass Vintage Custom, NOS, Nocaster Blonde
The debut of the Precision Bass in 1951 is arguably one of the most important milestones of the 20th Century. The P Bass® gave bass players a means to be heard clearly while eliminating the need to lug around a heavy (and fragile) upright bass. It also profoundly changed the sound of popular music and gave birth to a slew of new musical styles.
The Vintage Custom 1951 Precision Bass offers the appointments that made the original the undisputed champion of working bassists the world over, including a supremely fast and comfortable tinted quartersawn maple neck with a 7.25″ fingerboard radius, ’51-‘55 P Bass bridge with vintage fiber bridge saddles and flatwound strings. It also boasts an original slab-style P Bass body with a NOS flash-coat lacquer finish that lets the instrument breathe more organically and shows some of the natural grain through the finish.
Fender Custom Shop ’57 Stratocaster LTD, Heavy Relic, 2 Tone Sunburst
This NAMM Limited Heavy Relic Lightweight Ash ’57 Stratocaster is equipped with Handwound ’57 Pickups to give you that truly authentic classic fifties tone that is so sought after. A Nitro flash coat Lacquer has been given the Heavy Relic treatment and aged to look like a guitar that has been used night after night for 60 years.
The ’57 Soft V quartersawn Maple neck has been given a dark tint in keeping with the general aesthetics and a modern 9.5″ radius with 21 Tall Narrow frets offers a great playing experience with a low action. Set up with 10-46 gauge strings and a Bone nut to bring the best out of this extremely resonant guitar. Comes with a limited engraved neckplate, limited certificate of authenticity and a Tweed Custom Shop case. Great example of the stunning craftsmanship coming out of the Fender Custom Shop.
Fender Custom Shop ’57 Stratocaster LTD, Heavy Relic, Taos Turquoise/2 Tone Sunburst
Fender Custom Shop ’62 Jazzmaster LTD, Journeyman Relic, Candy Apple Red
This 2 Piece Alder body Candy Apple Red ’62 Jazzmaster comes as a Journeyman Relic, mimicking years of being played, yet being cared for. The Plain Grain Maple Neck with AAA Rosewood Fretboard features a 9.5″ Radius and medium jumbo frets in a 65 Strat “C” shape which is full yet comfortable. With the classic Custom Shop designed flat-magnet pickups, this is gonna sound mellow in the neck, perfect for rhythm in the hum-cancelling in-between, and with a nice bite in the bridge. Weighing under 7.5lbs and strung with 10’s means you are going to have a resonant easy playing guitar.
Fender Custom Shop ’62 Stratocaster, Heavy Relic, Surf Green/3 Tone Sunburst
Here we have a great looking NAMM Ltd ’62 Stratocaster in a Surf Green over 3 Tone Sunburst Heavy Relic Nitro finish, these colour over colour Strats always look fantastic. Originally this concept came from Fender refinishing poor or sloppy Sunburst finishes in the new Custom Colours inspired by the cars of the 50’s and 60’s, over the years the top finish would wear and unveil this hidden Sunburst.
A Plain Grain Maple Neck with an AAA laminate Rosewood Fretboard, Extra wear on the back of the neck for that worn in feel right out the case, the very popular 60’s Oval “C” shape neck which is a slim profile and a 9.5″ Radius with 21 Tall Narrow frets for a nice low action with minimal fretting out.
A two piece lightweight Ash body with Hand-Wound ’60/’63 pickups and an RWRP middle position to give you the hum cancelling in-between positions. An all round great sounding and great looking Strat which yet again demonstrates the top level of craftsmanship coming out of the Fender Custom Shop. Comes with a Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, and Certificate of Authenticity.
Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster LTD, Heavy Relic, Super Faded Aged 3 Tone Sunburst Sparkle
This stunning NAMM Ltd ’63 Telecaster comes in a Super Faded Aged 3 Tone Sparkle with an awesome Heavy Relic Nitro finish, the neck has some extra ageing on the back so that you have that true played in feel right from the start. A Quarter Sawn Maple Neck with an AAA laminate Rosewood Fretboard, 60’s Oval “C” shape which is an extremely comfortable slim shape, 9.5″ – 12″ Compound Radius for a nice low action with minimal fretting out and 21 Tall Narrow Frets.
A two piece lightweight Ash body with a Hand-Wound Broadcaster Bridge and Twisted Tele neck pickup combo that gives this guitar a gutsy, warm sound which is great clean or distorted. It comes with a Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, and Certificate of Authenticity.
Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster LTD, Heavy Relic, Super Faded Aged Lake Placid Blue
This stunning NAMM Ltd ’63 Telecaster comes in a Super Faded Aged Lake Placid Blue with an awesome Heavy Relic Nitro finish, the neck has some extra ageing on the back so that you have that true played in feel right from the start. A Quarter Sawn Maple Neck with an AAA laminate Rosewood Fretboard, 60’s Oval “C” shape which is an extremely comfortable slim shape, 9.5″ – 12″ Compound Radius for a nice low action with minimal fretting out and 21 Tall Narrow Frets.
A two piece lightweight Ash body with a Hand-Wound Broadcaster Bridge and Twisted Tele neck pickup combo that gives this guitar a gutsy, warm sound which is great clean or distorted. It comes with a Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, and Certificate of Authenticity.