Up for your consideration is a 2009 Fender Custom Shop’57 Heavy Relic Stratocaster “Road Show” Build #8. This is an exclusive limited edition instrument built for the 2009 Fender Custom Shop Road Show tour, which is an eight city, coast to coast tour, showcasing their latest offerings to the Top Eight Fender Custom Shop dealers in the United States. The FCS hand-built less than 25 guitars for the 2009 Road Show; each guitar is light in weight and the best in cosmetic appearance. In addition to the premium woods and extra attention to detail, these special guitars feature hand-wound Custom Shop pickups Abigail Ybarra even did the bridge ones! And, of course, each guitar has to score very high in the “playability” and “tone” department to be accepted for the show. This stunning Custom Shop’57 Heavy Relic is Road Show guitar #8. The Fender Road Show guitars are built to impress the dealers to promote Custom Shop sales, so they are the best of the best! The 2009 Road Show Tour: Highland Park, IL / Little Neck, NY / San Jose, CA / Louisville, CO / Sherman Oaks, CA / Chicago, IL / La Crosse, WI / Riverside, CA. / Certificate of Authenticity / Limited Edition Road Show Instrument placard / Road Show #8 laminate backstage pass spec card / tweed G&G Case. I was going to keep this one in my personal collection, but alas, something else has caught my eye… So many guitars, so little time! This Strat plays and sounds amazing. It has more of that old guitar, pre-CBS feel – really solid, but with modern playability… More like a Masterbuilt than a typical Relic. It is basically as new with only a hint of very light fretwear in a few spots (nothing of any concern); it is all stock and has been played very little. As you can see in the pictures, the relicing is in all the right spots and has more of a realistic vibe than your run-of-the-mill Relic. The Road Show guitars on tour are presented by Fender’s top Master Builders and often demonstrated live by celebrity musicians. Here is your chance to own a very special Custom Shop presentation guitar of Masterbuilt quality! Fender Custom Shop – “When You’re Ready”.. I have this guitar for sale elsewhere too, so I reserve the right to end it at any time without notice. The item “2009 Fender Custom Shop’57 Heavy Relic Stratocaster Road Show Limited Edition” is in sale since Friday, March 25, 2016. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Electric”. The seller is “59_strat” and is located in North Augusta, South Carolina. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Brand: Fender
- Model: Stratocaster
- MPN: 923 0081 803
- Body Type: Solid
- String Configuration: 6 String
- Dexterity: Right-Handed
- Body Color: Sunburst
- Body Material: Solid Wood
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States