Fender Vintage Custom 1959 Stratocaster® NOS

Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1959 Stratocaster® NOS — Faded Aged Sonic Blue

1959 was the year the Stratocaster grew up — the first rosewood fingerboards, the first 3-Color Sunburst, and a handful of rare, transitional features that made that year’s guitars unlike anything before or since. The Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1959 Stratocaster NOS captures every nuance of that pivotal moment, from its flat-laminated rosewood board and vintage compound radius neck to its flash-coat lacquer finish that lets the guitar breathe, sing, and resonate the way only a truly great instrument can. In Faded Aged Sonic Blue, it’s as visually stunning as it is sonically exceptional.

Key Features

• Body: 2-piece select alder, American Vintage body perimeter and centerline, finished in Faded Aged Sonic Blue NOS flash-coat lacquer — unbuffed for maximum resonance and organic tone
• Neck: Tinted rift-sawn maple with ’59 “C” profile; neck thickness .790″ at 1st fret, .980″ at 12th fret
• Fretboard: Flat-laminated 3A rosewood with vintage clay dot inlays, 7.25″–9.5″ vintage compound radius — a rare feature found on select original ’59 examples
• Frets: 21 medium vintage (47095) — slightly larger than standard vintage frets for exceptional comfort and playability
• Nut: Bone, 1.650″ width
• Pickups: Custom Shop hand-wound ’59 Closet Classic single-coil Strat® pickups in all three positions
• Switching: 5-way blade with vintage ’59–’60 wiring
• Bridge: American Vintage synchronized tremolo
• Hardware: Closet Classic American Vintage hardware throughout, wing string tree, vintage-style tuning machines
• Pickguard: 3-ply mint green nitrocellulose NOS — compatible with both ’50s and ’60s pickguard shields
• Weight: 8 lbs, 3 oz
• Finish: Faded Aged Sonic Blue — part of the 2024 Vintage Custom Collection
• Includes: Deluxe hardshell case, strap, and certificate of authenticity

Why Buy from Dietze Music

A guitar with this level of historical accuracy and Custom Shop craftsmanship is something you need to experience firsthand, and we’d love for you to do exactly that in Lincoln, Omaha, or Bellevue, NE. Stop by any of our locations or call us at (800) 357-1535 — our staff can walk you through every detail that makes the 1959 Stratocaster such a significant and special instrument.

Ideal For

The serious collector or advanced player who wants the most authentic 1959 Stratocaster experience available today — and anyone who understands that the transitional features of that pivotal year produced some of the most uniquely musical Strats ever made.