Photo of Fender Custom Shop 1963 Stratocaster Heavy Relic The Unicorn: The Guitar that Shouldn't Exist. "A Fender Custom Shop '63 wearing a maple fretboard — the one spec a '63 isn't supposed to have. A year of chasing, two misses, and the rule I paid to learn: never balk." Phillip Gajewski • Collector
2016 Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Heavy Relic Mischief Maker Some Assembly (and Mischief) Required. "Hendrix started it. Ian Moore and a Sling Blade cameo kept it going. A kid named Gary Vann with a Squier Bullet sealed the deal. This is the story of how a strat with a tele neck became an obsession — and the Custom Shop guitar I finally chased down." Phillip Gajewski • Fender Custom Shop
Photo: courtesy of Pierre Journel of https://theguitarchannel.biz/ Patience, Cash, and a Police Station: Chasing FCS NAMM Editions. I've never been invited to the Fender Custom Shop's annual NAMM showcase. Chances are, you haven’t either. The event is dealer-invite only, held behind closed doors somewhere inside the Anaheim Convention Center each January. For the rest of us, it exists mostly through a Phillip Gajewski • NAMM
1987 Fender '62 Vintage Reissue, Ser. No.: V029548 Vintage Reissues: The Gateway to the Custom Shop The Vintage Reissue series was essentially Fender's first serious attempt to rediscover its roots, and reproduce its golden-era instruments from the fifties and sixties. That effort helped form the culture, expertise, and customer demand that eventually led to the founding of the Fender Custom Shop. Phillip Gajewski • Vintage Reissue
