Includes FenderCustom Shop guitar case and certificate
Flexible Custom Shop Strat with Tomatillo and Poblano pickups.
With the Fender Limited Edition Tomatillo Stratocaster Special Journeyman Relic Tomatillo Green, the FenderCustom Shop presents a particularly tasty interpretation of the traditional Fifties Strat. While the alder body in the typical Contour body design and the bolt-on maple neck "11/56 Off-Center V" profile and Vintage compound radius convey first-class playing characteristics, the thin Journeyman Relic Finish with slight ageing of the nitrocellulose flashcoat provides the authentic vintage feeling. A calibrated Set of hand-wound Tomatillo and Poblano single coils, together with the "Fat '50s Wiring" and the smart ½-blender circuit of the neck pickup, provide extremely diverse guitar tones that make the Tomatillo Strat an all-rounder for mild cleans and sharp Overdrive. Last but not least, the FenderCustom store completes the Limited Edition Tomatillo Stratocaster Special Journeyman Relic with historically accurate Hardware in the form of a Synchronized Tremolo and precise Vintage-Style tuners.
The Fender Limited Edition Tomatillo Stratocaster Special Journeyman Relic Tomatillo Green combines classic Fender style of the Fifties with premium handling and versatile sound.
Besides the alder body in Contour Body design, the Tomatillo Strat features a bolt-on neck in the comfortable "11/56 Off-Center V" profile.
Classic Fifties construction with comfortable handling.
As a basis for the Tomatillo Strat, the FenderCustom chooses the proven Fifties Stratocaster with one-piece maple neck, which combines classic sound characteristics with comfortable handling. Due to the particularly pronounced Contour body shaping, the two-piece body made of carefully selected alder wood lies with ideal balance on the body. The neck is made of especially stable Rift Sawn Maple. With the asymmetrical "11/56 Off-Center V" profile and the Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm) rising from 7.25" to 9.5", it offers the best conditions for implementing classical and modern playing techniques.
Hand-wound Tomatillo and Poblano single coils, together with the "Fat '50s" Wiring and ½-Blender, deliver diverse guitar tones.
Hand-wound pickups and ½-blender.
The electrical sound transformation of the Tomatillo Strat is handled by a perfectly matched single coil Set of two Tomatillo and one Poblano pickup, which elicits a wide range of sounds from the guitar amplifier. While the mild tonal character of the Hand-Wound Tomatillo Single Coils in Neck and Middle positions is best suited for soulful cleans and singing Overdrive, the hot-wound Hand-Wound Poblano Bridge Pickup promises sharp tones for characterful and assertive riffs and solos. The reverse-wound and polarized midrange pickup, compared to the rest of the pickups, eliminates unwanted ambient noise in the intermediate positions of the 5-way switch. As a smart highlight of the Tomatillo Strat also turns out the ½-Blender circuit, which mixes the neck pickup in the switch positions 1 and 2 continuously, and the otherwise unattainable combination of all three pickups or the neck and bridge pickups to realize.
Six Fender vintage-style tuners keep the Journeyman Relic Tomatillo Strat Special securely in the correct tuning.
Indestructible Vintage-Style Hardware
Of course, the FenderCustom Shop completes the Limited Edition Tomatillo Stratocaster Journeyman Relic Tomatillo Green with indestructible Hardware in historically accurate vintage style. While the smooth response of the Custom Shop Synchronized Tremolo encourages shimmering vibrato embellishments of chords and melodies, its bent-steel tail pieces guarantee precisely adjusted intonation and string action. On the classic headstock, vintage-style tuners also guarantee accurate and robust tuning of the electric guitar.