Fiesta Red Attitude With Decades Of Feel Built In
If you live for that classic Strat thing but want it already broken in and ready to bark, this Fender Custom Shop 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic in Aged Fiesta Red hits that sweet spot. It feels like a well-loved late 50s Strat that someone played hard for decades, then handed straight to you.
Between the alder body, rift sawn maple neck, hand-wound Tomatillo pickups, and Vintage Mod Wiring #2 with tone-saver bleed, this guitar is all about control, character, and inspiration. It is the kind of Strat that makes you want to ride the volume knob, live on the in-between positions, and chase tones all night.
Heavy Relic Alder Body In Aged Fiesta Red
The alder body in Aged Fiesta Red gives you that classic Strat recipe: focused mids, clear top end, and a punchy low end that never gets muddy. The Heavy Relic treatment is not just about looks. The edges feel worn in, the finish feels played, and you do not have to baby it on stage.
Real talk, this looks and feels like a 50s Strat that has seen every smoky club and honky-tonk in the book. At around 8 lbs it still balances nicely on a strap, and the ’56-style Strat body is instantly familiar under your picking arm.
Rift Sawn Maple Soft V Neck That Feels Like Home
The rift sawn maple neck is all about stability and feel. Rift sawn cuts keep the grain straight so the neck stays true through seasons, travel, and tuning changes. The ’57 Style Soft V profile fills your hand just enough, perfect for thumb-over players, big bends, and old-school blues grips without feeling like a baseball bat.
The maple fingerboard with a 9.50″ radius and Narrow Tall 6105 frets gives you modern playability with vintage flavor. Chords stay comfortable down low, bends feel buttery up high, and those taller frets let you dig in without fretting out. The bone nut keeps things ringing and stable, and the relic treatment on the neck means no sticky gloss fighting your left hand.
Hand-Wound Tomatillo Pickups: Sweet Heat On Tap
Under the hood you get a full set of Hand-Wound Tomatillo single-coils, wound by Josefina at the Fender Custom Shop. They are built around Alnico 2 magnets, which gives you that “aged Alnico 5” vibe: sweeter highs, chewy mids, and a little extra push into your favorite tube amp.
Compared to a traditional vintage-voiced set, the Tomatillos have just a bit more oomph and “sweet heat.” Think Texas Special territory but smoother on top and easier to tame with your volume and tone controls. Clean, they chime and sparkle with glassy articulation. Turn things up and they nudge your amp into drive a little earlier, with grit and bloom that stays musical.
Vintage Mod Wiring #2 For Real World Control
The electronics are where this Strat really separates itself. You get the classic SSS layout and a 5-way blade switch that behaves just like you expect, but the control layout is updated for players who live on the knobs.
The Master Volume uses a Tone-Saver bleed circuit, so when you roll it back you keep your clarity instead of turning everything to mud. The center tone control works on the middle and neck pickups in positions 2, 3, 4, and 5. The second tone control is dedicated to the bridge pickup in positions 1 and 2. That means you finally have real control over the bridge bite, letting you dial in anything from bright and cutting to thick and singing without swapping pickups or pedals.
Vintage-Style Hardware With Custom Shop Precision
All the hardware is pure Custom Shop vintage goodness: a Vintage Stratocaster trem bridge, vintage-style tuners with the Fender logo, American Vintage ’56–’58 style string tree, and a relic output jack and trem arm. It all looks like it has been on the road for decades, but functions with modern precision.
The ’54–’58 style parchment pickguard completes the late 50s vibe, and everything is reliced to match, so nothing feels new or out of place. Plug it in, hit a chord, wiggle the bar, and you immediately get why players chase these builds.
Custom Shop Craft + Moore Guitars TLC
This 1957 Stratocaster Heavy Relic (serial CZ585028) is sitting in our Evansville, Indiana shop right now, inspected three times before it ever hits a case. It ships in a Fender Custom Shop Strat/Tele tweed case, set up by our techs for a Player-Perfect setup tailored to real-world players.
You are getting the whole package: hand-wound Custom Shop pickups, period-correct neck shape, pro wiring, and the kind of relic work that just begs to be played. Add in our free pro setup, free 2–3 day shipping, trade-in options, price match guarantee, and 72-Hour Love-It Guarantee, and you can chase that dream Strat without any stress.
Questions about this guitar? Call (888) 794-8482 and talk to Rob or Cory – real players, real conversation, no scripts.
