A ’57 Strat Time Machine With Golden Attitude
This Fender Custom Shop LTD 1957 Stratocaster is what happens when a classic gets the royal treatment. Think faded Daphne Blue, real checking, deep 50s contours, and relic’d gold everywhere that looks and feels like it has been on records for decades, but plays like a brand new custom build.
Under the vibe is a serious tone machine: alder body, quarter sawn maple neck, hand wound Poblano pickups, and a neck carve that makes you want to keep playing long after the set is over.
Faded Daphne Blue With Real Road Worn Swagger
The alder body is straight from the golden era playbook, with a ’56 Strat silhouette and ’57 style deep body contours that hug your ribcage and sit perfectly against your picking arm. The Faded Aged Daphne Blue finish and heavy checking are not just for show, the thin, broken in feel lets the body ring and bloom in your hands instead of feeling choked.
The relic work is tasteful and musical, not cartoon damage. The way the finish wears against the arm contour, the way the edges feel already rounded in, it all adds up to a guitar that feels familiar the second you strap it on.
Soft V, Quarter Sawn, Built To Be Played Hard
The 5/4 quarter sawn maple neck is all about stability and resonance. The ’57 style soft V carve fills your palm just enough to anchor your hand without ever feeling like a baseball bat. It measures .850 at the first fret and .990 at the twelfth, so there is real substance when you dig into chords and bends.
A 9.5 inch radius and narrow tall 6105 frets give you the best of both worlds, vintage vibe with modern playability. Bends feel buttery and controlled, vibrato is easy to grab, and the heavy fret ghosting gives the board that played in look without any of the slop. The relic finish on the back of the neck kills the sticky gloss feel so your hand just glides.
Hand Wound Poblano Firepower
Here is the lowdown on the pickups. The hand wound Poblano Strat set is hot in all the right ways. The bridge has that familiar Strat cut with extra mid push so it slices through a mix without turning into an ice pick.
The neck pickup is fat, glassy, and perfect for soulful leads or wide open clean chords. The reverse wound, reverse polarity middle pickup gives you those classic 2 and 4 quack positions with reduced hum, so you can ride the in between tones all night. With Strat Vintage Mod wiring and quality pots, the volume and tone controls actually work, letting you roll from chime to grit without losing clarity.
Relic Gold Hardware That Means Business
The gold relic hardware takes this Strat from cool to downright dangerous. The Custom Shop vintage Strat bridge, trem arm, tuners, string tree, and output jack all get the aged gold treatment so the look is cohesive from headstock to jack cup.
Functionally, it is all business. The vintage style tuners are rock solid, the trem feels smooth and responsive, and the whole guitar stays in tune when you lean on it. It looks like a museum piece but begs to be sweated on under stage lights.
Custom Shop Build, Moore Guitars Setup
Real talk, this is not your first Strat. If you are looking at a Fender Custom Shop LTD 1957, you know what great feels and sounds like. This one comes with a Fender Custom Shop tweed hardshell case and the kind of build quality you expect from the top of the Fender food chain.
On top of that, our Player Perfect setup means seasoned players dial in the action, intonation, and feel like it is going on their own gig. Free 2 to 3 day shipping, 0 percent financing options, trade ins welcomed, and our 72 Hour Love It Guarantee mean you can plug this in at home, crank it, and really find out if it is the one.
Questions about this guitar? Call (888) 794-8482 and talk to a real player on our team. No scripts, no pressure, just honest gear talk.
