A great guitar you can only get here.
The Fender Custom Shop Dealer Select Journeyman HST Stratocaster is that singular guitar that instantly adds a new level of depth to anyones collection. Completely designed by Guitar Center, the HST is made for the most serious of Fender fans. At first glance, its a Strat meets Tele Custom, with a Seymour Duncan hand-wound humbucker and dual Custom Shop single coils. But, with an instrument like this, its all about the detailsthe roasted maple neck, compound radius AAA rosewood fretboard and lightly aged Journeyman finish. Available exclusively at Guitar Center, the HST Strat sets a new standard for premium features with vintage sounds.
Fender Custom Shop Dealer Select Journeyman HST Stratocaster Main Features
- Alder body
- Roasted maple neck with 60s C-profile, AAA rosewood fretboard with compound radius
- Seymour Duncan SH-55 humbucker (neck), Fat 50s Strat (middle), Fat 51 Nocaster (bridge), 5-way switch
- American Vintage tremolo bridge/tailpiece, vintage locking tuners
A Body Built for Tone and Visual Appeal
We chose alder for the body, a balanced tonewood that makes a perfect sonic base for pickups. It has a Journeyman relic finishthe shine of a closet classic, with the lacquer checking that only age (and the Fender Custom Shop) imparts.
A Neck Specd With Special Woods
There is something intoxicating about roasted maple, and Fender uses it to full effect with this neck. It has a 60s oval C-shape, based specifically on a 1963 Strat. The AAA rosewood fretboard has a compound radius7.25 to 9.25. It has a rounder, chunkier, feel for lower fret chording; moving up the neck, the fretboard flattens for better bending, faster picking and more tuneful arpeggios.
Balanced Set of Handwound Pickups
Its easy to drop three different pickups into a guitar and call it a day, but we spent extra time with Fender to come up with a truly balanced set. Seth Lover designed the neck humbucker in the original 72 Tele Custom. Here, its a Seymour Duncan SH-55, built to Lovers precise specification for a true P.A.F. soundlively with a warm midrange and a smooth, buttery treble.
A Fat 50s Stratocaster single coil occupies the middle position. It has the vintage tone of the earliest Strat pickup, but is reverse-wound with reverse polarity for modern, noiseless operation. The bridge Fat 51 Nocaster offers true Tele twang and a tight low end, with the biting treble tones of Bakersfield.
Time-Tested Hardware
The Journeyman HST is equipped with an American Vintage tremolo bridge/tailpiece and Vintage locking tuners. Fender got it right the first timewhy mess with success?
The Fender Custom Shop Dealer Select Journeyman HST Stratocaster comes with a certificate of authenticity and a hardshell case.
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