• Model: Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilt 1967 Stratocaster Reissue
• Edition / Series: Masterbuilt, 67 Strat Journeyman Relic
• Master Builder: Austin MacNutt, signed on the back of the headstock
• Finish: Aged India Ivory
• Finish Type / Ageing: Journeyman Relic, nitrocellulose lacquer
• Body: Alder
• Neck: Rift sawn maple with a rift sawn maple fingerboard, round laminated
• Neck Joint: Bolt on, 4 bolt
• Neck Profile: 66 Strat Oval C, .840" at the 1st fret, .974" at the 12th
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer
• Headstock: Large 1960s Stratocaster headstock, 64 to 67 Strat decal
• Truss Rod: Early 60s style
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"
• Frets / Fret Type: 21, medium vintage
• Inlays: Black micarta dots, narrow spacing, black side dots
• Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650"
• Pickup Configuration: SSS
• Pickups: Custom Shop 66 Strat Relic in all three positions
• Switching: 5 way lever
• Controls: Master volume, 2 tone
• Bridge / Tremolo: Vintage style synchronised tremolo, relic
• Tuners: Vintage style with Fender logo, relic
• Hardware: Chrome and nickel, aged
• Control Knobs / Pickguard: Aged white knobs and pickup covers, green toned pickguard, yellowed plastics specified on the traveller
• Weight: 7 lb 7.9 oz
• Case: Black Fender Custom Shop hard case with embroidered logo
• Case Candy: Black leather Custom Shop strap, tremolo arm, Custom Care kit, design guide
• Certificate / Documentation: Fender Custom Shop certificate of authenticity dated 04/28/2023, Shop Floor Traveler signed off by Austin MacNutt
• Serial Number: CZ565678
• Country: USA (Corona, California)
• Year: 2023

A Masterbuilt guitar is the top of the Fender tree. Rather than being built by a team, it is made from start to finish by one Master Builder, and this 1967 Stratocaster Reissue was built by Austin MacNutt, whose signature is on the back of the headstock. Austin is Canadian, trained and then taught guitar building at the Guitar Craft Academy in Hollywood, spent over a decade building boutique instruments at Thorn Guitars, and was promoted to Fender Master Builder in 2022, so this 2023 build comes from his early years in the role.

The 67 Strat is a fascinating moment in the model's history. It is the CBS era Strat with the large headstock that Hendrix made iconic, and Austin has built it the proper way, with a rift sawn maple neck and separate rift sawn maple fingerboard, a 66 Strat Oval C carve, 9.5" radius, medium vintage frets and the 64 to 67 transition decal. A trio of Custom Shop 66 Strat pickups keeps the voice period correct, glassy and articulate with that lovely quack in positions two and four.

Aged India Ivory is a warm, creamy white that already looks like decades of stage light, and with yellowed plastics specified on the traveller and the green toned pickguard it gives the guitar a soft, genuinely vintage look rather than a bright factory white.

Journeyman Relic is the Custom Shop's lighter touch ageing. Instead of the heavy wear of a full Relic, you get finish checking, a softened lacquer and gently aged hardware, so the guitar looks and feels like a well loved instrument that has been cared for, while the playing surfaces stay clean and comfortable. At 7 lb 7.9 oz it is a comfortable weight for a 60s Strat.

Masterbuilt Strats are made in small numbers and command a real premium over the Team Built models. This one comes complete with its certificate, the full Shop Floor Traveler and the Custom Shop case and accessories, a chance to own an Austin MacNutt build without the wait or the cost of commissioning one.

Mint condition. Presents as new with no signs of use to mention. The checking, softened finish and aged hardware are the factory Journeyman Relic treatment, not later wear. No damage or issues to mention.

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