自Fender Custom Shop在1995年NAMM展览会上以’51 Nocaster和’56 Mary Kaye Strat的形式释放了其第一批生产遗物以来，现在已经二十年了。尽管人工衰老的意见继续两极分化，但在过去的20年中，它无疑是大型生意night for 30 years, and some nights it fell out of the truck’ levels of faux distress.
The very idea that Fender is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the launch of brand new guitars made to look like beaten-up old ones is another example of pop culture eating itself. It’s fitting, therefore, that the Winter NAMM show in January saw the Fender Custom Shop, now with Mike Lewis at the helm, debut a new type of artificially-aged finish – the Journeyman Relic – on the also-new-for-2015 and aptly-named Postmodern Series Strat and Telecaster.
Positioned between the existing Closet Classic and Relic finishes, `used but not abused’ seems to be the preferred description of the Journeyman Relic finish. To our eyes and fingers, this is some of Fender’s most authentic relic’ing yet, certainly at the body end where the checked, yellowed and lightly dinged thin nitrocellulose finishes really look the part.
奥林匹克白色饰面的泛黄使Strat几乎是薄荷色的色调，而电视广播员的奶油更老的白色金发女郎的视觉上却较小，并且允许更多的灰分颗粒透过。我们喜欢脖子后部周围的约束。大多数漆在这两种乐器上仍然完好无损，而我们遇到的真正的老式吉他通常是这种情况。在木头上磨损的脖子很少，而且在老式市场上，但我们要领先于自己。
后现代系列背后的想法是，它代表了几十年来像挡泥板目录中的喜plike一样的摇摆，在此过程中拾取了最佳位置的主观想法，并将它们结合到您在这里看到的ERA Splicing Stratocaster和Telecaster模型。
The range is rounded out by a Precision body/Jazz neck hybrid Postmodern Bass design (£2,739 for the Journeyman Relic), and all three instruments are also available with NOS nitrocellulose finishes (£2,489 for the guitars, £2,579 for the bass) if you fancy adding the dings yourself over time. We were hoping to get our hands on the bass as well as part of this review, but at the time of writing there was only one example in the UK, and it had already been swiped by a famous artist.
1965年，过渡时代的架子徽标和相当鲜明的三层刮擦尖叫声，但Strat和Telecaster均具有灰烬体，用于注入50年代初期的味道。颈部的形状和圆形尺寸也是60年代中期，但从老式的模板中最激进的是在螺栓固定的颈部关节上。两种吉他的高跟鞋都在高音方面变软，以更舒适地进入更高的注册表。结合241-305mm（9.5-12英寸）的复合半径指板，这使得比平方脚跟和7.25英寸旧半径更容易，更精致，像精品店一样。
There are plenty of players for whom the fight of a more rounded ‘board in combination with a heavy string gauge and medium action is all part of the Fender experience; but for those of us who are less inclined towards self-flagellation, but still want a vintage aesthetic, the kind of subtle, player-friendly design tweaks here mean that the untrained eye in the audience will simply see and hear a great-looking vintage-style Strat or Tele.
Strat的灰分身体具有相对戏剧性的，人格的轮廓，而错开的调谐器柱则否定了对弦树的需求，并与颤音使用相结合减少了摩擦。从工厂开始，同步的颤音是用三个弹簧设置的，在低E上的半音调上拉，仅在高E上的半音下方，在G弦上进行整个音调。如果这种设置不是您的口味，那就不要害怕。除了真实性证明书，所有者手册，电缆，盘子和皮带，在黑色乙烯基硬壳盒中的糖果中，您还获得了桥梁盖，一个智能（非常有用的）Cruztools工具包和两个额外的颤音弹簧。
There’s no bridge cover or spare springs for the Postmodern Telecaster, of course, though the shape of its hardtail bridge is based on the vintage `ashtray’ cover outline. First introduced in 2013, the Tele’s RSD bridge features a lower-profile tray than the classic Tele design. It’s more comfortable in contact with the right hand and the trio of brass saddles (angled on the E/A and B/E combinations, while the middle saddle beneath the D/G strings looks split, it’s actually machined from one piece of brass) provides more precise control over intonation in combination with a modern set of strings, but still imparts an early-50s character to the overall tonality. Many vintage Fender fans can be a little nervous of any hardware that doesn’t follow the original lines, but the RSD bridge is both a visual and sonic reference to Fender’s past that offers robust performance in the present.
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7-7.5lbs is a good medium-light weight for a Fender solidbody and, though the Tele is a little heavier than the Strat, it’s certainly not excessively so; both guitars feel great when strapped on. Each instrument is acoustically very alive and resonant before we even plug in. So far, so very good.
As hinted at earlier, both neck shapes are faithful to their mid-60s Oval C billing; it’s interesting that while the Strat’s neck is only approximately 1.5mm deeper at the 12th fret, it does seem more rounded overall than the Tele, which has a flatter feel in the palm. Like many of the genuine mid-60s Fenders we’ve encountered, both neck shapes have a non-linear taper; slim behind the nut, the profile of the carve fattens out quickly between the second and fifth fret.
If you aren’t familiar with what we mean, it’s a very similar shape to the current American Vintage ’65 Stratocaster reissue, although the 7.25-inch fingerboard radius on that more vintage-faithful model makes for a slightly more old-school feel than either of the guitars here, with their compound radii. When experienced as a whole, the combination of conical radius ‘board, heel contouring and relatively tall narrow jumbo fretwire on the Postmodern guitars makes big, high-register bends much less painful to execute than back in ’65.
As with any factory-aged instrument, how these guitars look is only part of the story. The Journeyman relic’ing has a more subtle effect on the playing experience than a Heavy Relic treatment with exaggerated forearm wear and an abundance of exposed timber at the back of the neck. Here, `playing’ wear on the neck is limited to thin strips of exposed wood around the fingerboard edge, up to the third fret on the bass side and the fifth on the treble side, but there’s still a `comfortable shoes’ vibe straight out of the case.
Swapping between these guitars with an otherwise identical amp and pedal set-up is revealing, and once again draws us into the Strat versus Tele debate that’s now more than six decades old.
Strat感觉就像是更大的大脑选择。以克隆半人马座风格的增强功能，推动了6V6的动力舞台，单音符，桥梁挑剔的铅线唱着谐音，而脖子和中间的拾音器则与浓郁的干净的和弦声音结合在一起。挖得更艰辛，还有一袋喉咙，打击乐的twang，带有大量的流行和快照。这是一种非常动态的仪器，并且在所有五个开关位置中都非常经典。
Fat `60s pickups or not, this feels more like a Strat for没有人and血糖性爱magik尽管颤音的稳定性确实使您可以让内心的吉米接管whammy杆，而不会降低诉讼，而不会陷入无可救药的混乱。
The Telecaster, on the other hand, is the bad cop and the barely-restrained animal of the pair; where stacking another mild overdrive on top finds the Strat’s bridge pickup sounding a little grainy even when its dedicated tone control is knocked back, the Tele’s extra snarl and midrange push wins out. You just want to hit this thing hard; add some subtle slapback and a Bo Diddley beat and it’s rock ‘n’ roll in excelsis.
像往常一样，当我们玩定制的商店电视广播员时，Ballsy Bridge Pickup非常有趣，我们几乎必须强迫自己探索其他拾音器位置，但是那里也有大而深情的声音，这些声音都可以在Swampy中演奏所有东西布鲁斯与清洁的R＆B和灵魂和弦。在这里，在其“扭曲”的化身中，这款定制的Shop Tele Tele Tele Tex Pickup的表演也更加弹性且类似于Strat。
最终，无论您喜欢后现代的Strat还是Teleprobably boil down to a hardwired, long-established preference for one or the other model, but if you are predominantly a Strat player who fancies a dalliance with a raunchy early 50s-style Telecaster bridge pickup tone without the sometimes-intimidating, beefy Nocaster neck shape that traditionally accompanies it, this could be a giant step on your road to Tele-addiction. The Postmodern Tele’s neck may be 60s-inspired with the convenience of a compound fingerboard radius; but,从声音上讲，这是一把想要穿黑色警卫并且没有错误的吉他。
另一方面，Strat不太可能诱使付费的电视爱好者改变效忠；这只是一个非常精心制作，精心阐述的策略，具有60年代中期的化妆品，并且对现代性的少数隐身点头点头，这有助于使整个游戏体验变得更加舒适。
的确，只有当您将这些吉他中的任何一个放下并恢复到传统上的fender solidbody时，您才能欣赏到那次骑行的舒适程度。
Key features
Fender Custom Shop Postmodern Journeyman Relic Stratocaster
• Price £2,659 (inc hardcase)
•描述固体，双切电气。美国制造
•建造固体灰烬主体，用螺栓固定在四分之一的枫木脖子，中期60年代中期椭圆形C型，241-305mm（9.5-12英寸）复合半径圆形式玫瑰木指板，带有21个狭窄的巨型毛茸茸，老化的点和micarta nut nut nut inlays and Micarta nut Nut
•硬件6-SADDLE美国复古同步颤音桥，复古风格的交错机器
• Electrics 3x Custom Shop Fat ‘60s single-coil pickups with reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup. Master volume, neck/middle tone, bridge tone, five-position blade selector
• Scale Length 648mm/25.5”
•螺母的颈部宽度42mm，第12粒货物为51mm
•颈深度为19mm，首先是22.5mm，在第12粒货物
• String Space 35mm at nut, 56mm at bridge
•体重3.1公斤/7.0磅
• Left-Handers No
• Finishes Three-Colour Sunburst, Dakota Red, Black or Olympic White (as reviewed) with rosewood or maple fingerboard
• Contact Fender UK & ROI
01342 331700www.fender.com
Fender Custom Shop后现代旅行者Relic Telecaster
• Price £2,659 (inc hardcase)
• Description Solidbody, single-cutaway electric. Made in USA
•建造固体灰分，用螺栓固定在四分之一的枫木脖子上，60年代中期椭圆形C型，241-305mm（9.5-12英寸）复合半径圆形型枫木指板，带有21个狭窄的Jumbo Frets，Dot Inlays和Micarta Nut
•硬件RSD电视桥，复古风格的机械头
•Electrics 2X定制商店扭曲的电视单线圈拾音器，主音量，带有润滑脂的主音调，三位置刀片选择器
• Scale Length 648mm/25.5”
•螺母的颈部宽度42mm，第12粒货物为51mm
•颈深度为19mm，首先是21mm，在第12码处
•螺母的绳子间距为36mm，在桥梁上为55mm
•体重3.3kgs/7.3磅
• Left-Handers No
•用玫瑰木或枫木指板完成达科他州红，黑色或老年白色金发女郎
• Contact Fender UK & ROI
01342 331700www.fender.com
Get them while they’re hot
Fender Custom Shop释放了2015年的一些高度可收集且完全理想的限量版型号。
Relic Tele Caballo Tono
这款“音调马”电视是Cabronita的最新演变，并设有电视琼斯经典脖子拾音器，德克萨斯州的手动特殊桥梁拾音器，带珍珠按钮的Sperzel Tuners和RSD桥。我们非常喜欢。
1955年遗物
Esquire是一种比外表所建议的更通用的乐器，但是如果您迫切需要脖子上的拾音器，则此示例带有一个转换套件，包括脖子拾音器，拾音器和控制装配。
20周年遗物Nocaster
自从遗物现象开始20年以来，Fender以95 ’51的Nocasters的有限运行来庆祝。
ancho poblano Strat
A huge neck, enormous frets and punchy new pickups make for a fiery and toneful combination. This is our pick of the bunch from the Custom Shop’s class of 2015; it’s a real tone monster!
20周年遗物Stratocaster
Another nod to the class of ’95 as Fender recreates the ’56 Mary Kaye Strat that appeared alongside the Nocaster.
1955年，《遗产阶层》
1955年并不是音乐的糟糕一年，而60年来，’55 Stratocaster仍然看起来令人惊讶。有一些肮脏的白色金发碧眼的选择，两色的阳光饰面和三个手动拾音器。