Up for sale, a 2025 Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilt Yuriy Shishkov ‘60s Stratocaster, like-new and complete with the hardshell case, CoA, hangtags, and all case candy. Sourced directly from a Fender dealer and never privately owned, this Masterbuilt represents the highest tier of Fender’s Custom Shop. The Masterbuilt models are made by a singular master craftsman, in contrast to other "team built" Custom Shop tiers.

This Strat was handcrafted by Yuriy Shishkov: rising from his humble origins building guitars in a Soviet-era Belarusian root cellar to his current status as Principal Master Builder, Shishkov has crafted instruments for Jimmy Page, Dimebag Darrell, and Paul Stanley, to name just a few. This particular ‘60s Strat features a gloss Shoreline Gold nitro lacquer finish with Fender’s Journeyman relic treatment, white-on-black plastics, and gold hardware.

Tonewoods include a two-piece alder body, a maple neck, and a slab AAA rosewood fretboard. The trio of hand-wound Custom Shop Fat ‘50s single coil pickups are wound by Josefina Campos, Fender's most celebrated current pickup winder and the protege of Abigail Ybarra. The pickups feature staggered hand-beveled pole pieces for balanced output, Alnico 5 magnets for enhanced dynamics, and a reverse-wound middle pickup to cancel out hum in the second and fourth positions. This Masterbuilt Yuriy Shiskov 1960s Stratocaster weighs 7lbs 8oz, dialed in beyond factory spec here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Maple
• Shape: ‘60-style Oval C, measuring .810” 1st fret, .960” 12th fret
• Fretboard: AAA Rosewood (Flat Lam), 9 1/2” radius, dot inlays
• Frets: Vintage Upgrade 45085
• Scale Length: 25 1/2”
• Nut: 1.650”, bone
• Tuners: Fender Vintage (Kluson-style single line)
• Serialization: R-prefix stamp on neck plate
• Factory Markings: Neck heel signed by Shishkov, Custom Shop chevron logo with Shiskov signature on peghead

Body Specs:

• Wood: Alder (2pc)
• Pickups: Josefina Campos Hand-wound Fat 50’s single coil x3 (Bobbins signed by Campos dated 3/31/25)
• Harness: CTS 250k pots
• Controls: Volume, Tone x2, Five-way pickup selector
• Hardware: Synchronized Tremolo with “ashtray” cover, strap buttons, jack cup
• Plastics: Three-ply black pickguard, Aged White pickup covers/knobs/switch tip
• Factory Markings: “YS” initials stamped in neck pickup cavity

The Custom Shop G&G Deluxe black tolex hardshell case is included, along with the CoA (dated 4/30/2025), all hangtags and case candy.