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Fender Custom Shop: Turning musical dreams into realities. Finely crafted electric guitars and basses created by artists, for artists.

The Fender Custom Shop is a division of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, located in sunny Corona, California USA. This Dream Factory produces Limited Edition production runs and 1-off Special Orders. These high-end, boutique quality instruments are available for sale through a Custom Shop Dealer Network, and Make’n Music is proud to be a top level “Showcase” dealer. We specialize in Custom Shop Team Built and Masterbuilt guitars, as well as working with customers to design and build the custom Fender guitar of their dreams.

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Fender Custom Shop 1-off 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Heavy Relic - Wide Fade 2TSB - NEW!
$ 5,825.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1969 Stratocaster Relic - MASTERBUILT DALE WILSON!
$ 9,760.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP Telecaster NOS - Olympic White - NEW!
$ 5,000.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1969 Stratocaster Relic - Ice Blue Metallic - NEW!
$ 5,480.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP Telecaster Heavy Relic - Antique Olive Drab - NEW!
$ 5,920.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP Telecaster Relic - Sunburst - NEW!
$ 5,640.00

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Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster Journeyman Relic - 2 Tone Sunburst - NEW!
$ 6,100.00

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Fender Custom Shop 1-off 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Relic - Olympic White - NEW!
$ 5,530.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1956 Stratocaster Relic - Taos Turquoise over Copper - Masterbuilt Austin MacNutt!
$ 9,600.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP Telecaster Relic - Mystic Surf Green - NEW!
$ 5,640.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1964 Stratocaster HSS Relic - KORINA / 3TSB - NEW!
$ 5,680.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1960 Thinline Telecaster Custom - Masterbuilt Todd Krause - NEW!
$ 9,560.00

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Fender Custom Shop 1-off 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Relic - Cimarron Red - NEW!
$ 5,530.00

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Fender Custom Shop 1-off 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Relic - Daphne Blue - NEW!
$ 5,250.00

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Fender Custom Shop 1-off 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Hardtail - Wide Fade 2TSB - NEW!
$ 5,125.00

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Fender Custom Shop 1-off 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Hardtail - Wide Fade 2TSB - NEW!
$ 5,250.00

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Fender Custom Shop LTD 50s Telecaster Custom Thinline Relic - White over Suburst - NEW!
$ 6,350.00

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Fender Custom Shop SRV #1 Tribute Stratocaster Relic - Masterbuilt John Cruz
$ 59,995.00

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Fender Custom Shop 1-off 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Hardtail - Wide Fade 2TSB - NEW!
$ 5,825.00

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Fender Custom Shop Ltd Ed 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Heavy Relic - Black - NEW!
$ 5,825.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1960 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic - Vintage White - Masterbuilt Austin MacNutt!
$ 7,840.00

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Fender Custom Shop Ltd Ed 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic - Wide Fade 2TSB - NEW!
$ 5,125.00

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Fender Custom Shop Ltd Ed 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Heavy Relic - Wide Fade 2TSB - NEW!
$ 5,825.00

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Fender Custom Shop Ltd Ed 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Relic - Wide Fade 2TSB - NEW!
$ 5,250.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP TV Jones Telecaster Journeyman Relic - Olive Drab!
$ 5,160.00

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Fender Custom Shop 1959 Stratocaster NOS - Chocolate 3TSB - NEW!
$ 4,550.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1964 Telecaster Custom HB Relic - Super Faded Aged LPB - NEW!
$ 5,640.00

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Fender Custom Shop LTD 1967 Stratocaster Heavy Relic - Black - NEW!
$ 5,400.00

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Fender Custom Shop 1960 Stratocaster Heavy Relic - Aged Black - NEW!
$ 5,550.00

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Fender Custom Shop LTD Dual Mag II 1960 Stratocaster Super Heavy Relic - Aged Seafoam Green - NEW!
$ 5,700.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1956 Stratocaster Closet Classic - Surf Green - Masterbuilt Todd Krause!
$ 8,680.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1969 Stratocaster Relic - Purple Metallic - NEW!
$ 5,480.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1960 Stratocaster Heavy Relic - Gold over Sunburst - Masterbuilt Greg Fessler!
$ 9,680.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1956 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic - Fiesta Red - Masterbuilt!
$ 8,880.00

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Fender Custom Shop LTD 1956 Stratocaster Heavy Relic - Wide Fade 2TSB - NEW!
$ 4,950.00

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Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire - Aged Black - NEW!
$ 4,600.00

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Fender Custom Shop LTD 1967 Stratocaster HSS Journeyman Relic - 3TSB - NEW!
$ 5,125.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1969 Stratocaster Heavy Relic - Olympic White
$ 5,580.00

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Fender Custom Shop MVP 1960 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic - Vintage White - Masterbuilt David Brown!
$ 7,840.00

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Fender Custom Shop 1962 Stratocaster Heavy Relic - Sonic Blue over Sunburst - NEW!
$ 5,950.00

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Fender Custom Shop 1962 Stratocaster Heavy Relic - Olympic White over Sunburst - NEW!
$ 5,950.00

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Fender Custom Shop '51 Loaded CuNiFe Telecaster Heavy Relic - Masterbuilt Austin MacNutt - NEW!
$ 9,240.00

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Fender Custom Shop LTD CuNiFe Blackguard Tele Heavy Relic - NEW!
$ 5,400.00

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Fender Custom Shop LTD 70s Telecaster Thinline Relic - Charcoal Frost - NEW!
$ 4,950.00

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Fender Custom Shop LTD 1964 Telecaster Relic - Aged Olympic White - NEW!
$ 4,850.00

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Fender Custom Shop LTD 1960 Telecaster Custom Heavy Relic - Chocolate 3TSB - NEW!
$ 5,400.00

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Fender Custom Shop 1963 Stratocaster Relic - Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue - NEW!
$ 5,440.00

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Fender Custom Shop LTD 1960 Telecaster Custom Heavy Relic - Chocolate 3TSB - NEW!
$ 5,400.00

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Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster Journeyman Relic - White Blonde - NEW!
$ 6,100.00

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Fender Custom Shop LTD 1955 Telecaster Journeyman Relic - Wide Fade 2TSB - NEW!
$ 4,750.00

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Your Dream to Reality

A Fender Custom Shop instrument is extraordinary. You know it when you play one - it’s definitely more than the sum of its parts. It’s filled with intangible, electrifying elements that will add a new dimension to your playing experience. It’s as if the instrument itself is imbued with history, alive with the spirit of the place where it was built and the devotion of those who crafted it.

The Custom Shop is home to Fender’s most skilled and talented craftspeople, known as Master Builders. It’s a bustling, noisy, and creative place that earns its nickname - the Dream Factory - every day. Custom Shop builders are completely dedicated to their art - part craftsman, part artist, part music fan, and more often than not, part mad scientist. They’re the best at what they do and they pour all of their passion, hard-earned knowledge and skill into every instrument they build. It’s no ordinary place, and the creations that are born here are no ordinary instruments. Welcome to the best Fender Custom Shop experience on the internet.

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Masterbuilt

In every art form, there are those who have mastered their craft so thoroughly, through years of training and experience, that their work routinely commands extra acclaim and admiration, not to mention outright awe. These astonishing artisans are the Master Builders of the Fender Custom Shop; a select group of Fender’s most talented builders recognized around the world for their matchless skill, limitless imagination and utter devotion to their art.

Crafting a guitar with a Custom Shop Master Builder is the ultimate artistic partnership - simply put, no idea is too crazy and no job too large or too small. If you’re looking to bring a truly extraordinary dream guitar to reality, a Masterbuilt instrument may be what you’re looking for. We’ll walk you through the process – everything from body design to neck shape, tonewoods to pickups, hardware and more – in order to provide the look, feel and sound you’re searching for. From start to finish the Master Builder will personally ensure that each guitar is built with the highest possible quality and to your exact specifications.



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Custom Built

Your dreams are what make the Fender Custom Shop the reality that it is today. From its inception in 1987, the Custom Shop has grown from two builders to more than 50 artisans - a veteran band of builders, each a specialist dedicated to their own area of expertise - working together to build your ideal Fender to your exact specifications. From neck shaping and fretwork to finishing and aging - each Custom Shop craftsperson brings years of hard-earned skill and dedication to bear on your Custom Built guitar with one goal in mind - to create an instrument and playing experience that can only come from the Fender Custom Shop.

A Fender Custom Built guitar lets you define your ideal instrument. Begin with a base model and choose from a vast selection of options to customize it as little or as much as necessary to meet your personal needs, aesthetic taste and playing style.

Whatever shape your dream may be, Fender Custom Shop luthiers stand ready to craft an instrument that will unlock your creativity and self-expression. Their passion is bringing your dreams to reality, to create the ultimate instrument - customized exclusively for you.

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Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilders

The Fender Custom Shop began in 1987, under the supervision of then-CEO Schultz. The initial staff comprised only two Master Builders (John Page, Michael Stevens). The current roster of Fender masterbuilders include: Dale Wilson, Paul Waller, Jason Smith, Yuriy Shishkov, Todd Krause, Dennis Galuszka, Greg Fessler, Kyle McMillin, Vincent Van Trigt, Austin MacNutt, Andy Hicks, David Brown and Ron Thorn.

The primary intent of the Fender Custom Shop was to create instruments in the tradition of Leo Fender and his staff at the original Fender facilities in Fullerton, CA, while accommodating famous endorsers and other discerning players who wanted the accuracy, detail, and quality - as well as customization and personal touches - that were widely perceived as lacking during the “CBS era”, and not available from regular production instruments. Currently, the Fender Custom Shop employs over fifty craftsmen and produces both custom one-off projects and limited-edition production runs.

Fender Custom Shop Guitars of Note

The Fender Custom Shop has produced a wide variety of instruments, often limited in number, which reflect its original mission as a link between the needs of specific players and the established designs of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.

 
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First and foremost, the Custom Shop creates unique products specifically designed to meet the needs of artists. Examples include Artist signature models and Limited Edition Tribute instruments, which are a direct result of collaborations with players. Some of these models are designed to be near-exact replicas of a noted player's trademark instrument - including the "relic" treatment and the various degrees of distress (patterns of wear, modifications, stickers and abuse) - such as the Jeff Beck Tribute Esquire, Eric Clapton’s “Blackie” Stratocaster, and a replica of Stevie Ray Vaughan's iconic Number One Stratocaster. Other signature models for artists like Johnny A, David Gilmour, Albert Collins, Rory Gallagher, Merle Haggard, Yngwie Malmsteen and John 5 (among others), are built to specifications stipulated by the artist but are not necessarily an exact replica of a particular vintage instrument. While Tribute model replicas are typically extremely Limited (and expensive), the Artist Series signature models are often available at the Team Built level, as well as Masterbuilt. You can actually order an artist signature model which has been crafted by the same Masterbuilder who personally builds these guitars for the endorsee.

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Models, such as the Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang and the Courtney Love Venus model, were designed by the Custom Shop but manufactured by Fender or Squier in their various production facilities. Other models are available from the Custom Shop, as well as more budget friendly production variants.

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The Time Machine Series, which has its roots in the “Cunetto Era” Relic Series of the late 1990s, includes Fender's forays into replicating the look of authentic vintage instruments. The Relic models feature a distressed finish package and aspire to perfectly replicate vintage instruments, both in terms of the parts, design and finishes used, as well in the varying degrees of wear typically found on a 40 to 50-year-old instrument. Fender tarnishes metal parts, purposely marks and scratches paint jobs, yellows and patinas the plastic parts, and sometimes even includes cigarette burn marks on the headstock. The Relic process is controversial among players who question the logic of paying a premium for a deliberately distressed instrument, but Fender offers varying degrees of wear and tear in the relic series, from shiny and brand new looking (NOS), to lightly distressed (Closet Classic), to heavily distressed (Relic, Heavy Relic, etc…). Regardless of the level of distress of lack thereof, any Relic wear and tear is strictly cosmetic and does not affect the functionality or playability of the instrument.

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The Fender Custom Shop is also known for creating limited and one off 'Art' guitars and basses. Generally shown off at the annual NAMM trade shows or featured in Calendars and other marketing assets, these instruments are generally geared more towards guitar collectors and are often created to tie in with other industries as collector items. Some examples include Ford Mustang, Lexus, and Harley Davidson themed instruments, Marilyn Monroe Playboy Stratocasters, the Violinmaster Telecaster, and other unique and Limited Edition art pieces. Many of the Art guitars created by the Custom Shop vastly expand upon Leo Fender's original vision. The Fender Custom Amp Shop, a subset of the Custom Shop, has produced several limited-run amplifiers during its existence.

 
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Make'n Music has been the original home of tone since 1973 and for 50 years we've been committed to meeting the needs of our customers. As a top tier Fender Custom Shop Showcase dealer, Make'n Music can help you design and build the Fender Custom Shop guitar of your dreams. We also spec and stock a hand-picked selection of premium Custom Shop guitars. Our Chicago-area showroom in Northfield, IL is open and comfortable with private, soundproof demonstration rooms for a pleasant shopping environment, while our website is regularly updated with an incredible array of custom electric guitars, tube amplifiers and effects pedals. Knowledgeable and courteous sales professionals are always available to help make sure the gear you want is the best choice to suit your needs.

Whether you're looking to pick up a new hobby, push sonic boundaries or simply tweak your tone, Make'n Music is the place!

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Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster

The Fender Custom Shop was established in the late 80s, initially to produce high-end, custom-built guitars for professional musicians and discerning collectors. The Stratocaster has endured as one of Fender's most popular models, and the Custom Shop has crafted a wide range of amazing Strat models over the years.

One of the earliest Custom Shop Stratocasters was the '54 Stratocaster, which was modeled after the original Stratocaster from 1954. This model was built with vintage-style materials and construction methods to recreate the look, feel, and sound of the original instrument.

Other notable Custom Shop Stratocaster models include the '57 Stratocaster, the '62 Stratocaster, and the '69 Stratocaster, all of which were designed to replicate specific years in the Stratocaster's history.

The Custom Shop has also produced signature models for a number of famous guitarists, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and David Gilmour. These models are built to the exact specifications of the artist, and often feature unique finishes, pickups, and other custom features.

In addition to these vintage and signature models, the Custom Shop has also produced a wide range of one-off custom Stratocasters, built to the exact specifications of individual customers. These guitars can feature a wide range of custom options, including different woods, finishes, pickups, and hardware.

Overall, the Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster has become a highly coveted instrument among guitarists and collectors alike, thanks to its combination of vintage styling, high-quality craftsmanship, and unique custom features.

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Fender Custom Shop Telecaster

One of the most iconic and popular guitars in history is the Fender Telecaster.

The Telecaster was first introduced in 1950 and quickly became a favorite among guitar players due to its simple yet versatile design and distinctive twangy tone. Over the years, the Telecaster has been used by countless musicians in a variety of genres, from country to rock to punk.

In the early days of the Fender Custom Shop, the focus was on creating custom versions of existing Fender models, including the Telecaster. As the Custom Shop grew in popularity, they began to offer more and more unique options and variations on the Telecaster, including different finishes, hardware options, pickups, and neck profiles.

Some of the most notable Custom Shop Telecaster models include the 1951 Nocaster, which was a recreation of the original prototype Telecaster that was briefly produced without a model name due to a legal dispute with Gretsch, and the 1960 Telecaster Custom, which featured a double-bound body and a rosewood fretboard.

In addition to these recreations of classic models, the Custom Shop has also produced a wide range of one-off and limited edition Telecasters with unique finishes, hardware, and pickup configurations. These guitars are highly sought-after by collectors and players alike for their exceptional craftsmanship and unique character.

Today, the Fender Custom Shop continues to produce some of the finest Telecasters available, using the same time-honored techniques and attention to detail that have made the brand legendary among guitar players.

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Fender Custom Shop MVP Series

The Dealer Select Master Vintage Players Series (MVP) Limited Edition, built exclusively for Make'n Music in the Fender Custom Shop!!! These special instruments are custom designed to offer the Ultimate in Tone, Playability and Feel. Each guitar is hand-made to our specs in order to give the vibe and look of an actual vintage instrument, but with all the conveniences of a true modern player's piece.

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