Fender Custom Shop Nocaster Cunetto Relic (1951 reissue) Neck Date 9/23/1995

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If you are looking at this instrument then you most likely know exactly what it is. The rarest creation from the man that created the relic boom for the Fender Custom Shop and the entire Guitar Industry "Vince Cunetto Nocaster." ​This ​96 (neck date 1995) Cunetto Relic Nocaster ​weighs just 7 lbs 5 oz's with Beautifully grained old growth swamp ash with a flame maple neck.

The instrument is 100% original without alterations. The frets show minimum wear and the neck is a comfortable D. The integrity of the instrument is spot on. The neck is straight and true. It plays without dead spot or grounding out due to the 9.5 radius. The instrument ships in its original Tweed case along with its replacement COA, Ash Tray Cover, Strap and Hang Tags.

Fender Custom Shop History

95-96 Cunetto Relics were not CNC Machined. They were crafted the old school way with band saw, rasp and sanding. That process makes each instrument unique. The first CNC Machine was obtained in 1998 by the Custom Shop.

95-96 Cunetto Relics from the Tone Quest Report

How many people hire initially? " Two. It was myself and one guy and my sister-in-law at the time. She was working for someone else, and she knew this guy was a guitar player who was interested in the whole idea and we started setting everything up. For quite awhile it was me, Tony Morford, and my then sister-in-law, Terri Shaw. I’d prep, paint, do the aging and the body and neck relic’ing, and Tony would do some of the final sanding and wear spots. He started with the less intricate stuff until he started getting his chops down, then he started doing more and more. Terri was handling the parts. She was aging the plastic and the all the hardware, all the while keeping meticulous production notes so we could improve our production and the look of the guitars."

This neck dates 9/23/1995

Spring of 96 the staff expanded. (Tone Quest Report) In the spring of ‘96, we found another facility that had a nice open area, a good office area we fixed up, and lots of room. I bought a very nice state of the art spray booth and we were set. That’s when we really got our production up, and by that time the concept had really taken off. So I hired five people plus some part-timers.

In short the instruments that Cunetto's hands touched the most are 95-to Spring of 96. This neck dates 1995.

The instrument ships in its original CS Tweed case along with its replacement COA from Fender. Also included is the Ash Tray Cover, Strap and Hang Tags.

Neck dimensions

Width
Width at nut 1.644

Width at 12th fret 2.032

Depth

1st fret 0.85

12th fret 0.94