To celebrate 70 years of the Stratocaster®—the platinum anniversary of the world’s greatest electric guitar—the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Limited Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster®. Its two-piece select ash body (with offset seam on the treble side) resonates with singing highs, sweet midrange and tight lows, and wears a gorgeous Wide Fade Two-Color Sunburst lacquer finish in a number of Custom Shop treatments with varying degrees of wear, including Time Capsule, NOS, Deluxe Closet Classic, Relic®, Journeyman Relic®, Heavy Relic® and Super Heavy Relic®.
Its one-piece quartersawn maple neck is fashioned with a special 70th anniversary Soft “V” profile based on an incredible Strat® neck from July 1954. This is topped with vintage compound-radius fingerboard (7.25” to 9.5”) with 21 medium vintage (47095) frets and a 1.625” bone nut. Three Custom Shop hand-wound ’54 Strat® pickups deliver that classic Strat® voice with clear, bell-like highs, routed through vintage '54 Strat® wiring with wax paper cap and five-way switching.
Other premium features and authentic first-year Strat® appointments include a single-ply white pickguard and serial-number back plate, 1954-style ABS white pickup covers and control knobs, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, disc string tree, special 70th Anniversary Stratocaster® neck plate, deluxe embroidered hardshell case, special “case candy” kit and certificate of authenticity.
Product Specs
- SERIES : 70th Anniversary Stratocaster
- ORIENTATION : Right-Hand
- COLOR : Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst
- COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : US
- HEADSTOCK : Stratocaster®
- NECK MATERIAL : 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
- NECK FINISH : Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- NECK SHAPE : 07/54 Soft "V"
- NECK THICKNESS : .885"
- NECK BUTT WIDTH : 2.190"
- NECK THICKNESS 12TH FRET : .980"
- FINGERBOARD RADIUS : 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
- FINGERBOARD MATERIAL : 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck
- POSITION INLAYS : Black Micarta Dot, 0.25" (6.35 mm)
- NUMBER OF FRETS : 21
- TRUSS ROD : Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
- STRING NUT : Bone
- NUT WIDTH : 1.625" (41.3 mm)
- NUT MATERIAL : Bone
- BODY : 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
- BODY FINISH : Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- BODY SHAPE : Stratocaster®
- BODY MATERIAL : 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
- BRIDGE : Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
- PICKGUARD : 1-Ply Eggshell
- CONTROL KNOBS : Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic
- SWITCH TIP : Eggshell
- HARDWARE FINISH : Nickel/Chrome
- TUNING MACHINES : Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
- STRING TREES : Vintage-Style Disc
- STRINGS : Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- TREMOLO ARM : Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
- NECK PLATE : 4-Bolt with 70th Anniversary Engraving
- BRIDGE PICKUP : Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Single-Coil Strat®
- MIDDLE PICKUP : Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Strat®
- NECK PICKUP : Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Strat®
- PICKUP CONFIGURATION : SSS
- CONTROLS : Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
- SWITCHING : 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
- POTENTIOMETERS : 250K 10% Taper Split Flat
- HEADSTOCK THICKNESS : 0.575"
- FRET SIZE : Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
- SCALE LENGTH : 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- INCLUDED ACCESSORIES : Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
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