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.
7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
Frets (Number and Size):
21, Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
Inlays:
Black Micarta Dot - 0.25"
Nut (Material and Width):
Bone, 1.625" (41.3 mm)
Scale Length:
25.5" (64.77 cm)
Profile:
07/54 Soft "V"
Electronics
Pickups:
3x Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Single-Coil Strat®
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
Controls:
Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
Hardware
Tuning Machines:
Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
Bridge:
Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Pickguard:
1-Ply White
Control Knobs:
Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic
Hardware Finish:
Nickel/Chrome
Accessories
Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
