Limited Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster NOS, 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck Fingerboard, Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst
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 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.
Specifications
Body
- Body: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape: Stratocaster
Neck
- Headstock: Stratocaster
- Headstock thickness: 0.575"
- Neck Material: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
- Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Shape: 07/54 Soft "V"
- Neck thickness: .885"
- Neck Heel Width: 2.190"
- Neck thickness at 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
- Fingerboard Inlays: Black Micarta Dot - 0.25"
- Number of Frets: 21
- Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
- Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
- Nut Material: Bone
- Fret Size: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
Hardware
- Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
- Pickguard: 1-Ply Eggshell
- Control Knobs: Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic
- Pickup Selector Tip: Eggshell
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
- String Guide: Vintage-Style Disc
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010–.046 Gauges)
- Tremolo Arm: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with 70th Anniversary Engraving
Electronics
- 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
Miscellaneous
- Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, and Certificate of Authenticity
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