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.
SPECIFICATIONS:
BODY: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Stratocaster
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
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"
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
BRIDGE: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
PICKGUARD: 1-Ply White
CONTROL KNOBS: Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic
SWITCH TIP: White ABS
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
POTENTIOMETERS: 250K 10% Taper Split Flat
