Fender Custom Shop Fender Ltd Ed 70th Ann 1954 Stratocaster Journeyman Relic (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 (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.

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Features

• 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam body w/ Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
• 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple 07/54 Soft "V" neck w/ 25.5" (64.77 cm) scale & Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
• 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck fretboard w/ 184 mm to 241 mm Vintage Compound radius & Black Micarta Dot, 0.25" (6.35 mm) inlays
• 21 Jescar Medium Vintage (47095) frets
• 1.625" (41.3 mm) Bone nut
• Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo tuning machines
• Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo bridge w/ Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
• Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Single-Coil Strat® bridge pickup, Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Strat® middle and neck pickup
• Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup) controls & 5-Position Blade switch
• Includes Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity