Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster NOS - 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 70^th 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 70^th 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.