Fender Custom Shop 50th Anniversary '54 Reissue Electric Guitar (2-Tone Sunburst)

For your consideration is a USED 2004 Fender Custom Shop 50th Anniversary '54 Reissue electric guitar in 2-Tone Sunburst built by the legendary Master builder Yuriy Shishkov. You are viewing actual photographs of serial number 4143. The guitar is in excellent playing and cosmetic condition. The only wear on this baby in what Fender's Custom Shop intended. Includes both cases and the original C.O.A.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stratocaster guitar, the Custom Shop is building the Limited Edition 1954 Strat®. These faithful replications will be made with the same exacting detail as the original instruments, using many of the same machines and manufacturing methods used 50 years ago. Every deep body contour, pickup magnet and screw is a replica of a 1954 Strat. We even went as far as having pre-CBS Fender® employee, Roger Centeno, stamp each tremolo cover plate with the original die. And, yes they do come complete with the round holes!

Each guitar will be built by a Custom Shop Master Builder and will feature a nitro-cellulose lacquered, two-piece ash body with offset glue seam and one-piece “U”-shape maple neck. Also, this limited release includes three new Custom Shop Vintage 1954 Stratocaster pickups, an original synchronized tremolo with “Ash Tray” bridge cover, bone nut, special documentation and an original form-fit Brown case.

This Closet Classic finished, 2-Color Sunburst limited release will be available from January 15 to December 31, 2004. You’ve waited 50 years for this day and we’ve taken every measure to make it worthwhile.

Specifications:

• Model Name: 50th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster®

• Model Number: 015-1954-(803)

• Series: Limited Edition Series

• Body: Comfort Contoured Premium Ash Body

• Neck: 1-Piece Maple, U-Shape, (Nitro-Cellulose Lacquer Finish)

• Fingerboard: Maple, 7.25” Radius (184 mm)

• No. of Frets: 21 Vintage Style Frets

• Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)

• Width @ Nut: 1.650” (42 mm)

• Hardware: Nickel/Chrome

• Machine Heads: Fender/Gotoh® Vintage Style Tuning Machines

• Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with “Ash Tray” Bridge Cover

• Pickguard: 1-Ply White, (8 Hole)

• Pickups: 3 New Custom Shop Vintage 1954 Single-Coil Stratocaster Pickups with White ABS Covers

• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Middle Pickup, Position 3. Neck Pickup

• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)

• Colors: (803) 2-Color Sunburst, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)

• Unique Features: U- Shape Maple Neck, Vintage Styling, Built with a Closet Classic Finish; as if Bought New in 1954 and Played a Few Times a Year and then Put Carefully Away. Has a Few Small Dings, Checked Finish, Oxidized Hardware and Aged Plastic Parts.

• Source: U.S. Fender Custom Shop