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 Neck

• Headstock: Stratocaster®
• Neck Material: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Shape: 07/54 Soft "V"
• Neck Thickness: 0.885"
• Neck Butt Width: 2.190"
• Neck Thickness 12th Fret: 0.980"
• 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

Body

• Body: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam

Hardware

• 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

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

Measurements

• Dimensions: 6.40 x 17.30 x 43.70 IN
• Shipping Weight: 23.40 LB
• Headstock Thickness: 0.575"
• Fret Size: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
• Shipping Length: 43.70 IN
• Shipping Height: 6.40 IN
• Shipping Width: 17.30 IN

Accessories

• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity

Miscellaneous

• Disclaimer: WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm
• Commodity Code: 9207.90.0040