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 Fat ’54 Stratocaster® Relic®. Its two-piece select ash body resonates with singing highs, sweet midrange and tight lows, clad in a ravishing Relic® lacquer finish in Wide Fade Two-Color Sunburst, Aged White Blonde, Aged Black and Super-Faded Aged Surf Green, and featuring slightly oxidized Closet Classic hardware for an authentically worn-in look.

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, topped by a 9.5”-radius fingerboard with 21 narrow tall (6105) frets and a 1.625” bone nut. Three Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ’50s Strat® pickups produce crisp highs and well-balanced mids and lows, using Fat ’50s Strat wiring and five-way switching.

Other premium features and authentic first-year Strat® appointments include a single-ply white pickguard, 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, strap and certificate of authenticity.

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" at 1st fret | .980" at 12th fret
Neck butt width: 2.190"
Fingerboard material: 1-piece quartersawn maple neck
Fingerboard radius: 9.5"
Position inlays: Black Micarta dot | .25"
Number of frets: 21
Truss rod: Vintage-style heel adjust
Nut material: Bone
Nut width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
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
Tremolo arm: Vintage-style tremolo arm
Neck plate: 4-bolt | 70th Anniversary engraving
Bridge pickup: Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ’50s single-coil Strat
Middle pickup: Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ’50s single-coil Strat | RWRP
Neck pickup: Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ’50s single-coil Strat
Pickup configuration: SSS
Controls: Master volume | Tone 1 (neck) | Tone 2 (middle)
Switching: 5-position blade | bridge | bridge+middle | middle | middle+neck | neck
Potentiometers: 250K | 10% taper split flat