Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster DLX Closet Classic 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck Fingerboard Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst

Weight: 7 lbs 8 oz
Neck depth 1st fret: .90"
Neck depth 12th fret: 1.02"

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.

Series

70th Anniversary

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 Butt Width

2.190"

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

Fret Size

Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)

Scale Length

25.5" (64.77 cm)

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 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

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

Included Accessories

Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.