Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Deluxe Closet Classic Wide Fade 2-Tone 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.   Fender only does the 1954 Strat every 10 years, and each anniversary models becomes instantly collectible.

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 with the Deluxe Closet Classic treatment.  Recreated to represent a guitar that has been stashed away in a closet for 7 decades, you'll see fine aging and expertly done finish checking, but no player wear.  The Fender Custom Shop excels at this, and no one does it better.

The 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, and special 70th Anniversary Stratocaster neck plate. 

Included is the 70th Anniversary embroidered hardshell tweed case, special “case candy” kit and certificate of authenticity. 

• Part # 9236091142
• Serial # 4017
• Weight: 7.7 lbs

Product Specs

• SERIES: 70th Anniversary Stratocaster
• COLOR: Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst
• BODY: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
• BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam; sort for lightweight
• NECK MATERIAL: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
• NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• NECK SHAPE: 07/54 Soft "V"
• SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
• NUT WIDTH: 1.625"
• NECK BUTT WIDTH: 2.190"
• NECK THICKNESS 1ST FRET: .885"
• NECK THICKNESS 12TH FRET: .980"
• FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius 
• POSITION INLAYS: Black Micarta Dot, 0.25" 
• TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
  
• NUT MATERIAL: Bone
• FRET SIZE: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
• NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
• 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.