Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster NOS Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst With Case
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. It's important to note that Fender only offers the 1954 model every ten years, on the anniversary of the release. It becomes instantly collectible. So, once a decade the opportunity arises. Here we have what we consider the ultimate "real" version - a Custom Shop recreation of the 1954 Strat, with no aging, fresh out of the Dream Factory.
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. This one is an NOS (New Old Stock), so it's perfectly clean.
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, as well as 1954-style ABS white pickup covers and control knobs. The hardware is authentic: a Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, vintage-style tuners, and disc string tree. The guitar is adorned with a special 70th Anniversary Stratocaster neck plate, only available on this year's guitars. Included is a deluxe embroidered hardshell case, special “case candy” kit and certificate of authenticity.
It doesn't get more real than this, other than having an original '54 Strat!
- Part # 9236091141
- Serial # 4619
- Weight: 7.6 lbs
Product Specs
- SERIES: 70th Anniversary Stratocaster
- COLOR: Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst
- 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.