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.  We asked the Custom Shop to do this one in Faded Olympic White with an Anodized Gold pickguard and gold hardware - so it's the only one out there.

Its two-piece select ash body (with offset seam on the treble side) resonates with singing highs, sweet midrange and tight lows, and wears an Olympic White finish with a perfectly done Relic treatment.  Recreated to represent a guitar that has been played extensively since it came out of the factory 7 decades ago, it's broken in, super comfortable, and looks amazing.  While others attempt, no one nails the relic'ing process like the Fender Custom Shop.

The one-piece quartersawn maple neck is fashioned with a 57 Soft V profile - a deparature from other reissue '54 Strats.  We did that to make it a bit slimmer and more familiar to a lot of players.  It has a modern radius fingerboard ( 9.5”) with 21 narrow tall (6105) frets for easy playing, with a 1.625” bone nut. Three Custom Shop ’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 # 9231015782
• Serial # 4114
• Weight: 7.4 lbs

Product Specs

• SERIES: 70th Anniversary Stratocaster
• COLOR: Olympic White
• 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: 57 Style Soft "V"
• SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
• NUT WIDTH: 1.625"
• NECK BUTT WIDTH: 2.190"
• NECK THICKNESS 1ST FRET: .850"
• NECK THICKNESS 12TH FRET: .990"
• FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 9.5"
• POSITION INLAYS: Black Micarta Dot, 0.25" 
• TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
  
• NUT MATERIAL: Bone
• FRET SIZE: JNarrow Tall (6105)
• NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
• BRIDGE: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
  
• PICKGUARD: Anodized Gold
• CONTROL KNOBS: Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic
• SWITCH TIP: White ABS
• HARDWARE FINISH: Gold
• 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 '54 Single-Coil Strat®
  
• MIDDLE PICKUP: Custom Shop '54 Strat®
• NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop '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.
  

 

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