[PREORDER] Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 1954 Roasted Stratocaster Journeyman Relic, Cimarron Red

o celebrate 70 years of the Stratocaster®—the platinum anniversary of the world’s greatest electric guitar—the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Limited Edition Roasted ’54 Stratocaster® Journeyman Relic®. It's a two-piece select ash body (with offset seam on the treble side) that resonates with singing highs, sweet midrange and tight lows, and wears a sensational Journeyman Relic® lacquer finish in Cimarron Red.

The one-piece roasted 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 ’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.

All in all it’s a distinctive combination of 1950s-inspired aesthetics, with other premium features including an eight-hole gold anodized 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.

Specifications:

• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Profile: 07/54 Soft "V"
• Fretboard Material: 1-Piece Roasted Quartersawn Maple Neck
• Fretboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
• No. of Frets: 21 Narrow Tall (6105)
• Fretboard Inlays: Black Micarta Dot - 0.25"
• Pickups: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Single-Coil Strat® (Bridge), Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Strat® (Middle), Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Strat® (Neck)
• Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronised Tremolo
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Gold Anodised Aluminium
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case
• Includes: Strap, Certificate of Authenticity