[PREORDER] Fender Custom Shop 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Relic Guitar, Wide-Fade 2-Color 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 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 a 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.

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 Quartersawn Maple Neck
• Fretboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
• No. of Frets: 21 Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
• 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 Synchronized Tremolo
• Pickguard: 1-Ply White
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case
• Included Accessories: Strap and Certificate of Authenticity