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 70th 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 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, 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.