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 2-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 2-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 1-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. 3 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 5-way switching.

Other premium features and authentic 1st-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.

General:

- Model Name: Limited Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster® NOS, 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck Fingerboard, Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst

- Series: 70th Anniversary Stratocaster

- Color: Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst

Body:

- Body Shape: Stratocaster®

- Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam

- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck:

- Neck Material: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple

- Neck Shape: 07/54 Soft "V"

- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)

- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)

- Number of Frets: 21

- Fret Size: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)

- String Nut: Bone

- Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)

- Headstock: Stratocaster®

- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with 70th Anniversary Engraving

- Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

- Fingerboard: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck

- Position Inlays: Black Micarta Dot - 0.25"

Electronics:

- 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®

- Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1 (Neck Pickup), Tone 2 (Middle Pickup)

- 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)

- Pickup Configuration: SSS

Hardware:

- Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo

- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo

- Orientation: Right-Hand

- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

- Pickguard: 1-Ply Eggshell

- Control Knobs: Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic

- Switch Tips: Eggshell

Miscellaneous:

- Strings: Nickel-Plated Steel (0.010 - 0.046 Gauges)

- Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity

* Features and Specifications Subject to Change Without Notice