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 Roasted ’54 Stratocaster® Journeyman Relic®. 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 sensational Journeyman Relic® lacquer finish in Wide Fade Chocolate Two-Color Sunburst, Natural Blonde, ’55 Desert Tan, Aged Black, Cimarron Red and Aged Desert Sand.
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.
Weight: 7lbs 1oz
General
SERIES
70th Anniversary Stratocaster
ORIENTATION
Right-Hand
COLOR
Desert Sand
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
US
Neck
HEADSTOCK
Stratocaster®
NECK MATERIAL
1-Piece Quartersawn Roasted Maple
NECK FINISH
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE
07/54 Soft “V”
NECK THICKNESS
.940″
NECK BUTT WIDTH
2.190″
NECK THICKNESS 12TH FRET
.970″
FINGERBOARD RADIUS
9.5″ (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL
1-Piece Roasted Quartersawn Maple
POSITION INLAYS
Black Micarta Dot – 0.25″
NUMBER OF FRETS
21
TRUSS ROD
Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
STRING NUT
Bone
NUT WIDTH
1.625″ (41.3 mm)
NUT MATERIAL
Bone
Body
BODY
2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
BODY FINISH
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE
Stratocaster®
BODY MATERIAL
2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
Hardware
BRIDGE
Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
PICKGUARD
1-Ply Gold Anodized Aluminum
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
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®
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
All guitars are setup and inspected before shipping. We offer the option to upgrade to a Plek setup at a discounted rate when purchasing an instrument. To learn more about Plek, please message us, or call at: 740-522-0277.
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