Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Strat Relic, Salmon Pink, Ash Body, HSC 2024
Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Relic, Salmon Pink, Ash Body Sorted for Lightweight, Custom Shop G&G Vintage Tweed Hardshell Case
Guitar weighed at 7lbs, 3.4ozs
Hand crafted by Fender's most skilled and talented builders, the dedicated Custom Shop technicians - part craftsman, part artist, part music fan and, more often than not, part mad scientist - imbue each guitar with history and the spirit of "The Dream Factory". Nothing Beats a Fender Custom Shop guitar for Pristine Vintage Tone and Unparalleled Playability!
Description:
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 ’54 Stratocaster 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 Relic® lacquer finish in Custom Made Salmon Pink finish!
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 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 G&G tweed hardshell case, special “case candy” kit and certificate of authenticity.
Specs (Full Specs in Floor Traveller, See Pics)
Custom Shop Limited Edition Series
Each Custom Shop Limited Edition instrument is only available for a short time, which makes it eminently collectible and adds to its investment value. Crafted with many features reserved only for certain artists and master-built instruments, they are just what the name says they are: highly anticipated limited-edition models that go very quickly.
Relic Finish
The authentic worn-in wear of a guitar that has experienced many years of regular use in clubs and bars. Marks that tell a story, finish checking all over the body; scars, dings and dents from bridge to headstock.
Full Specs
General:
- Model Name: Limited Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Strat Relic, Salmon Pink, Ash Body
- Model Number: 9232002162
- Series: Limited Edition 70th Anniversary, Relic
- Color: Salmon Pink.
- SN: XN5060
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel 010-013-017-026-036-046
Body:
- Body Shape: Stratocaster®
- Body Material: Off Center 2 Piece Ash Sorted for Light Weight
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck:
- Neck Material: 5/4 Quater Sawn Maple
- Neck Shape: 1959 "D"
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25 - 9.50 Compound Radius
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Medium Vinatge / 47095
- Nut Material: Bone
- Neck Thickness @ 1st Fret .885"
- Neck Thickness @ 12th Fret .980"
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with 70Th Anniversary Custom Shop "V" Logo, Relic
- Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Med Tint
- Fingerboard: None
- Position Inlays: Micarta Black .250
- Side Dot: Micarta Black 3/32"
Electronic:
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 54 Strat® Relic
- Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 54 Strat® Relic
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound 54 Strat® Relic
- Controls: Strat Vintage '54-'58 Relic
- Pickup Cofigration: SSS
Hardware:
- Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Strat Tremolo Relic
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Fender Logo Relic
- Pickguard: Custom Shape 56 Strat
- Control Knobs: Strat ABS White Relic
- Switch Tips: ABS White Relic
Miscellaneous
- Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Accessories: Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
