2024 marks the platinum anniversary of the Stratocaster®—that’s seven decades of the world’s greatest electric guitar. To mark this auspicious milestone, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Limited Edition ’54 Hardtail Stratocaster® Deluxe Closet Classic with Gold Hardware. Its two-piece select ash body (with offset seam on the treble side) produces lively resonance with singing highs, sweet midrange and tight lows, with sparkling gold hardware and wrapped in a gorgeous Deluxe Closet Classic lacquer finish in Two-Color Sunburst, Dirty White Blonde, Super/Super Faded Aged Shell Pink, India Ivory and Faded Aged Canary Yellow.
Its one-piece quartersawn maple neck is fashioned with a special 70thanniversary Soft “V” profile based on an incredible Strat® neck from July 1954, topped by 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.
All together it spotlights an ultra-rare set of period-correct Stratocaster® appointments, with other premium features including a single-ply white pickguard, vintage-style hardtail bridge, vintage-style tuners, disc string tree, deluxe embroidered hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Serial Number: LXX0345
Weight: 7.2 lbs
Specs
Neck
Stratocaster®
1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
07/54 Soft "V"
.885"
2.190"
.980"
7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck
Black Micarta Dot - 0.25"
21
Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
Bone
1.625" (41.3 mm)
Bone
Body
2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Stratocaster®
2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
Hardware
6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Strat® Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles
1-Ply White
Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic
White ABS
Gold
Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
Vintage-Style Disc
Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
4-Bolt with 70th Anniversary Engraving
Electronics
Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Single-Coil Strat®
Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Strat®
Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Strat®
SSS
Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
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
250K 10% Taper Split Flat
Measurements
6.00x17.00x44.75 IN
0.575"
Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
25.5" (64.77 cm)
Accessories
Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.