Fender Custom Shop 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Time Capsule Package - Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst

Fender

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 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 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 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 hardshell case, special “case candy” kit and certificate of authenticity.

  • Serial Number: XN5005
  • Weight: 7.4 lbs

Body

 

  • 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
  • Flash Coat Lacquer
  • Stratocaster®
  • 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam

Neck

  • Stratocaster®
  • 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
  • Flash Coat 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

Hardware

  • Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
  • 1-Ply Eggshell
  • Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic
  • Eggshell
  • Nickel/Chrome
  • 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