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.
Specifications:
- Construction: Solid body, bolt-on neck
- Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
- Neck Material: 1-Piece Quartersawn Roasted Maple
- Neck Shape: 07/54 Soft "V"
- Fretboard: 1-Piece Roasted Quartersawn Maple
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- Nut: Bone
- Frets: 21 Narrow tall
- Inlays: Black Micarta Dot - 0.25"
- Finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer
- Pickups: SSS Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Single-Coil Strat
- Controls: 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
- Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
- Hardware Color: Nickel/Chrome
- Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case (includes CS strap, CS books, certificate of authenticity, specs sheet, etc)
