Fender Custom Shop LTD 1954 Roasted Stratocaster Journeyman Relic - Roasted Maple Fingerboard, Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst

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, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.