Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 1954 Hardtail Stratocaster DLX Closet Classic, 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck Fingerboard, Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst – Fender

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 70^th anniversary 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.

SPECIFICATIONS

Neck

• Headstock: Stratocaster®
• Neck Material: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Shape: 07/54 Soft “V”
• Neck Thickness: .885″
• Neck Butt Width: 2.190″
• Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .980″
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25″ to 9.5″ Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
• Fingerboard Material: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck
• Position Inlays: Black Micarta Dot – 0.25″
• Number of Frets: 21
• Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.625″ (41.3 mm)
• Nut Material: Bone

Body

• Body: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam

Hardware

• Bridge: 6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Strat® Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles
• Pickguard: 1-Ply White
• Control Knobs: Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic
• Switch Tip: White ABS
• Hardware Finish: Gold
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
• String Trees: Vintage-Style Disc
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Tremolo Arm: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with 70th Anniversary Engraving

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’54 Single-Coil Strat®
• Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’54 Strat®
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’54 Strat®
• Pickup Configuration: SSS
• Controls:
  • Master Volume
  • Tone 1. (Neck Pickup)
  • Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
• Switching:
  • 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
• Potentiometers: 250K 10% Taper Split Flat

Measurements

• Scale Length: 25.5″ (64.77 cm)
• Fret Size: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
• Dimensions: 6.00 x 17.00 x 44.75 IN
• Shipping Weight: 25.00 LB
• Headstock Thickness: 0.575″
• Shipping Length: 44.75 IN
• Shipping Height: 6.00 IN
• Shipping Width: 17.00 IN

Accessories

• Included Accessories:
  • Deluxe Hardshell Case
  • Strap
  • Certificate of Authenticity

Miscellaneous

• Disclaimer: WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm
• Commodity Code: 9207.90.0040