Fender Custom Shop Limited 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster Time Capsule, 2-Colour Sunburst Overview
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 radius fingerboard (7.25”) 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.
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.
- FINISH PACKAGE : TIME CAPSULE FINISH PKG
- PLATING : CHROME/NICKEL HARDWARE
- RIGHT/LEFT HAND ; RIGHT HAND
- CASE; FCS 70TH ANNI STRAT TWEED
- SN ON BACKPLATE
- ACCESSORY KIT PN 7728614000
- BODY SPREAD : GTR ASH OFF-CENTER 2PC
- 2 COLOR SUNBURST
- COLOR OPTION : WIDE FADE
- BODY FINISH : FLASH COAT LACQUER
- 1954 STRAT BODY ROUTING
- 54 BODY CONTOURS
- OFF CENTER - TREBLE SIDE
- NECK BUTT WIDTH: 2.190"
- BRIDGE ASSEMBLY: C/S VINT STRAT CC
- OUTPUT ASSEMBLIES : VINT STRAT CC
- BACK PLATE & TREM COVER GTR : 54 STRAT WHT PVA SER # REAR CONTROL COVER
- TREMOLO ARM : VINT STRAT CC
- TREMOLO ARM TIP : EGGSHELL
- STRING SETS FOR GUITAR : 010-013-017-026-036-046
- CUSTOM NECK:
- 70TH ANNI 54 STRAT NECK FINISH: FLASH COAT LAC
- NECK FINISH : MED TINT
- NECK BLANK GUITAR : MAPLE 5/4 QTR SAWN
- FINGERBOARD : NONE
- TRUSS ROD : 50'S
- HEAD STYLE : SMALL
- NECK HEAD THICKNESS : 0.575"
- NECK SCOOP : 54
- DOT SPACING : WIDE
- FACE DOT : MICARTA BLACK .250
- SIDE DOT : MICARTA BLACK 3/32"
- FRET WIRE : NARROW TALL / 6105
- NUMBER OF FRETS : 21
- FINGERBOARD RADIUS : 7.25" RADIUS
- BACK SHAPE : 70TH ANN STRAT
- NECK NUT WIDTH : 1.625"
- NECK THICKNESS AT 1ST FRET : .885"
- NECK THICKNESS AT 12TH FRET : .980"
- NECK BUTT WIDTH : 2.190"
- NUT : BONE (GTR & J-BASS)
- NECK PLATE GTR : 70TH ANNI STRAT CHR CC
- NUMBER OF BOLTS : 4 BOLT
- DECALS HEADCAP FOR GTR : 54 - 60 STRAT
- TUNER KEY : VINT W/FENDER LOGO CC
- STRING GUIDE GUITAR : VINT DISK 50-55 CC
- NECK TEXT (30 CHAR) : WIDTH AT NUT: 1.625"
- STANDARD OR CUSTOM PICKGUARD: 54 STRAT WHITE
- PICKUP NECK POSITION : HW 54 STRAT CC
- PICKUP MID POSITION : HW 54 STRAT CC
- PICKUP BRIDGE POSITION : HW 54 STRAT CC
- PICKGUARD SHAPE : 56 STRAT
- PICKUP SELECTOR SWITCH : SWITCH 5-WAY LEVER CRL
- SELECTOR SWITCH TIP : WHITE ABS
- KNOB TONE : WHITE ABS
- KNOB VOLUME : WHITE ABS
- CONTROL ASSEMBLY : STRAT VINT '54-'58 CC
- POT #1 : 250K 10% TAPER SPLIT FLAT
- POT #2 : 250K 10% TAPER SPLIT FLAT
- POT #3 : 250K 10% TAPER SPLIT FLAT
