Wowie what a guitar! Cream pickguard is on, gold is inside the treasure chest (hardcase).
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
SERIES: Limited Edition
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK: 1-Piece Quartersawn Roasted Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: 1-Piece Roasted Quartersawn Maple
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
FRET SIZE: Narrow Tall (6105)
POSITION INLAYS: Black Micarta Dot, 0.25" (6.35 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
BRIDGE: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles
NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Strat®
MIDDLE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Strat®
BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Single-Coil Strat®
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
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
CONTROL KNOBS: Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome 8=>
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Gold Anodized Aluminum
CASE/GIG BAG: Deluxe Hardshell
