Fender Limited Edition 1954 Roasted Stratocaster Journeyman Relic - Cimarron Red

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 70^th 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:

• Journeyman Finish Package
• Chrome/Nickel Hardware Plating
• GTR Ash Off-Center 2pc Body Spread
• Nitro Lacquer Body Finish
• C/S VINT Strat REL Standard Bridge Assembly
• VINT Strat REL Output Assemblies
• 70th Anniversary 54 Strat REL Custom Neck Assembly
• Light Tint & Nitro Lacquer Neck Finish
• Maple Roasted QTR Sawn Neck Blank Guitar
• 50's Truss Rod
• Small Head Style
• 0.575" Neck Head Thickness
• 54 Neck Scoop
• Wide Dot Spacing
• Micarta Black .250 Face Dot
• Micarta Black 3/32" Side Dot
• Narrow Tall / 6105 Fret Wire
• 21 Frets
• 9.50" Fingerboard Radius
• 70th Anniversary Strat Back Shape
• 1.625" Neck Nut Width
• .940" Neck Thickness at 1st Fret
• .970" Neck Thickness at 12th Fret
• 2.190" Neck Butt Width
• Bone (GTR & J-Bass) Nut
• 54 Strat White REL Custom Pickguard