Fender Limited Edition 70th Anniversary 1954 Hardtail Stratocaster DLX Closet Classic India Ivory

Fender Limited Edition 1954 Hardtail Stratocaster® DLX Closet Classic India Ivory

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.

General

Model Name: Limited Edition 1954 Hardtail Stratocaster® DLX Closet Classic, 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck Fingerboard, India Ivory

• Series: 70th Anniversary Stratocaster
• Color: India Ivory
• Body
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck

• Neck Material: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Shape: 07/54 Soft "V"
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
• Headstock: Stratocaster®
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with 70th Anniversary Engraving
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Fingerboard: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck
• Position Inlays: Black Micarta Dot - 0.25"

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®
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
• 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
• Pickup Configuration: SSS

Hardware

• Bridge:  6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Strat® Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Hardware Finish: Gold
• Pickguard: 1-Ply White
• Control Knobs: Vintage-Style Skirted White Plastic
• Switch Tips: White ABS