Fender Custom Shop LTD 70th Anniversary 1954 Hardtail Stratocaster DLX Closet Classic, Super/Super Faded Aged Shell Pink

2024 is a memorable year for Fender. It is the year of the platinum anniversary of the Stratocaster. No less than 70 years ago -in 1954- the world's most famous guitar was introduced to the market. At that time Fender was onder the ownership of Leo Fender, a man who has been of unprecedented significance for the electric guitar. Just how extraordinary is it, that so many guitarists today -after all these years and in a completely different era- still swear by and seek that authentic Fender Stratocaster sound. There is almost no other subject or product imaginable where time has actually stood still for the most part and with such an ongoing, strong, direct connection to the culture and inventions of the last century.

Of course, such an exceptional moment in the history of the electric guitar cannot go unnoticed by Fender. In fact, Fender is dedicating an full collection to its anniversary for this year; within the intire range of Squier, Fender Mexico and Fender USA there is a variety of 70th Anniversary models. Naturally, you'll find the crown jewels within the Fender Custom Shop collection.

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 Super/Super Faded Aged Shell Pink.

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, 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.

• Body Type: Solidbody
• Body Shape: Stratocaster
• Body Material: 2-piece Select Ash
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Hardware: Gold
• Color: Super Faded Aged Shell Pink
• Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Shape: 07/54 Soft "V"
• Neck Joint: Bolt-on
• Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" compound radius
• Fingerboard Inlay: Clay Dots
• Number of Frets: 21, Medium Vintage (47095)
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Nut Width: 1.625"
• Nut Material: Bone
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Strat Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles
• Tuners: Vintage-style
• Pickups: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Single-Coil Strat
• 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
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel, .010-.046
• Case/Gig Bag: Hardshell Custom Shop Case
• Model:9236091160
• Weight: 3.30Kg (7.28lbs)