Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition '54 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar

Description: A Singular '54-style Strat Packed with Slick Modern Playability Limited to a single model, the Limited-edition ’54 Stratocaster Heavy Relic comes courtesy of the Fender Custom Shop Dealer Event with a superb set of vintage-meets-modern specs. The bones of this guitar hail straight from 1954, comprising a 2-piece select ash body and 1-piece AA flame quarter-sawn maple neck in a chunky 07/54 Soft V profile. To match these old-school aesthetic appointments, this Strat is loaded with an equally period-correct set of shimmering Custom Shop Hand-wound ’54 Stratocaster single-coils. Just like pickups found on Leo Fender’s original first-year Strats, these supremely flexible pickups tackle everything from soaring rock leads to stinging Chicago blues licks to sparkling cleans and beyond. Things take a turn toward the modern compound-radius fingerboard, which retains the chording comfort of a retro 7.25-inch radius on the low frets while smoothing out towards a bend-friendly 9.5 inches up Sweetwater is an Authorized Fender Custom Shop Dealer Genuine New Item Sweetwater's 2-year warranty and 55 point inspection Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition '54 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar Solidbody Electric Guitar with Ash Body, Maple Neck, Maple Fingerboard, Synchronized Tremolo, and 3 Single-coil Pickups - Aged '55 Desert Tan over 2-Color Sunburst A Singular '54-style Strat Packed with Slick Modern Playability Limited to a single model, the Limited-edition ’54 Stratocaster Heavy Relic comes courtesy of the Fender Custom Shop Dealer Event with a superb set of vintage-meets-modern specs. The bones of this guitar hail straight from 1954, comprising a 2-piece select ash body and 1-piece AA flame quarter-sawn maple neck in a chunky 07/54 Soft V profile. To match these old-school aesthetic appointments, this Strat is loaded with an equally period-correct set of shimmering Custom Shop Hand-wound ’54 Stratocaster single-coils. Just like pickups found on Leo Fender’s original first-year Strats, these supremely flexible pickups tackle everything from soaring rock leads to stinging Chicago blues licks to sparkling cleans and beyond. Things take a turn toward the modern compound-radius fingerboard, which retains the chording comfort of a retro 7.25-inch radius on the low frets while smoothing out towards a bend-friendly 9.5 inches up high. And, of course, you get an expressive Synchronized tremolo unit in addition to slot-in vintage-style tuning machines. It’s allIt’sped off with a bruised and battered Heavy Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish that retains the broken-in vibe of a well-worn golden-era treasure.Precision-voiced pickups capture the sound of '54 Like many of Leo Fender's 1950s creations, he hit the Stratocaster's trio of single-coil pickups right out of the park on his very first try. The Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition ’54 Stratocaster’s custom trio of Custom Shop hand-wound ’54 pickups expertly replicate the sound of the world's very first Stratocasters — a sound that many players argue has ruled as the definitive electric guitar sound for 70 years. These pickups capture the same crystalline highs, rotund lows, and snappy bite that first solidified the Stratocaster as perhaps Leo's crowning achievement, crafted by the Fender Custom Shop for exacting component-level authenticity. Lastly, the Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition ’54 Stratocaster takes a minor modern detour, brandishing a 5-way switch, allowing you to easily access the Strat's iconic quack without lodging the pickup selector switch in between positions.Modernized compound-radius fingerboard From headstock to strap pin, the Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition ’54 Stratocaster is a spot-on replication of the Strat as Leo envisioned it back in 1954. Well, with a few tiny exceptions, namely the frets and the fingerboard radius. Instead of the rounded 7.25-inch-radius fingerboard found on most vintage Strats, the Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition ’54 Stratocaster comes equipped with a 7.25–9.5-inch compound radius — a supremely playable setup that both preserves the comfortable low-position chording afforded by the classic 7.25-inch radius, while also smoothing out for easier bends as you climb up the frets. Similarly, this guitar’s medium-vintage frets clock in just slightly larger than diminutive vintage frets, enhancing performance without negating the fast feel provided by smaller frets.1954-correct Soft “V” neck profile Long before the age of CNC precision, Fender’s guitar necks were finished purely by hand. Naturally, specs and dimensions greatly varied from instrument to instrument, employee to employee. Thus, while there’s no single “1954” neck shape, the Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition ’54 Stratocaster’s 07/54 Soft V profile captures the general full-feeling vibe you’d expect if you picked up a first-year Strat off the Fullerton line in the 1950s. Full but by no means obtuse, this profile’s slight center ridge and chunky feel are sure to please vintage-minded players after a heftier feel in their hands.Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition ’54 Stratocaster Heavy Relic Features: Custom-spec ’54-style Strat from the Fender Custom Shop Dealer Event, limited to a single model 2-piece select ash body bursts with rich resonance 1-piece AA flame quarter-sawn maple neck, sporting a full-feeling 07/54 Soft V profile inspired by the earliest Strats 7.25-in. to 9.5-in. compound fingerboard radius and narrow-tall frets split the difference between vintage chording comfort and high-performance modern playability A trio of custom Shop Hand-wound ’54 Stratocaster single-coil pickups replicates the shimmering neck-position cleans, treble pickup bite, and quacky in-between tones (courtesy of a modern 5-way switch) of a true vintage Strat Vintage-style Synchronized tremolo unit grants surfy warble and expressive vibrato in spades Slot-in vintage-style tuners make for quick and easy string changes Bruised and battered Heavy Relic nitrocellulose finish captures the look and feel of a well-loved golden-era Strat SpecificationDetail Number of Strings 6 Left-/Right-handed Right-handed Body Type Solidbody Body Shape Limited Edition '54 Stratocaster Body Material 2-piece Select Ash Color Aged '55 Desert Tan over 2-Color Body Finish Heavy Relic Nitrocellulose Lacquer Neck Material 1-Piece Quartersawn AA Flamed Maple Neck Shape Soft V Neck Joint Bolt-on Radius 7.25"-9.5" Vintage Compound Fingerboard Material 1-Piece Quartersawn AA Flamed Maple Fingerboard Inlay Dots Number of Frets 21, Narrow Tall (6105) Scale Length 25.5" Nut Width 1.625" Nut Material Bone Bridge/Tailpiece Fender Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo Tuners Vintage-Style Neck Pickup Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Single-coil Middle Pickup Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Single-coil Bridge Pickup Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound '54 Single-coil Controls 1 x volume, 2 x tone Switching 5-way blade pickup switch Strings Nickel Plated Steel, .010-.046 Case/Gig Bag Hardshell Case RETURN INFORMATION We want you to be completely happy with your purchase from Sweetwater. 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Price: 6200 USD

Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana

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