MODEL NUMBER
9236091140: Time Capsule
9236091141: NOS
9236091142: Deluxe Closet Classic (a.k.a. Lush Closet Classic)
9236091143: Journeyman Relic
9236091144: Relic
9236091145: Heavy Relic
9236091146: Super Heavy Relic
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash Body with Offset Seam (Treble Side)
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: 1-Piece 5/4 Quartersawn Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Medium Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 70th Anniversary ‘54 Strat Back-Shape
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” to 9.5” Vintage Compound
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.625” (41.3 mm)
Neck Butt Width: 2.190” (55.6 mm)
Neck Dimensions .885” - .980”
Position Inlays: .250” Micarta Black Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: “STRATOCASTER”, “WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO”, “ORIGINAL Contour Body”
Other Decals, back: “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo Limited Edition
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ‘54 Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ‘54 Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ‘54 Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Vintage ‘54 Strat Wiring with Wax Paper Cap
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage-Style, “FENDER”/“PAT.PEND.”
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
String Tree: Button
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: Single-Ply White (.070 PVA)
Back Plate: Single-Ply White, Round Holes, Serial Number
Control Knobs: ABS White, Short Skirt Style
Switch Tip: ABS White
Tremolo Arm Tip: ABS White
Pickup covers: ABS White, ’54-Style
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, “Fender” V Logo “70th ANNIVERSARY 1954 2024 STRATOCASTER”
COLOR
Wide Fade 2-Color Sunburst
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
1954 Body Routing and Contours
Period Correct Switch Tip
Unfinished Back Neck on: Journeyman Relic, Relic, Heavy Relic, and Super Heavy Relic Models
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Embroidered Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
Special Case Candy Kit
COMMENTS
Advertised in January 2024, but first units built in late 2023
FENDER SAID
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 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster. 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 gorgeous Wide Fade Two-Color Sunburst lacquer finish in a number of Custom Shop treatments with varying degrees of wear, including Time Capsule, NOS, Deluxe Closet Classic, Relic, Journeyman Relic, Heavy Relic and Super Heavy Relic.
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. This is topped with 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.
Other premium features and authentic first-year Strat appointments include a single-ply white pickguard and serial-number back plate, 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, special “case candy” kit and certificate of authenticity.
9236091140: Time Capsule
9236091141: NOS
9236091142: Deluxe Closet Classic (a.k.a. Lush Closet Classic)
9236091143: Journeyman Relic
9236091144: Relic
9236091145: Heavy Relic
9236091146: Super Heavy Relic
BODY
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash Body with Offset Seam (Treble Side)
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: 1-Piece 5/4 Quartersawn Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Medium Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 70th Anniversary ‘54 Strat Back-Shape
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25” to 9.5” Vintage Compound
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.625” (41.3 mm)
Neck Butt Width: 2.190” (55.6 mm)
Neck Dimensions .885” - .980”
Position Inlays: .250” Micarta Black Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Vintage Style
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Walnut Plug
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Spaghetti
Other Decals, front: “STRATOCASTER”, “WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO”, “ORIGINAL Contour Body”
Other Decals, back: “Fender” Custom Shop V Logo Limited Edition
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ‘54 Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ‘54 Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ‘54 Strat Pickup, Staggered Poles
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Vintage ‘54 Strat Wiring with Wax Paper Cap
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Saddles: Vintage-Style, “FENDER”/“PAT.PEND.”
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
String Tree: Button
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: Single-Ply White (.070 PVA)
Back Plate: Single-Ply White, Round Holes, Serial Number
Control Knobs: ABS White, Short Skirt Style
Switch Tip: ABS White
Tremolo Arm Tip: ABS White
Pickup covers: ABS White, ’54-Style
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, “Fender” V Logo “70th ANNIVERSARY 1954 2024 STRATOCASTER”
COLOR
Wide Fade 2-Color Sunburst
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .010-.046
1954 Body Routing and Contours
Period Correct Switch Tip
Unfinished Back Neck on: Journeyman Relic, Relic, Heavy Relic, and Super Heavy Relic Models
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Embroidered Hardshell Case
Certificate of Authenticity
Special Case Candy Kit
COMMENTS
Advertised in January 2024, but first units built in late 2023
FENDER SAID
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 70th Anniversary 1954 Stratocaster. 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 gorgeous Wide Fade Two-Color Sunburst lacquer finish in a number of Custom Shop treatments with varying degrees of wear, including Time Capsule, NOS, Deluxe Closet Classic, Relic, Journeyman Relic, Heavy Relic and Super Heavy Relic.
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. This is topped with 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.
Other premium features and authentic first-year Strat appointments include a single-ply white pickguard and serial-number back plate, 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, special “case candy” kit and certificate of authenticity.
Heavy Relic
Courtesy of Empire Music
Journeyman Relic
Courtesy of Lark Guitars
Relic
Courtesy of Make'n Music
Deluxe Closet Classic
Courtesy of Black Dot Music
NOS
Courtesy of Make 'n Music
