Fender Stratocaster

Gold Sparkle

item# J11899.010
condition: New

The Fender Custom Shop celebrates the diamond jubilee of the worlds greatest electric guitar with the 60th Anniversary 1954 Heavy Relic Stratocaster guitar. This special guitar honors the Stratocasters very first model year and is finely crafted with a rich selection of features and appointments, in addition to a heavy relic treatment that evokes decades of use, abuse and hard-fought wear and tear.The one-piece ash body features a battered nitrocellulose lacquer finish in a choice of colors. The one-piece quartersawn maple neck has a comfortable 1954 U-shaped profile and tinted lacquer finish, and the maple fingerboard has a 9.5 radius and 21 6105 frets for smooth modern playability. Three 1954 single-coil Stratocaster pickups deliver a singing original-era voice.Other features include modern five-way pickup switching, a single-ply white pickguard, synchronized tremolo bridge with six patent pending saddles and serial number-stamped tremolo backplate (a special 1954 touch), vintage-style tuners and nickelchrome hardware. The guitar comes in a tweed center-pocket case with Stratocaster 60th anniversary embroidery and an included 60th anniversary commBody
Body shape: Double cutaway
Body type: Solid body
Body material: Solid wood
Top wood: Not applicable
Body wood: Ash
Body finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose
Orientation: Right handed
Neck
Neck shape: U
Neck wood: Maple Quartersawn
Joint: Bolt-on
Scale length: 25.5"
Truss rod: Standard
Neck finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose
Fretboard
Material: Maple
Radius: 9.5"
Fret size: Narrow jumbo
Number of frets: 21
Inlays: Dot
Nut width: 1.62" (41.3mm)
Pickups
Configuration: SSS
Neck: 1954 single-coil Stratocaster
Middle: 1954 single-coil Stratocaster
Bridge: 1954 single-coil Stratocaster
Brand: Fender Custom shop
Active or passive: Passive
Series or parallel: Series
Piezo: No
Active EQ: No
Special electronics: Modern wiring
Controls
Control layout: Master volume, tone 1, tone 2
Pickup switch: 5-way
Coil tap or split: No
Kill switch: No
Hardware
Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato
Bridge design: Vintage synchronized tremolo
Tailpiece: Not applicable
Tuning machines: Vintage-style
Color: Nickel/chrome
Other
Number of strings: 6-string
Special features: Relic treatment
Case: Hardshell case
Accessories: 60th Anniversary Commemorative book
Country of origin: United States