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Fender Stratocaster 54 Heavy Relic 60th Anniversary edition 2014 Ltd Edition
Guitar description
I am delighted to get my hands on another one of these amazing guitars! I already have one in my personal collection and for good reason! In 2014 Fender released a limited number of these very special 1954 heavy relic Strats. They pulled out all the stops to make what are possibly some of the best guitars to come out of the custom shop. It features a one piece ash body and an attention to detail usually reserved for master built strats. Anyone who owns one of these or has researched them will know that they are very very special. It features a superb set of hand wound 54 pickups, a modern 9.5 radius and medium jumbo frets and aside from the frets and radius it's true to a real 54 strat. Even the knobs are the period correct material (which cracks almost immediately). When these were new in 2014 they were £3500, a whopping £1200 over a normal relic for the time. They were limited in numbers and represent a true collectors item and a guitar to fall in love with. This one was bought from the original owner who soon gave up the guitar and never played it. It's as good as new! We've set it all up perfectly and it sings!
Guitar specification
| Country of manufacture | USA |
|---|---|
| Fret board radius | 10 |
| Body | 1 piece ash |
| Candy | All present |
| Case | Original tweed |
| Frets | Medium Jumbo |
| Neck | maple |
| Neck shape | 54 U |
| Number of frets | 21 |
| Pickups | CS HW 54 |
| Neck depth @ 12th fret | 25.42mm |
| Neck width @ 12th fret | 51.38mm |
| String action (low E, 12th fret) | 1.4mm |
| String action (high E, 12th fret) | 1.4mm |
| Nut slot depth | 23.13mm |
| Nut width | 41.93mm |
Guitar condition
Virtually as new! A case queen. Bought by someone who was learning to play and they gave up fairly quickly. Even the case looks mint!
What did we do?
- Action setup and string-height adjustment
- Cleaned
- New strings
- Nut lubrication
- Strip-down authenticity check
- Tremolo balance setup
- Truss-rod adjustment
- New strings — daddario 9 - 42
Gallery uses 6 preserved photographs selected in backup filename order from the 51-image backup.
