Fender Custom Shop '52 Telecaster Relic, Maple Neck - Aged Nocaster Blond
The 1952 Fender Telecaster is the quintessential electric guitar that started it all and is still a favorite after all these years. The Custom Shop '52 Telecaster captures the original essence in all its glory. the guitar features a two-piece select ash body, a one-piece rift sawn maple neck with a comfortable '57 "soft V" profile, vintage compound-radius (7.25"-9.5") fingerboard and 21 narrow tall (6105) frets for comfortable play in all registers.
Custom Shop hand-wound '50/'51 Blackguard pickups provide perfect vintage-correct tone in combination with '51 modified Nocaster wiring, which lets the player blend both pickups together in switch position 1. Other features include a single-ply black phenolic pickguard, '51-'54 Tele bridge with brass barrel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and disk string tree.
Comes with a Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
NECK:
NECK MATERIAL: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: 1957 Soft "V"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: 1-Piece Maple Neck
POSITION INLAYS: Micarta Black Dot
SIDE DOTS: Black
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
BODY:
BODY: 2-Piece Select Ash
BODY FINISH: Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Telecaster
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Ash
HARDWARE:
BRIDGE: 3-Saddle Vintage Style Tele with Barrel Brass Saddles
PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Black Phenolic
CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Chrome
SWITCH TIP: Black
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage Style
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
ELECTRONICS:
BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50/'51 Blackguard
MIDDLE PICKUP: N/A
NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50/'51 Blackguard
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SS
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Blend
SWITCHING: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup (+ Neck Pickup with Blend control), Position 2. Neck Pickup, Position 3. Neck Pickup with No Tone Control (dark vintage circuit)
MEASUREMENTS:
DIMENSIONS: 6.40x17.30x43.70 IN
SHIPPING WEIGHT: 23.40 LB
FRET SIZE: Narrow Tall (6105)
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (64.77 cm)