Introducing the Fender Custom Shop '60 Tele Custom Relic, a faithful recreation of the revered turn-of-the-decade original in all its worn-in glory, built for players who prize a rare glimpse into Telecaster evolution with a few seamless streamlined improvements for a paramount playing experience. The two-piece ash body is hand selected for weight and grain and wears a Relic lacquer finish. A rift-sawn maple neck features a '60-style "oval C" profile, topped by a 9.5"-radius flat-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow tall frets for comfort and optimum play.
Hand-wound '58 Tele pickups are wound to spec and connected to a three-way switch and modern Tele wiring. Other features include a single-ply 8-hole parchment pickguard, 1960 Tele bridge with threaded steel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Specifications
SERIES: Time Machine
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Ash
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK: Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Flat-Laminated AAA Rosewood
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
FRET SIZE: Narrow Tall
POSITION INLAYS: Micarta White Dot
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (648 mm)
BRIDGE: 3-Saddle Vintage Style Tele with Threaded Steel Saddles
PICKUPS:
Neck: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '58 Single-Coil Tele
Bridge: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '58 Single-Coil Tele
PICKUP SWITCHING: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge, Position 2. Bridge and Neck, Position 3. Neck
CONTROLS: Volume, Tone
CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Chrome
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Parchment
CASE/GIG BAG: Deluxe Hardshell
Meet the builders behind the masterpieces. The Fender Custom Shop Master Builders
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