Introducing the Fender Custom Shop '68 Tele Thinline Journeyman Relic, Maple Fingerboard, Aged Natural.
1968 saw the debut of the Telecaster Thinline—designed as a lighter new version of the Telecaster due to a shortage of lightweight ash bodywood. The guitar had hollow “wings” on either side of the body, with an f-hole on the bass side for a brilliant new look and warmly resonant tone. The ’68 Telecaster Thinline Journeyman Relic captures that year’s model in all its brilliance, with a few custom modifications including a Bigsby® B5 bridge and tailpiece for added vibrato. A semi-hollow Thinline Kalamazoo mahogany body wears a perfectly worn-in Journeyman Relic lacquer finish. The rift-sawn maple neck features a ’60s-style “oval C” profile, 9.5”-radius rift-sawn maple fingerboard and 21 narrow tall (6105) frets.
Custom Shop hand-wound Twisted Tele® pickups provide extra-hot output for beautiful resonance and are hooked up to modern Telecaster wiring and three-way switch. Other features include a three-ply white pearl pickguard, Schaller® “F” tuning machines, bone nut, and wing string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER: 9235001566
SERIES: Time Machine
COLOR: Aged Natural
BODY
BODY FINISH: Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Telecaster
BODY MATERIAL: 1-Piece Vintage Michigan Mahogany
NECK
NECK MATERIAL: Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: 1960 Oval "C"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 9.5" (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Round-Lam Rift Sawn Maple
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
FRET SIZE: Narrow Tall (6105)
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
POSITION INLAYS: Micarta Black Dot
HARDWARE
BRIDGE: Bigsby B5 Bridge and Tailpiece
TUNING MACHINES: Schaller "F"
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply White Pearl
CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Chrome
ELECTRONICS
BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Twisted Tele Single-Coil
NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Twisted Tele Single-Coil
CONTROLS: Volume, Tone
SWITCHING: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
CONFIGURATION: SS
Meet the builders behind the masterpieces. The Fender Custom Shop Master Builders
View all of Diplomate's in-stock Custom Shop Guitars here
1968 saw the debut of the Telecaster Thinline—designed as a lighter new version of the Telecaster due to a shortage of lightweight ash bodywood. The guitar had hollow “wings” on either side of the body, with an f-hole on the bass side for a brilliant new look and warmly resonant tone. The ’68 Telecaster Thinline Journeyman Relic captures that year’s model in all its brilliance, with a few custom modifications including a Bigsby® B5 bridge and tailpiece for added vibrato. A semi-hollow Thinline Kalamazoo mahogany body wears a perfectly worn-in Journeyman Relic lacquer finish. The rift-sawn maple neck features a ’60s-style “oval C” profile, 9.5”-radius rift-sawn maple fingerboard and 21 narrow tall (6105) frets.
Custom Shop hand-wound Twisted Tele® pickups provide extra-hot output for beautiful resonance and are hooked up to modern Telecaster wiring and three-way switch. Other features include a three-ply white pearl pickguard, Schaller® “F” tuning machines, bone nut, and wing string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER: 9235001566
SERIES: Time Machine
COLOR: Aged Natural
BODY
BODY FINISH: Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Telecaster
BODY MATERIAL: 1-Piece Vintage Michigan Mahogany
NECK
NECK MATERIAL: Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: 1960 Oval "C"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 9.5" (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Round-Lam Rift Sawn Maple
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
FRET SIZE: Narrow Tall (6105)
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
POSITION INLAYS: Micarta Black Dot
HARDWARE
BRIDGE: Bigsby B5 Bridge and Tailpiece
TUNING MACHINES: Schaller "F"
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply White Pearl
CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Chrome
ELECTRONICS
BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Twisted Tele Single-Coil
NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Twisted Tele Single-Coil
CONTROLS: Volume, Tone
SWITCHING: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
CONFIGURATION: SS
Meet the builders behind the masterpieces. The Fender Custom Shop Master Builders
View all of Diplomate's in-stock Custom Shop Guitars here
