Fender Custom Shop 1954 Telecaster Electric Guitar - Aged Nocaster Blonde

Serial Number: R136581

Weight: 7 lbs

 New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop delves deep into the early years of the Tele® to introduce a unique, transition-era model – the 1954 Telecaster®. Early 1954 marks the last production run of the infamous single-ply black phenolic pickguard on what we now know as a Nocaster® Blonde-finished body, eventually moving to a single-ply white ABS pickguard to match the all-new Stratocaster®.

Preserving the iconic appointments of the sought after early Telecaster® guitars, this 1954 model features a two-piece select ash body (with offset seam on the treble side), a one-piece rift sawn maple neck with ’54-style “U” back-shape and vintage compound 7.25” to 9.5” fingerboard radius. Equipped with a pair of Custom Shop hand-wound Loaded ’51 Nocaster® pickups, this guitar has all the clarity and twang you would expect from an early-‘50s Tele®, but with a bit of extra power on tap.

The 1954 Telecaster® is available in a number of Custom Shop treatments with varying degrees of wear, including Time Capsule, DLX Closet Classic, Relic®, Journeyman Relic®, Heavy Relic® and Super Heavy Relic®.

Other premium features include 21 medium vintage (47095) frets, fat '50s tele wiring, 3-way switch, single-ply black phenolic pickguard, '51-'54 Tele® bridge with brass barrel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, disc string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Serial Number: R136581

Weight: 7 lbs

Specs

Neck

• HEADSTOCK: Telecaster®
• NECK MATERIAL: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
• NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• NECK SHAPE: 1954 "U"
• FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
• FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple Neck
• POSITION INLAYS: Black Micarta Dot - 0.25"
• NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
• TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
• STRING NUT: Bone
• NUT WIDTH: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
• NUT MATERIAL: Bone

Body

• BODY: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
• BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• BODY SHAPE: Telecaster®
• BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam

Hardware

• BRIDGE: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Brass Saddles
• PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Black Phenolic
• CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Chrome
• SWITCH TIP: Barrel Style, Black
• HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
• TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
• STRING TREES: Vintage-Style Disc
• STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo

Electronics

• BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded '51 Nocaster®
• NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded '51 Nocaster®
• PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SS
• CONTROLS: Master Volume, Master Tone
• SWITCHING: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

Measurements

• FRET SIZE: Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
• SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (64.77 cm)