A NAMM Special from the Fender Custom Shop, and one of the most convincing mid fifties Telecasters you will ever pick up. The neck is riff sawn maple carved to a full 1954 "U" profile, finished in medium tint nitro and worn silky smooth across the back with the paint gone entirely from the 1st to the 12th fret. That is not standard Journeyman treatment, and it is the first thing your hand notices. The two piece ash body wears an Aged White Blonde nitrocellulose lacquer with the Journeyman relic touch: honest dings, nicks and fine checking, used but never abused. Underneath the 52 Tele parchment pickguard sits a pair of hand wound 55/56 Tele pickups, wound by legendary Fender Custom Shop masterwinder Josefina Campos herself. Clear, balanced, with that extra warmth and roundness the mid fifties Telecaster is loved for, and a bridge pickup that snaps exactly the way a Blackguard era Tele should. Modern Tele wiring with a Greasebucket tone circuit keeps the top end intact when you roll back. The 9.5" radius maple board with Sanko 6105 frets makes this a vintage guitar you can actually play fast on.

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WEIGHT 3.415 kg

COLOR AND FINISH Aged White Blonde, nitrocellulose lacquer, Journeyman Relic body

BODY 52 Tele style body, 2 piece Ash, sorted, lacquer finish

NECK Riff sawn Maple neck, Medium Tint nitro lacquer neck finish, 1954 "U" shape, .900 inch at the 1st fret and .990 inch at the 12th fret, one piece Maple fingerboard, 9.5" radius, 21 frets, Sanko 6105 fret wire, 50s truss rod, Nut width 1.650 inch / 41.9 mm, Butt width 2.200 inch / 55.9 mm, Bone nut, Vintage tuning keys with Fender logo relic, 4 bolt mounting, Black Micarta face dots 6.35 mm wide spacing, Black Micarta side dots 2.4 mm, Vintage Silver Fender Tele decal, relic fingerboard with fret ghosting, heavy relic neck back with no paint from the 1st to the 12th fret

PICKUPS Hand Wound 55/56 Tele neck relic and Hand Wound 55/56 Tele bridge relic, wound by masterwinder Josefina Campos

CONTROLS Modern Tele wiring with Greasebucket tone circuit, ground bracket, phillips head relic, 3 way top hat switch relic, 52 Tele knurled chrome relic knobsHARDWAREChrome plating, 55/57 Tele Esquire relic bridge, Vintage Tele output jack, V logo serial number neck plate relic, no back plate, all phillips head screws

PICKGUARD52 Tele single ply parchment relicCASETweed case