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Fender Custom Shop 1952 Telecaster "Chicago Special" Heavy Relic Super Aged Blue Sparkle w/Gold Anodized Pickguard

Fender Custom Shop 1952 Telecaster "Chicago Special" Heavy Relic Super Aged Blue Sparkle w/Gold Anodized Pickguard

Regular price $ 90,399.00
Regular price Sale price $ 90,399.00

Serial Number: R124568

Weight: 7lbs

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Description

The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as “The Dream Factory,” produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques–only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender’s finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.

"Chicago Special" Tele® pickups

  • Potted in shellac for open wide range frequency response
  • 43 gauge enamel wire
  • BRIDGE: Wide diameter AlNiCo 3 magnets combined with thinner 43 gauge enamel wire equals 'hot juicy tone'
  • NECK: Wide diameter AlNiCo 5 magnets overwound with 43 gauge enamel wire gives high output, clarity, and punch

Specs

General

Series: Fender Custom Shop
Country of Manufacture: Made in the USA
Serial Number: R124568
Product Color: Blue Sparkle
Relic/Aging Level: Heavy Relic
Case Type: Hardshell Case Included
Factory Setup: .010-.046, E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Body

Body Shape: Telecaster
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck

Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Tint/Color: Medium
Neck Shape: Nocaster U
Fingerboard Material: None (1-Piece Maple Neck)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.65" (42mm)
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"
Scale Length: 25.5" (647.7mm)
Number of Frets: 21 Frets
Neck Joint: 4-Bolt
Fingerboard Inlay: Micarta Black Dots
Inlay Shape: Dots
Side Marker Inlay: Black Micarta
Headstock Inlay/Decal: Vintage Silver Tele

Electronics

Bridge Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Neck Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Controls and Switching: Volume, Tone, 3-Way Switch
Electronics Notes: Modified '51 Nocaster wiring

Hardware

Hardware Color: Nickel/Chrome
Bridge: 51-'54 Tele
Tuning Machines: Vintage with Fender Logo
String Tree: Vintage Disk
Fret Wire: Medium Vintage
Pickguard: Gold Anodized
Knobs: Knurled Chrome
Hardware Notes: All Slot Head Screw
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SKU: 9237101479-R124568

Description

The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as “The Dream Factory,” produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques–only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender’s finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.

"Chicago Special" Tele® pickups

  • Potted in shellac for open wide range frequency response
  • 43 gauge enamel wire
  • BRIDGE: Wide diameter AlNiCo 3 magnets combined with thinner 43 gauge enamel wire equals 'hot juicy tone'
  • NECK: Wide diameter AlNiCo 5 magnets overwound with 43 gauge enamel wire gives high output, clarity, and punch

Specs

General

Series: Fender Custom Shop
Country of Manufacture: Made in the USA
Serial Number: R124568
Product Color: Blue Sparkle
Relic/Aging Level: Heavy Relic
Case Type: Hardshell Case Included
Factory Setup: .010-.046, E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Body

Body Shape: Telecaster
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck

Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Tint/Color: Medium
Neck Shape: Nocaster U
Fingerboard Material: None (1-Piece Maple Neck)
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.65" (42mm)
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"
Scale Length: 25.5" (647.7mm)
Number of Frets: 21 Frets
Neck Joint: 4-Bolt
Fingerboard Inlay: Micarta Black Dots
Inlay Shape: Dots
Side Marker Inlay: Black Micarta
Headstock Inlay/Decal: Vintage Silver Tele

Electronics

Bridge Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Neck Pickup: Fender Hand-Wound Chicago Special
Controls and Switching: Volume, Tone, 3-Way Switch
Electronics Notes: Modified '51 Nocaster wiring

Hardware

Hardware Color: Nickel/Chrome
Bridge: 51-'54 Tele
Tuning Machines: Vintage with Fender Logo
String Tree: Vintage Disk
Fret Wire: Medium Vintage
Pickguard: Gold Anodized
Knobs: Knurled Chrome
Hardware Notes: All Slot Head Screw