Fender Custom Shop 1952 Tele Heavy Relic w/case

7lbs 3oz.

The 1952 Fender Telecaster is the quintessential electric guitar that started it all and is still a favorite after all these years. Simplicity of design and the alluring tone that only a Tele® can produce have graced countless recordings and stages over its long lifespan, and the Custom Shop ’52 Telecaster captures the original essence in all its glory. Available in six finishes, the guitar features a two-piece select ash body, a one-piece rift sawn maple neck with a comfortable ’57 “soft V” profile, vintage compound-radius (7.25”-9.5”) fingerboard and 21 narrow tall (6105) frets for comfortable play in all registers.

Custom Shop hand-wound ’50/’51 Blackguard pickups provide perfect vintage-correct tone in combination with ’51 modified Nocaster wiring, which lets the player blend both pickups together in switch position 1. Other features include a single-ply black phenolic pickguard, ’51-’54 Tele bridge with brass barrel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and disk string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

• Model Name: '52 Telecaster® Heavy Relic®, Maple Neck, Aged Nocaster® Blonde
• Model Number: 9235001558
• Series: Time Machine
• Color: Aged Nocaster® Blonde
  
  

Body

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

Neck

• Neck Material: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
• Neck Shape: 1957 Soft "V"
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Narrow Tall (6105)
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Fingerboard: 1-Piece Maple
• Position Inlays: Micarta Black Dot
  
  

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50/'51 Blackguard
• Middle Pickup: N/A
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50/'51 Blackguard
• Controls: Volume, Blend
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup (+ Neck Pickup with Blend control), Position 2. Neck Pickup, Position 3. Neck Pickup with No Tone Control (dark vintage circuit)
• Pickup Configuration: SS
  
  

Hardware

• Bridge: 3-Saddle Vintage Style Tele® with Barrel Brass Saddles
• Tuning Machines: Vintage Style
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Black Phenolic
• Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
• Switch Tips: Black
• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.