Fender custom shop 1952 Telecaster Sort Heavy Relic SHG#1
Product information "Fender custom shop 1952 Telecaster Sort Heavy Relic SHG#1"
After Fender had to remove the Broadcaster name from its electric guitars in 1951 following a complaint, a new name was sought for the successor to the Esquire. The idea for the new name Telecaster came from Don Randall, the creative mind behind almost all Fender model names. In view of the emerging television age the name seemed fitting, as Leo Fender's earlier shop was the first in the area to offer televisions.
The name Telecaster appeared on the headstock of the T-style guitar from 1951 onwards, and so Fender's first solidbody electric guitar finally received a permanent name by which it is still known today. Fender's manufacturing methods allowed simple production with consistent instrument quality, but also produced a different sound. The clear, long-sustaining tones of the Telecaster set it clearly apart from the beefier Gibson-style jazz sound. The Fender Custom Shop has set itself the task of studying these high-quality vintage guitars and reproducing them down to the smallest detail. Here we have a very special Custom Shop one-off for you, modelled on a Tele from the early '50s:
The Fender Custom Shop 1952 Telecaster Sort Heavy Relic SHG is a classic T-style electric guitar with an ash body. Ash was already used on the original Telecaster guitars and provides the foundation for the perfect vintage sound. The body wood was hand-selected to ensure particularly light weight and thus improve playing comfort. The aged maple neck with maple fretboard is shaped in a Nocaster "U" profile in the style of the early '50s and features a 9.5" fretboard radius, which adds a touch of modern comfort and playability to the vintage feel. The guitar is fitted with a classic S-S pickup combination: a Fender Custom Shop '51 Nocaster single-coil in the bridge position and a handwound "Twisted" Tele single-coil in the neck position. Further appointments include Fender vintage-style tuners, chrome-look dome speed knobs and a single-ply black 5-hole pickguard.
The Fender Custom Shop 1952 Telecaster Sort Heavy Relic SHG is finished in a striking Shoreline Gold. The thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish allows the wood to vibrate particularly freely and helps the finish age more beautifully. Fender's most extreme relic level, Heavy Relic, conjures the spirit of the most time‑tested and worn Fender instruments in history. If you want a guitar that looks like it's been by your side since the dawn of rock 'n' roll, this is the finish for you.
This exquisite one-off is delivered with a certificate of authenticity in a luxurious original Fender Custom Shop case with tweed covering and wine-red interior lining, allowing you to transport your new dream guitar safely and protect it from external influences.
- Aging: Heavy Relic
- Body Material: Ash
- Body Shape: T-Style
- Body finish: High Gloss
- Bridge / Tremolo: Fender 51 Nocaster Relic
- Bridge Pickup: Fender '51 Nocaster Bridge
- Color/ Finish: Shoreline Gold
- Colour: Gold
- Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
- Country of Origin: USA
- Custom shop: yes
- Factory Stringing: Fender Nickel Plated Steel
- Finish: Nitrocellulose
- Fretboard: 1 pc Maple
- Fretboard Inlays: Dot inlays
- Fretboard radius: 9,5"
- Fret material: Nickel silver
- Frets: 21
- Hardware: Aged Chrome
- Includes: Original Fender case, certificate
- Neck: 1 pc Maple
- Neck Pickup: Fender Custom Shop Handwound "Twisted" Tele Single-Coil
- Neck Profile: Nocaster "U"
- Neck construction: Bolt on neck
- Neck finish: High Gloss Aged
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Nut material: Bone
- Pickguard: Black 1-Ply
- Pickup Configuration: S-S (2x Single Coil)
- Pickup Cover: Open Black/Nickel
- Pickup Selector Switch: 3-Way Bladeswitch
- Pickup type: passive
- Pot Caps: Dome Speed Chrome
- Scale: 25" (635 - 659 mm)
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Serial number: R128622
- Signature Model: no
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Technology: Solid Body
- Translation: 1:14
- Tuning Machines: Fender Vintage Style Tuner
- Weight: 3,55 kg
To make a Fender instrument available to everyone, they are offered in different price ranges. The subsidiary Squier sells affordable, Far East-made models built to original specifications with Fender know-how in the background. An affordable, "real" Fender can be found in the series made in Mexico. The classic original Fender instruments, such as the American Pro series, are made in the USA. For lovers of hand-built instruments and guitars with vintage flair there is the Fender Custom Shop, where you can even have a guitar built completely to your own specifications.
But Fender is not only known and appreciated for its instruments, it is also famous for various amplifiers such as the Deluxe Reverb, the Princeton, the Champion, the Blues Junior and the Fender Rumble bass amp range. Fender now also offers a wide range of guitar accessories like strings, picks, cables, straps, cases, tuners and care products, as well as spare parts and pickups, plus accessories and merchandising. You can of course find all of this at the music shop you trust – session in Frankfurt and Walldorf!
