Fender custom shop 1952 Telecaster Sort Heavy Relic WBL #126163
Product information "Fender custom shop 1952 Telecaster Sort Heavy Relic WBL #126163"
After Fender had to remove the name Broadcaster 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. Considering the emerging television age, the name seemed fitting, since 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 Fender's first solidbody electric guitar finally acquired a permanent name for which it is still known today. Fender's production methods allowed for easy manufacture with consistent instrument quality, but also produced a different sound. The clear, long-sustaining tones of the Telecaster set it apart from the fat Gibson-style jazz sounds. The Fender Custom Shop has made it its mission to study these high-quality vintage guitars and recreate them down to the smallest detail. Here we have a very special Custom Shop one-off inspired by an early '50s Tele:
The Fender Custom Shop 1952 Telecaster Sort Heavy Relic WBL is a classic T-style electric guitar with an ash body. Ash was already used on the original Telecaster guitars and provides the basis for the perfect vintage tone. The body wood was selected by hand 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, giving the vintage feel a touch of modern comfort and playability. The guitar is equipped with a classic S-S pickup configuration of two Fender Custom Shop handwound "Twisted" Tele single-coils. Other features include Fender vintage-style tuners, dome speed knobs in aged nickel appearance and a single-ply black 5-hole pickguard.
The Fender Custom Shop 1952 Telecaster Sort Heavy Relic WBL is finished in a timeless White Blonde. The thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish allows the wood to resonate especially well and gives the ageing of the finish a beautiful character. The most extreme of Fender's relic levels, Heavy Relic, conjures the spirit of the most road-worn and battle-tested Fender instruments in history. If you want a guitar that looks like it hasn't left your side since the dawn of rock 'n' roll, this is the right 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, so you can 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 3-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Tele® Bridge
- Bridge Pickup: Fender Twisted Tele
- Color/ Finish: White Blonde
- Colour: Blonde
- Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
- Country of Origin: USA
- Custom shop: yes
- Factory Stringing: Fender Nickel Plated Steel
- Finish: Nitrocellulose
- Fretboard: Maple
- Fretboard Inlays: Dot inlays
- Fretboard radius: 9,5"
- Fret material: Nickel silver
- Frets: 21
- Hardware: Nickel / Chrome
- Includes: Original Fender case, certificate
- Neck: 1 pc Maple
- Neck Pickup: Fender "Twisted" Single-Coil Tele
- Neck Profile: Nocaster "U"
- Neck construction: Bolt on neck
- Neck finish: Gloss aged
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Nut material: Bone
- Pickguard: Black 1-Ply
- Pickup Configuration: S-S (2x Single Coil)
- Pickup Cover: Chrome/Black
- Pickup Selector Switch: 3-Way Bladeswitch
- Pickup type: passive
- Pot Caps: Dome Speed Knob Nickel
- Scale: 25" (635 - 659 mm)
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Serial number: R126163
- 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: 3,15 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!
