Fender custom shop 51 Nocaster Relic FBK MBTK Masterbuilt Todd Krause
Product information "Fender custom shop 51 Nocaster Relic FBK MBTK Masterbuilt Todd Krause"
In November 1950, the first Fender model, the Esquire, received a second neck pickup. The newly created model was named Broadcaster and became the first Fender model to be produced in larger numbers, gaining historical significance. However, the name Broadcaster was short-lived and had to be changed after a complaint from Gretsch, which had already used the name for various drum products at the time.
From roughly February to August 1951 Fender continued to use the name and logo decals on the headstocks but cut off the designation Broadcaster. These no-name guitars, nicknamed Nocaster, are very rare due to the short production span and today fetch astronomical prices among collectors.
The Fender Custom Shop has made it its mission to study these high-quality vintage guitars and reproduce them down to the smallest detail. Here we have a very special Custom Shop Nocaster one-off for you.
- Aging: Relic
- Body Material: Ash 2-piece, Select
- Body Shape: T-Style
- Body finish: Relic
- Bridge / Tremolo: Fender '51-'54 Tele® Bridge with Brass Barrel Saddles
- Bridge Pickup: Fender Custom Shop Handwound '51 Nocaster Relic
- Color/ Finish: Faded Black
- Colour: Black
- Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
- Country of Origin: USA
- Custom shop: yes
- Finish: Thin Nitro Lacquer
- Fretboard: Maple
- Fretboard Inlays: Black Dots
- Fretboard radius: 7,25" - 9,5" Compound
- Frets: 21
- Fret size: Medium Vintage 47095
- Hardware: Aged Nickel/Chrome
- Includes: Case & certificate
- Masterbuilder: Todd Krause
- Neck: 1-piece maple (maple) - flat sawn
- Neck Pickup: Fender Custom Shop Handwound '51 Nocaster Relic
- Neck Profile: 1950 Blackguard Shape
- Neck construction: Bolt on neck
- Neck finish: Natural Satin
- Nut Width: 1.630" (41,40 mm)
- Nut material: Bone
- Pickguard: 1-lagig Schwarz
- Pickup Configuration: S-S (2x Single Coil)
- Pickup Cover: Aged Nickel/Black
- Pickup Selector Switch: 3-way switch
- Pickup type: passive
- Pot Caps: Dome Speed Knobs
- Scale: 24" (610 - 634 mm)
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Serial number: #R140652
- Signature Model: no
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Technology: Solid Body
- Tuning Machines: Fender Vintage Style Tuner
- Weight: 3,35 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!