New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Limited Nocaster Thinline Relic, with a lighter select ash chambered body for a more open and expansive sound, paired in a substantial tonal combination with a one-piece quartersawn maple neck with a large "C" profile. Its beautifully battered Relic lacquer finish comes in Aged Nocaster® Blonde, Aged White Blonde, and Aged Two-Color Sunburst, imparting an authentically worn-in look in which spidery finish checking and each ding, dent and scar from bridge to headstock tell a story of years of action in clubs and bars.

Under the hood, special pickups and wiring deliver amazingly versatile tone. Both hand-wound "Loaded" Nocaster pickups are wound with thinner wire for more turns - and more turns means more richly sustaining Telecaster® tone. The neck pickup is "open" on the top for greater clearance that raises the pickups closer to the strings, and is also made with alnico 5 magnets that, combined with more windings, brings it into the output realm of the bridge pickup (which uses alnico 3 magnets). Fat '50s Telecaster wiring delivers stronger overall tone with more transparent bloom, with volume and tone controls that react more smoothly and evenly, with less of the typical treble loss that occurs when rolling back on volume.

Other premium features include a '51 Nocaster Bridge with Custom Shop RSD (Research Special Design) compensated brass saddles for perfect intonation without sacrificing vintage Tele tone, vintage compound-radius (7.25"-9.5") maple fingerboard with 21 narrow tall (6105) frets and a bone nut, three-way pickup switch, single-ply black phenolic pickguard, vintage-style tuners, disc string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Product Name: Limited Edition Nocaster Thinline Relic, 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck - Aged 2-Color Sunburst

Model #: 9236081261

General

SERIES: Limited Edition

ORIENTATION: Right-Hand

COLOR: Aged 2-Color Sunburst

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US

Neck

HEADSTOCK: Telecaster®

NECK MATERIAL: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple

NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

NECK SHAPE: Large "C"

NECK THICKNESS: .850"

NECK BUTT WIDTH: 2.200"

NECK THICKNESS 12TH FRET: .990"

FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)

FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck

POSITION INLAYS: Black Micarta Dot, 0.25" (6.35 mm)

SIDE DOTS: Black Micarta, 3/32" (2.38 mm)

NUMBER OF FRETS: 21

TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust

STRING NUT: Bone

NUT WIDTH: 1.625" (41.3 mm)

NUT MATERIAL: Bone

Body

BODY: 2-Piece Ash

BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

BODY SHAPE: Nocaster®

BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Ash

SOUND HOLE: Single F Hole

Hardware

BRIDGE: 3-Saddle Vintage-Style Strings-Through-Body Tele® with RSD Saddles

PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Black

CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Chrome

SWITCH TIP: Barrel Style, Black

HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome

TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo

STRING TREES: Vintage-Style Disc

STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)

NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo

Electronics

BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded '51 Nocaster®

NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Open Loaded '51 Nocaster®

PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SS

CONTROLS: Master Volume, Master Tone

SWITCHING: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

Measurements

DIMENSIONS: 6.00x17.00x44.75 IN

SHIPPING WEIGHT: 25.00 LB

HEADSTOCK THICKNESS: 0.575"

FRET SIZE: Narrow Tall (6105)

SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (64.77 cm)

SHIPPING LENGTH: 44.75 IN

SHIPPING HEIGHT: 6.00 IN

SHIPPING WIDTH: 17.00 IN

Accessories

INCLUDED ACCESSORIES: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.