Fender Custom Shop '53 Telecaster NOS Butterscotch Blonde Tele Guitar

This is a Fender Custom Shop '53 Telecaster NOS Butterscotch Blonde Tele Guitar. This is a tele part of the 30th Anniversary Series for 2017. Celebrating 30 years of the Fender Custom Shop this guitar was only available at the NAMM show in January so I reordered it. This is a total player. For those of you looking for a lightweight tele with a chunky neck and big frets this is your guitar. It weighs in a 7.2 lbs so it wont break your back. The neck profile is the '52 U Tele profile. It Fender's second fattest neck next to the '51 U Nocaster profile. The '52 U profile has a thickness of .900" at the 1st fret and .990" at the 12th fret. For players that like fat necks this one will feel perfect. The frets on this guitar are the Jescar 6100 Jumbo Frets. With a flatter 9.5" radius you will be flying all over this fretboard.  This Telecaster also features the NOS (New Old Stock) Butterscotch Blonde Nitro Finish, premium lightweight 2 piece ash body wood has great tone. The maple neck is 5/4 sawn for extra stability and is lightly tinted. The maple fingerboard also sports black dot inlays. The pickups are Handwound Fender Custom Shop Broadcaster Bridge Pickup and a Handwound Twisted Tele Neck pickup with three-way switching has the sought-after sound of yesterday with the benefits of modern wiring. The Fender guitar has vintage hardware, a black 1-ply pickguard and Original Vintage Nocaster Bridge with 3 Brass Saddles complete the dream. 

NOS - What's the deal???
As a member of the Fender Custom Shop Time Machine Series, the offer guitars that are aged to look like they have had years of abuse. The call those Relics. Fender offers different degrees of aging with Heavy Relics, Lite Relics, Journeyman, and Closet Classic Finishes. There are many players how just don't like buying a new guitar that is beat up. For those players Fender offers the NOS (New Old Stock) finished guitars.  This means the instrument is finished to be a brand new and shiny instrument with no wear and tear. No dings, scratches, or dents.

Fender Custom Shop '53 Telecaster NOS Butterscotch Blonde Tele Guitar Specifications:

Series: Time Machine Series
Model Name: '53 Telecaster® NOS®
Colors: Butterscotch Blonde,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Body: Premium Lightweight Ash Body
Weight: 7.2 lbs
Neck: 1-Piece Tinted Maple 5/4 Sawn, 52 Tele Fat "U" Shape,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Thickness at 1st Fret: .900"
Thickness at 12th Fret: .990"

Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5 Radius (241 mm)
No. of Frets: 21 Jescar® 6100 Jumbo Frets
Bridge Pickup: Handwound Fender Custom Shop Broadcaster Pickups,
Neck Pickup: Handwound Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone Control
Pickup Switching 3-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
(Modern Wiring Circuit)

Bridge: Original Vintage Nocaster Tele Bridge with 3 Brass Saddles
Nut: Bone
Machine Heads: Fender®/Gotoh® Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply Black Bakelite, (5-Hole)
Scale Length: 25.5 (648 mm)
Width at Nut: 1.650 (42 mm)
Strings: Fender Bullet, Pure Nickel
Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046),
P/N 073-0250-006
Accessories: Deluxe Tweed Hard shell Case (Red Crushed Velvet Interior with Logo), Certificate of Authenticity
Case: Deluxe Center Pocket Tweed Hard shell Case

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