aged RELIC nitro Blackguard Telecaster Nocaster ASH loaded body BARE KNUCKLE 52 pups Fender bridge

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Loaded Telecaster TELE Nocaster BODY #2402. We sprayed a thin Nitro aged Blonde finish. Aged / relic'd. Fender Custom Shop USA pickups. Premium Ash 3 piece body. Add a neck and you're ready to rock (well, you'll need to adjust the saddles and trem for your neck--action, intonation, etc). 

See pre-finish pic of body.

We aged / relic relic'd this for a 1950s 1951 1952 1960s look (belt buckle wear, arm wear, dings, scratches, discolorations, etc). Aged hardware. Aged plastic. Old school nitrocellulose lacquer finish. 

Standard Tele neck pocket 3" x 2-3/16" x 5/8". We included pics with a Fender neck installed to show fit and string spacing (you may or may not have to adjust the neck pocket to fit your neck); neck is NOT included.

Loaded weight is a LIGHT 5.35 lbs. (raw body was only 4.05 lbs.); when we had our Fender neck installed with Kluson tuners total weight was 7.0 lbs. (your results may vary based on your neck, tuners, etc).

NOTE: this listing is for the loaded body only (no neck is included).

* SEE 24 LARGE PICS * NOTE: pics taken indoors. Color will vary based on lighting. There may be aging/wear not captured in pics.

• Bare Knuckle Handwound Flat 52 pickups: For a very short period in '52 both bridge and neck coils were wound with 42AWG plain enamel, and the Flat 52 set replicates this with a brighter, tighter sounding bridge coil and an open, almost Strat-like neck tone. Utilising the slightly thinner, copper plated steel baseplate introduced in late '51, whilst staying with a flat profile magnet design and deep drawn neck cover, the tone has a defined snap in the bass and authentic, full twang. The Flat '52 is a very unique and versatile Tele® set capable of a vast range of clean and driven vintage tones. Neck = 5k, Bridge = 7.1k.
• Aged nickel hardware: Fender USA PAT PEND bridge with Fender brass saddles; dome top 50's style knobs, vintage style Fender strap buttons, electrosocket jack, aged neck plate and screws, aged string ferrules, SLOT screws throughout.
• CTS 250k volume and tone pots; Sprague Orange Drop .047uF tone cap; Fender 3-way switch; Switchcraft jack. "Normal" Tele wiring: 1 volume control, 1 tone control; 3 way switch with Position 1 bridge pickup, Position 2 bridge & neck pickup, Position 3 neck pickup.
• Aged black Bakelite 1-ply 5-hole pickguard--note repaired crack (made in USA), black switch tip.