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About This Listing
Up for sale, a 2013 Fender Telecaster Custom TL52B in near-mint condition and in perfect working order. One of only a few documented examples of this true Fender Japan rarity, this guitar boasts a Green Sparkle metalflake finish, pairing a '50s-style one-piece maple neck with a '60s-style double bound ash body. Aftermarket upgrades include Gotoh Magnum Lock-Trad 6-in-line tuners, a six-saddle bridge, and a three-ply white pickguard.
The natural acoustic response pairs the glassy note attack and treble detail of the maple neck with the midrange complexity and punch of ash as a tonewood. The traditional single coil pickup pair offers chewy twang in the bridge position, with various shades of percussive cut and bell-like chime toggling towards the neck on the three-way selector switch. This Tele weighs 8lbs 9oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Maple -Shape: Chunky U, .870” 1st fret, .930" 12th fret -Fretboard: Maple, 7 1/4“ radius -Frets: Slender, hint of wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-4 -Scale Length: 25 1/2” -Nut: 1.650” (42mm), bone -Tuners: Upgraded Gotoh Magnum Lock-Trad -Serialization: “Made in Japan”, JD13-prefix -Stamps "GSP" in neck pocket (Green Sparkle), "TL52" on neck heel ('52 Telecaster)
Body Specs:
-Pickups: Original single coils -Controls: Volume, Tone, three-way pickup selector -Hardware: Upgraded six-saddle bridge, flat-topped knurled knobs, aftermarket Freedom Custom Guitar Research neck plate -Plastics: Three-ply white pickguard
The custom color Green Sparkle finish has great depth and a high gloss top coat, exceedingly well-kept with just a couple tiny marks on the body as a whole. The ambered gloss on the neck profile is immaculate.
The first era of Fender Japan began in 1982, when domestic market Japanese Fenders started rolling out of factories. While Fender Japan is popularly known for some of their more extravagant aesthetics, the bulk of domestic Japanese production was focused on reissues of historic American Fender models. These reissue models were labeled by a two letter/two number model code for the model and reissue year, followed by a suffix that indicated the price in Yen, and any unique specifications the model had. While a given model might come in a variety of price points during a given model year, from entry level to the near Custom Shop quality of Fender Japan's ExTrad series, all the models would broadly follow the aesthetic and technical specifications of the original American models. Reissue models would follow this naming convention until 2015, when Fender Japan revamped their product line to more closely mirror the organizational structure of the Mexican and American made Fender lines. Models on this page represent the 1982 - 2015 era of Fender Japan production, and typically feature the old style Fender Japan serial number at the base of the neck, as opposed to the contemporary "JD-" serial number format found on the back of the headstock. The original model codes (and frequently the value suffix) can usually be found in the neck pocket of the body, and at the base of the neck where the mounting holes are.
2013 Fender Telecaster Custom TL52B Green Sparkle w/ Upgrades, Japan MIJ
$2,999.99
$2,999.99
About This Listing
Up for sale, a 2013 Fender Telecaster Custom TL52B in near-mint condition and in perfect working order. One of only a few documented examples of this true Fender Japan rarity, this guitar boasts a Green Sparkle metalflake finish, pairing a '50s-style one-piece maple neck with a '60s-style double bound ash body. Aftermarket upgrades include Gotoh Magnum Lock-Trad 6-in-line tuners, a six-saddle bridge, and a three-ply white pickguard.
The natural acoustic response pairs the glassy note attack and treble detail of the maple neck with the midrange complexity and punch of ash as a tonewood. The traditional single coil pickup pair offers chewy twang in the bridge position, with various shades of percussive cut and bell-like chime toggling towards the neck on the three-way selector switch. This Tele weighs 8lbs 9oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Maple -Shape: Chunky U, .870” 1st fret, .930" 12th fret -Fretboard: Maple, 7 1/4“ radius -Frets: Slender, hint of wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-4 -Scale Length: 25 1/2” -Nut: 1.650” (42mm), bone -Tuners: Upgraded Gotoh Magnum Lock-Trad -Serialization: “Made in Japan”, JD13-prefix -Stamps "GSP" in neck pocket (Green Sparkle), "TL52" on neck heel ('52 Telecaster)
Body Specs:
-Pickups: Original single coils -Controls: Volume, Tone, three-way pickup selector -Hardware: Upgraded six-saddle bridge, flat-topped knurled knobs, aftermarket Freedom Custom Guitar Research neck plate -Plastics: Three-ply white pickguard
The custom color Green Sparkle finish has great depth and a high gloss top coat, exceedingly well-kept with just a couple tiny marks on the body as a whole. The ambered gloss on the neck profile is immaculate.
The first era of Fender Japan began in 1982, when domestic market Japanese Fenders started rolling out of factories. While Fender Japan is popularly known for some of their more extravagant aesthetics, the bulk of domestic Japanese production was focused on reissues of historic American Fender models. These reissue models were labeled by a two letter/two number model code for the model and reissue year, followed by a suffix that indicated the price in Yen, and any unique specifications the model had. While a given model might come in a variety of price points during a given model year, from entry level to the near Custom Shop quality of Fender Japan's ExTrad series, all the models would broadly follow the aesthetic and technical specifications of the original American models. Reissue models would follow this naming convention until 2015, when Fender Japan revamped their product line to more closely mirror the organizational structure of the Mexican and American made Fender lines. Models on this page represent the 1982 - 2015 era of Fender Japan production, and typically feature the old style Fender Japan serial number at the base of the neck, as opposed to the contemporary "JD-" serial number format found on the back of the headstock. The original model codes (and frequently the value suffix) can usually be found in the neck pocket of the body, and at the base of the neck where the mounting holes are.
