The Limited Edition Brent Mason Telecaster, masterbuilt by Kyle
McMillin, is inspired by the distinctive Tele Mason has used for
countless recordings and performances with a one-of-a-kind-tone that has
made him one of Nashville’s most sought-after session aces. For this
detailed recreation, we had an amazing time in Nashville working closely
with Mason—painstakingly disassembling the guitar, measuring every
detail precisely and examining every last part.
Truly, it’s hard
to tell this guitar from the custom-powerhouse original guitar Mason has
put through its paces for so many years. From the black grease and oil
marks on the primer-gray custom Heavy Relic® finish to the heavily worn
quartersawn Relic maple neck, it effortlessly harkens back to Mason’s
hard-played and long-serving original. A trio of Seymour Duncan® pickups
includes a mini humbucking neck pickup, ’80s-style hot-stack middle
pickup and vintage-stack Telecaster bridge pickup, all wired to a custom
control assembly with individual volume for the middle pickup, a
push/pull tone knob that deactivates the middle pickup when pulled, and
three-way blade switching.
Other custom appointments include an
off-center-seam ash body, 1967 “C” neck profile, 7.25”-radius
round-laminated quartersawn maple fingerboard with 21 vintage frets and
black pearloid face dots, and a Joe Glaser B-Bender system for extra
Nashville twang. Deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of
authenticity included.
Only 60 units produced worldwide!
Other specification include:
- Model Name: Limited Edition Brent Mason Signature Telecaster® Heavy Relic®, AAAA Flame Maple Fingerboard, Flat Silver Satin
- Model Number: 9215005332
- Series: Limited Edition
- Color: Flat Silver Satin
- Body Shape: Telecaster®
- Body Material: 2-Piece Offset Seam Ash
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Material: 4A Flame Maple
- Neck Shape: 1967 "C"
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Vintage Tall
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
- Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Slotted
- Neck Plate: Glaser B-Bender Neck Plate
- Neck Finish: Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Fingerboard: Quartersawn Maple
- Position Inlays: Black Pearloid Dots
- Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan® Vintage Stack® Tele® STK-T3B
- Middle Pickup: Seymour Duncan® Hot Stack® Strat® STK-S2
- Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan® Vintage Mini Humbucker SM-1N
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck/Bridge); Volume 2. (Middle); Master Tone (Push/Pull Turns Off Middle Pickup)
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge, Position 2. Bridge and Neck, Position 3. Neck
- Pickup Configuration: SSH
- Bridge: Custom 6-Saddle Strings Through Body with Modified Plate and Saddles for Joe Glaser B-Bender System
- Tuning Machines: Sperzel® Locking
- Orientation: Right-Hand
- Hardware Finish: Gold
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
- Control Knobs: Gold
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Included Accessories: Deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity
- 7 lbs 12 oz
- #XN5904
For more information about this Fender Custom Shop instrument, please contact us.
