Fender Custom Shop 1954 Relic Telecaster – Aged White Blonde

Combining the classic style with modern features, this guitar stems from a distinctive year for the Telecaster®—1954. The Telecaster® received a few updates that year, novel steel barrel bridge saddles were joined by a new “U”-shaped quartersawn maple neck profile and single-ply White Eggshell pickguard. Matchless in look and tone, our ‘54 Relic® is loyal recreation of this classic with its period-correct top hat switch tip and hand-wound pickups. Providing the modern playability of a 9.5”-radius fingerboard with 6105 frets, Fender® Custom Shop has fashioned a tried and true workhorse for today’s nostalgic player.

Combining the best of the past and present, the ’54 Relic® Telecaster® sports Fat 50’s Tele® wiring, ’55-’57 Tele® bridge assembly and vintage-style tuning machines, along with a hand-wound ’51 Nocaster® bridge pickup matched to a hand-wound ’51 Loaded Nocaster® neck pickup for perfectly balanced tone, 3-way switch, bone nut and round string tree. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.

Other specifications include:

• Model Name: 1954 Telecaster Relic®, Maple Fingerboard, Aged White Blonde
• Model Number: 9235000526
• Series: Time Machine
• Color: Aged White Blonde
• Body Shape: Telecaster®
• Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Shape: 1954 “U”
• Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: 6105 Narrow Jumbo
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
• Headstock: Telecaster®
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Fingerboard: 1-Piece Maple
• Position Inlays: Micarta Black
• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’51 Nocaster® Bridge
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded ’51 Nocaster
• Controls: Volume, Tone
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge, Middle and And Neck Pickup, Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Pickup Configuration: SS
• Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Solid Barrel Steel Saddles
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Eggshell
• Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
• Switch Tips: Top Hat Style
• Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity
• 7 lbs 3 oz
• #CZ539043

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