Fender Custom Shop Relic 1954 Telecaster – Aged Black

The Fender Custom Shop Relic Telecaster combines 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. Providing the modern playability of a 9.5” radius fingerboard and 6105 frets, Fender Custom Shop has fashioned a tried and true workhorse.

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. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.

Other specifications include:

• Model Name: Custom Shop Relic 1954 Telecaster – Aged Black
• Model Number: 9235000527
• Series: Time Machine
• Color: Aged Black
• Body Material: 2-Piece Select A​sh
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Material: Quartersawn ​Maple
• Neck Shape: 54 “U” (1st Fret: .890″ – 12th Fret: .980″)
• Scale Length: 25.5″
• Radius: 9.5″
• Frets: 21
• Fret Size: 610​5​ Frets
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650″
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Inlays: Micarta Black
• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’51 Nocaster
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded Nocaster
• Controls: Volume, Tone
• Special Electronics: Fat 50’s Wiring
• Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage w/ Threaded​ Barrel Saddles
• Tuners: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Egg Shell
• Control Knobs: Vintage Chrome
• Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case; Strap; Certificate of Authenticity
• 7 lbs 5 oz
• #CZ539159

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