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Founders Design Telecaster Designed By Fred Stuart

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Overview

Exquisite tonewoods and tone.

Fred Stuart’s Founder Design Herringbone Telecaster is inspired by the pre-World War II Martin Herringbone D28 guitar, from which he took a motif and applied it to a Telecaster.

After playing in bluegrass bands over the years, he saw guitar players venturing into electric music switch from a Martin D28 to a Telecaster. Both, he says, have that kind of “initial defining quality.”

The Founders Design Herringbone Telecaster is made of a two-piece roasted ash ’52 Telecaster body and a Bear Claw Sitka Spruce top with white herringbone-purfled binding. Other features include an original Fred Stuart design single-ply Tortoiseshell pickguard and Fred Stuart’s Custom Blackguard Telecaster single-coil bridge and neck pickups.

Fred primarily focuses on aesthetics and detail in his design, applying that to the Herringbone Telecaster. “You can never put too much attention to detail,” he said. “I have a motto: I'd rather be accused of copying quality than creating mediocrity.” Includes hardshell case.

Features

Body

Body shape: Single cutaway
Body type: Solid body
Body material: Solid wood
Top wood: Bear Claw Sitka Spruce
Body wood: Ash with Bookmatched Guatemalan Rosewood Veneer Back, Laminated with Cross-Grain Spruce
Body finish: Nitrocellulose
Orientation: Right handed

Neck

Neck shape: '60s C
Neck wood: Quartersawn Mahogany
Joint: Bolt-on
Scale length: 25.5 in.
Truss rod: Standard
Neck finish: Nitrocellulose

Fretboard

Material: Ebony
Radius: 9.5 in.
Fret size: Vintage-style
Number of frets: 21
Inlays: Snowflake
Nut width: 1.675 in. (42.5 mm)

Pickups

Configuration: SS
Neck: Fred Stuart Blackguard Tele
Middle: Not applicable
Bridge: Fred Stuart Blackguard Tele
Brand: Fender Custom shop
Active or passive pickups: Passive
Series or parallel: Series
Piezo: No
Active EQ: No
Special electronics: None

Controls

Control layout: Master volume, tone
Pickup switch: 4-way
Coil tap or split: No
Kill switch: No

Hardware

Bridge type: Fixed
Bridge design: Vintage Tele with John Page Wood-Tone Ebony Saddles
Tailpiece: Not applicable
Tuning machines: Gotoh Vintage
Color: Chrome

Other

Number of strings: 6-string
Special features: Electronics
Case: Hardshell case
Accessories: None
Country of origin: United States

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Founders Design Telecaster Designed By Fred Stuart

Exquisite tonewoods and tone.

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