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Vintage Hot Rod '50s Telecaster Electric Guitar

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Overview

A celebrated design with a versatile pickup combination.

Fenders Vintage Hot Rod 50s Telecaster gives you the best Tele tone, style and performance of both eras”authentically vintage-style design touches straight from the 1950s and hot-rodded modern mods ideal for todays players.

Premium features include an ash body; maple neck with D-shaped profile, vintage-style heel-end trussrod adjustment, and satin back finish; and a compound-radius (7.25-12) maple fingerboard with twenty-one 6105 frets, bone nut and gloss finish. Versatile full-voiced tone comes from a Fender Wide Range Special humbucking neck pickup and a sparkling single-coil Broadcaster bridge pickup. Special four-way blade switch with œbarrel tip delivers the bridge pickup alone, both pickups in parallel, neck pickup alone and both pickups in series.

Other features include a single-ply white pickguard (Black model) or Bakelite pickguard (Butterscotch Blonde model), two knurled œdome control knobs (master volume and tone), three-saddle American Vintage string-through-body Telecaster bridge with adjustable brass saddles, Gotoh locking tuners and locking strap buttons. Available in Black and Butterscotch Blonde gloss finishes. Includes upgraded deluxe vintage-style tweed case, vintage-style 8 cable, vintage-style brown strap and wrenches.

Features

  • Ash body with gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
  • Maple neck with œD-shaped profile
  • Compound-radius (7.25-12) maple fingerboard with twenty-one 6105 frets
  • Bone nut
  • Fender Wide Range Special humbucking neck pickup
  • Single-coil Broadcaster bridge pickup
  • Special four-way blade switch with œbarrel tip
  • Includes tweed case

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Specs

Vintage Hot Rod '50s Telecaster Electric Guitar Specifications:

Body
  • Body Material: Ash
  • Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Body Shape: Telecaster
Neck
  • Neck Material: Maple
  • Neck Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish with Gloss Headstock Face
  • Neck Shape: "D" Shape
  • Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8cm)
  • Fingerboard: Maple
  • Number of Frets: 21
  • Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo
  • String Nut: Bone
  • Nut Width: 1.650" (42mm)
  • Position Inlays: Black Dot
Electronics
  • Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Single-Coil Broadcaster
  • Neck Pickup: Fender "Wide Range" Humbucking
  • Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
  • Pickup Switching: 4-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups (In Parallel), Position 3. Neck Pickup, Position 4. Neck and Bridge Pickups (In Series)
Hardware
  • Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele with Intonateable Brass Saddles
  • Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
  • Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Locking
  • Pickguard: 1-Ply Black Bakelite
  • Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
Miscellaneous
  • Strings: Fender USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
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