1. Home
  2. Guitars
  3. Electric Guitars
  4. Solid Body Electric Guitars

Fender Vintage Hot Rod '52 Telecaster Electric Guitar  

Product #512138
  • MSRP:
    $2,399.99
  • Your Savings:
    - $700.00
  • Free Shipping on Orders over $49
  • Your Price:
    $169999
  • 2 Used From $1,478.99
Please Select a Style...

  • Butterscotch Blonde

    $1,699.99 Top Rated

    In stock

    { "name": "Butterscotch Blonde", "status": "instock", "price": 1699.99, "isOnSale": false, "msrp": 2399.99, "salePrice": 1699.99, "listPrice": 1699.99, "isPriceDrop": false, "promos":[ "topRated", "topSeller", "flexibleFinancing", "guarantee", "international" ], "warranty": true, "sku": "site1sku512138000839000", "displaySku": "512138000839000", "serialized": false, "stickerText": "Top Rated", "shipsFree":true, "condition": "New" }

  • Black

    $1,699.99 Top Rated

    In stock

    { "name": "Black", "status": "instock", "price": 1699.99, "isOnSale": false, "msrp": 2399.99, "salePrice": 1699.99, "listPrice": 1699.99, "isPriceDrop": false, "promos":[ "topRated", "topSeller", "flexibleFinancing", "guarantee", "international" ], "warranty": true, "sku": "site1sku512138000001000", "displaySku": "512138000001000", "serialized": false, "stickerText": "Top Rated", "shipsFree":true, "condition": "New" }

Gold Coverage: (What’s This?)

(Most Popular)
+ Add to Wishlist
Fender

Luscious custom-shop touches for modern playability and tone!

The Vintage Hot Rod '52 Telecaster takes the best of old and new Fender craftsmanship to create a fantastic guitar built for the serious player! Visually very accurate to the look of a '52 Telecaster, it has a list of sought-after Custom Shop upgrades to make any Tele player drool. It's got a top-of-the-line thin-skin nitrocellulose lacquer finish that ages quickly and beautifully as well as letting the natural tone of the wood shine. The neck has been streamlined for smooth playability with a satin-finish back, 9.5" fingerboard radius, and medium-jumbo frets. The three brass saddles on the vintage-style Tele bridge are compensated to allow for more accurate intonation. And a Seymour Duncan Vintage Mini-Humbucker at the neck and a custom-wound Tele bridge pickup deliver the hot tones called for in modern music.

The rest of its features are true-blue '52 Tele, like the American Vintage model it's based on: a premium ash body, one-piece maple neck with U-shape profile, Fender/Gotoh vintage-style tuners, a one-ply black pickguard, and chrome hardware.

The U.S. Vintage Hot Rod Series from Fender offers new instruments with specs, looks and features that make them feel as if you were the third owner of a vintage instrument. Here's your chance to own that beautiful player's guitar, but in brand new shape and freshly set-up from the Fender factory!

Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options.

Features

  • Thin-skin nitrocellulose finish
  • Premium ash body
  • 1-piece maple neck
  • U-shape profile with satin finish on back
  • 9.5" fingerboard radius
  • 21 medium-jumbo frets
  • 25.5" scale length
  • Nut width: 1.650"
  • Chrome hardware
  • Fender/Gotoh vintage-style tuners
  • Vintage-style Tele bridge with 3 compensated brass saddles
  • 1-ply black pickguard
  • Custom Vintage Tele bridge pickup
  • Seymour Duncan Vintage Mini Humbucker neck pickup
  • 3-position blade pickup selector
  • Master volume and tone controls
  • Setup with Fender Super 250R Nickel Plated Steel strings (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046)
  • Includes Vintage Tweed Case, Strap, Cable, and Meguair's care kit

It's a vintage Tele with modern tonal teeth!! Order yours now!

Write a Review Overall Rating Customer Reviews 34 See all 34 customer reviews...

My new go to guitar..

| Review By: Gerald Dugal | 4 months, 6 days ago

2 people out of 2 found this review helpful

Features:

Been playing fenders over 40 years.. up until this guitar my go to was my '74 strat.. this guitar feels great in my hands but what really wins my heart is the mini humbucker growl.. already thinking about getting a 2nd one..

Quality:
Value:

I pass my custom shop tele to play this one.. 1/2 the price and it plays & sounds better..

Overall:
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
45 years
Style of music you play:
rock, blues
Where you live:
nyc

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1108153

My Number 1 guitar!

| Review By: Paul Cogley | 4 months, 6 days ago

4 people out of 4 found this review helpful

Features:

I just don't understand some of the folk here, who are negative on this guitar.

I have owned dozens of guitars, including other Fenders, Gibson Les Pauls, Gretschs as well as some cool acoustics. I am a tone junky and mostly concerned with preserving the tone.

What this guitar did for me was complement my 1961 Bandmaster, Blues Junior, Blues Deluxe and Blues Devillle and it matches perfectly with every amp.

I play out a lot in my two bands in Seattle, and I constantly get complements on my sound, no mattter what combination I use.

I love the authentic twang of the bridge pickup, and the stacked seymour duncan neck pickup just rocks! It allows me to leave my Les Pauls at home. It is like having 2 or 3  guitars with me.

I have owned this guitar for about 18 months and I am actually here shopping for another one (as a backup) as I have played the living snot out of the one I have and it actually needs a refret, and I can't bear the thought that I would be without it for the month or so it will take to refret.

Quality:

I love the vintage vibe. Mine is looking pretty vintage already, the nitro finish ages perfectly.

Value:

I would recommend this guitar at twice the price.

Overall:

he only critisism I have is the case... I don't care about the 'vintage' look of the case, it is pretty inconvenient, doesn't stand up etc. I wish they had a provided a good solid molded case that was more practical.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
40 years
Style of music you play:
Blues, Classic Rock, Soul, Surf
Where you live:
Seattle

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1108099

Three piece body?

| Review By: james ellis | 6 months, 1 week ago

0 people out of 1 found this review helpful

Features:

Excellant neck, Love the nitro finish.

Quality:

I Dont like the three piece body, needs a two piece at the least.

Value:

I bought mine in 2008 before the price was lowered.

Overall:

It is a great playing tele, I love the flatter radius and bigger fret wire, The nitro finish is the icing on the cake.  My tele is super light and resonant most of the other ones I've played are way heavy compared to mine, not to say mine is better than the others. My main concern is the cheap method of using three piece body's instead of two piece body's, which would make it so much better for the money, evan if they raised the price for a two piece body

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
pro
Style of music you play:
most styles except RAP
Where you live:
east coast

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1098515

Amazing!

| Review By: Cundrix | 8 months, 6 days ago

3 people out of 4 found this review helpful

Features:

Excellent guitar, love the combo of mini hum/custom vintage bridge pickup.

Really nicely balanced weight, neck feels great, especially if you have large hands, long fingers.

Neck does get a little too sticky when you sweat, but hey, if you want a girly guitar then look for something else. This guitar was built for players with a character.

Plug it in a Dr. Z or a tube amp of your choice to get the full experience what this guitar can sound like.

Quality:
Value:
Overall:

Save up, trade your  cheap(er) guitars and go get it!

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Professional
Style of music you play:
Rock/Funk/Blues
Where you live:

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1095772

52 tele

| Review By: guitar man-BFMIO | 11 months, 2 weeks ago

1 people out of 1 found this review helpful

Features:
Quality:
Value:
Overall:
good tone, but bad pickguard.my local dealer asked fender to replace my warped pickguard but they refused..the guitar is only 2 months old. if fender will not honor their guitars any better than that I will not buy anything from them again.
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
active musician
Style of music you play:
country, gospel
Where you live:
owensburg, in

Did you find this review helpful? yes no976758

See all 34 customer reviews...
Also consider
You have no items in your cart. 0
Sign Up For Email Alerts.

Receive exclusive offers, updates and more from Musician's Friend.

Login for personalized recommendations.

Forgot Password?

Don't have a Musician's Friend account?

Sign Up Now
Log in to view your lists
Find a list