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60th Anniversary Vintage Hot Rod 1952 Telecaster Electric Guitar

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Overview

Join the celebration to honor the guitar that changed popular music forever.

The Vintage Hot Rod '52 Telecaster® guitar combines classic looks with modern playability and tone. Features include a satin-backed neck with a flatter fretboard radius and medium jumbo frets, Seymour Duncan® 'mini-humbucking neck pickup and a single-coil bridge pickup for a slightly darker sound, vintage styling and thin-skin nitrocellulose lacquer finish. An innovative new vintage-style bridge with three brass saddles now allows precise intonation of each individual string.

On its 1951 introduction, the Telecaster was a revolutionary instrument that would usher in whole new eras of musical innovation and excitement. Sixty years later, in 2011, it is an archetypal electric guitar with a long and storied history. The rich history of Fender guitars begins with the Telecaster, and Fender is celebrating its 60th anniversary all year with 12 very special "Tele-bration" models that stay inside the Telecaster's famously elegant lines while offering the finest and most unusual takes on the instrument's past, present and future.

Features

Series: Tele-bration
Body Shape: Telecaster®
Body Material: Premium Ash
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck: Maple, "U" Shape
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Front, Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Back
Fretboard: Maple
Fretboard Radius: 9.5" (24.13 cm)
Frets: 21, Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: Black Dot Position Inlays
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Nut Width: 1.650 (42 mm)
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Truss Rod: Vintage Style Truss Rod
Truss Rod Nut: Original Vintage Style Truss Rod Nut
Pickups: Vintage Hot Rod '52 Tele Pickup (Bridge)
Seymour Duncan® 'Vintage Mini-Humbucking Pickup (Neck)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Neck Pickup
with Tone Control (Bright Vintage Circuit), Position 3. Neck Pickup
with No Tone Control (Dark Vintage Circuit)
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Hardware: Chrome
Tuning Keys: Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Bridge: Vintage Style Tele Bridge with Three Special Intonatable Brass
Saddles
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply Black (8-Hole)
Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.009-.042 Gauges)
Incl. Accessories: Vintage Leather Strap, Cable, Polishing Cloth

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