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'52 Telecaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar

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Overview

Classic style and sound with a duo of Custom Shop hand-wound ’50-’51 Blackguard pickups.

Travel back with the Fender Custom Shop ’52 Telecaster electric guitar with a heavy relic finish, meticulously crafted to evoke vintage style and sound. It features a two-piece select ash body and a one-piece rift-sawn maple neck with a ’57-style soft V back shape and 7.25"–9.5" vintage compound radius. The maple fingerboard is topped with 21 narrow-tall frets and micarta black dot inlays. The ’52 Tele’s sound is powered by a duo of Custom Shop hand-wound ’50-’51 Blackguard single-coil pickups, plus ’51 modified Nocaster wiring with bridge/neck blend and a 3-way pickup switch. Additional appointments include a ’51-’54 Tele bridge with brass barrel saddles, vintage-style tuners, a bone nut and nickel/chrome hardware.

The Fender Custom Shop '52 Telecaster electric guitar comes with a deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Features

  • Two-piece select ash body with a heavy relic lacquer finish
  • Rift-sawn maple neck in a ’57-style soft V shape
  • One-piece maple fingerboard with 21 narrow-tall frets and micarta black dot inlays
  • Dual Custom Shop handwound ’50-’51 Blackguard single-coil pickups

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Specs

'52 Telecaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar Specifications:

Body
  • Body type: Single cutaway
  • Body wood: 2-piece select ash
  • Body finish: Lacquer
Neck
  • Neck shape: 57-style soft V
  • Neck wood: Rift-sawn maple
  • Scale length: 25.5"
  • Neck finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer
Fingerboard
  • Material: 1-piece maple
  • Radius: 7.25"-9.5" vintage compound
  • Fret size: Narrow-tall
  • Number of frets: 21
  • Inlays: Micarta black dot
  • Nut width/material: 1.62" (41.3 mm) bone
Electronics
  • Configuration: SS
  • Neck: Proprietary single coil
  • Bridge: Proprietary single coil
  • Control layout: Master volume, Blend
  • Pickup switch: 3-way
Hardware
  • Bridge design: 3-saddle vintage-style Tele bridge with barrel brass saddles
  • Tuning machines: Vintage-style
  • Color: Nickel/chrome
Other
  • Number of strings: 6
  • Case: Hardshell case
  • Orientation: Right-handed
  • Country of origin: United States
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