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Limited Edition El Mocambo Telecaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar Masterbuilt by Ron Thorn

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Overview

A limited-edition telecaster Masterbuilt in honor of famed Toronto nightclub and live music hotspot El Mocambo.

The El Mocambo, Toronto's famed nightclub where rock, soul, jazz, and R&B greats played, has teamed up with Fender Custom Shop to introduce a very special Master Built paired instrument—the Limited Edition El Mocambo Telecaster, crafted by Master Builder Ron Thorn, himself a Toronto native. Limited to 25, the instruments are fashioned from 300-year-old eastern white pine reclaimed from the rafters between floors one and two during the massive 2014 renovation of Canada’s most famous nightclub. Each board was examined with a metal detector to locate and extract nails, and the extremely tight-grained old-growth timbers are light and extremely resonant, making for amazing body wood for these guitars. The first-fret inlay and engraved neckplate are inspired by the El Mocambo’s signature feature, the giant 22-foot sign on the front of the building since its 1948 opening—an enormous palm tree with “El Mocambo” spelled out in glowing neon letters beneath the cascading white lights of the tree’s moonlit leaves.


Other premium features include a quartersawn and roasted Canadian maple neck with a ’59-style “D” profile, 9.5" radius flat-laminated African blackwood fingerboard with 21 jumbo frets and bone nut, hand-wound Josefina Campos Twisted Tele (Neck) and Texas Special Tele (Bridge) Pickups, Fat '50s Tele wiring, Heavy Relic lacquer finish with gold hardware, three-ply black pickguard, '58-'63 Tele Bridge with Gatton Saddles, vintage-style tuners, and wing string tree. Includes custom El Mocambo hardshell case, strap, collectible case candy kit, and certificate of authenticity.

Features

  • Eastern white pine body wood reclaimed from the original El Mocambo
  • Quartersawn roasted Canadian maple neck
  • African blackwood fingerboard
  • Josefina Hand-Wound Single-Coil Tele pickups

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Specs

Limited Edition El Mocambo Telecaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar Masterbuilt by Ron Thorn Specifications:

Body
  • Body type: Telecaster
  • Body wood: Eastern white pine reclaimed from the original El Mocambo
  • Body finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck
  • Neck wood: Quartersawn roasted Canadian maple
  • Joint: 4-Bolt standard
  • Scale length: 25.5"
  • Truss rod: Early 60's
  • Neck finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer
Fingerboard
  • Material: African blackwood
  • Radius: 9.5"
  • Fret size: Jumbo
  • Number of frets: 21
  • Inlays: Gold mother of pearl dots
  • Nut width/material: 1.650"/Bone
Electronics
  • Configuration: SS
  • Neck: Josefina Hand-Wound Twisted Tele Single-Coil
  • Bridge: Josefina Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Tele
  • Control layout: Volume, tone
  • Pickup switch: 3-position blade
Hardware
  • Bridge design: '58-'63 Tele bridge with Gatton Saddles
  • Tuning machines: Vintage-style
  • Color: Gold
Other
  • Number of strings: 6
  • Case: Custom El Mocambo hardshell case
  • Orientation: Right-handed
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