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Every year, Fender creates special limited-edition instruments for the NAMM show. For 2018, one featured guitar is this '50s Telecaster Thinline—a fantasia guitar that would have existed if the Tele Thinline had been developed in 1958 instead of 1968. Combining hand-wound '50s vintage-style pickups and heavy-relic finish with a lightweight chambered Thinline body and modern wiring, complete with the popular Greasebucket tone circuit, this is a guitar to round out any Telecaster lover's collection.
Fender Custom Shop '50s Custom Thinline Telecaster Electric Guitar Aged Aztec Gold over Gold Sparkle
Fender Custom Shop '50s Custom Thinline Telecaster Electric Guitar Aged Aztec Gold over Gold Sparkle
Fender Custom Shop '50s Custom Thinline Telecaster Electric Guitar Aged Aztec Gold over Gold Sparkle

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  • Relic-finished chambered ash body
  • 25.5" scale, 1-piece quartersawn '57 soft-"V" maple neck with 21-fret, 9.5" radius maple fretboard
  • Handwound Tele Texas Special (neck) and Broadcaster (bridge) pickups, 3-way switching with Greasebucket tone circuit
  • Vintage-style through body stringing 3-saddle bridge, vintage-style tuners
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Body
  • Body shape: Single cutaway 
  • Body type: Semi-hollow or chambered body 
  • Body material: Solid wood 
  • Body wood: Select Ash
  • Body finish: Relic Lacquer
  • Orientation: Right handed 
Neck
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  • Neck shape: '57soft V
  • Neck wood: One-piece quartersawn Maple
  • Joint: Bolt-on 
  • Scale length: 25.5 in. 
  • Truss rod: Standard 
  • Neck finish: Relic 
Fretboard
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  • Material: Maple 
  • Radius: 9.5 in. 
  • Fret size: 6105 
  • Number of frets: 21 
  • Inlays: Dot 
  • Nut width: 1.65 in. (42 mm) bone
Pickups
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  • Configuration: SS 
  • Neck: Handwound Texas Special Tele 
  • Middle: Not applicable 
  • Bridge: Handwound Broadcaster
  • Brand: Fender Custom shop 
  • Active or passive pickups: Passive 
  • Series or parallel: Parallel 
  • Special electronics: Modern wiring with Greasebucket tone circuit
Controls
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  • Control layout: Master volume, tone 
  • Pickup switch: 3-way 
Hardware
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  • Bridge type: Fixed 
  • Bridge design: Vintage-style
  • Tailpiece: String thru body 
  • Tuning machines: Vintage-style 
  • Color: Chrome 
Other
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  • Number of strings: 6-string 
  • Special features: Electronics, Relic treatment
  • Case: Hardshell case 
  • Accessories: Certificate of Authenticity 
  • Country of origin: United States

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