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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!
Fender Vintage Hot Rod '52 Telecaster Electric Guitar 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
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Better than Custom shop
I always loved the look of a butterscotch tele. To my eyes, it is one of the classic beauties. In my mind I thought I wanted a 51 Nocaster, because I believe Fenders Custom Shop guitars are the coolest guitars out there. But the two samples I tried out had poorly finished fretwork and poorly set up for the money. I saw this new 52 Hot Rod Tele on GearWire and knew immediately that was for me. All Nitro cellolose neck body, butterscotch blonde finish plus a vintage humbucker to boot. This guitar far exceeded my expectations for quality! And my instrument has one of the lightest weight Ash bodies I've ever sampled. By the way, the specs show pickup selector to be wired like the standard '52 Tele, but that's not the case. Position 2 is both pickups together. Great great tone!!!
Reviewed by Bluesfan64 on 2/28/2007 who plays Blues, Rock.
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Sweet...
I just got this beauty- The tone is amazing especially in the middle position when both the humbucker and the hot bridge pickup are firing. To my ear the sound is the best of a Les Paul and a hot traditional Tele. The tones, especially when combined with my Fender Princeton Recording tube amp is inspiring me to write and play a new kind of music! A priceless investment.
Reviewed by vaillantk on 3/2/2007 who plays Original Rock & Blues.
14 people found this review helpful.
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Fender American Vintage Hot Rod '52 Telecaster Ele
Simple Beauty
Fender American Vintage Hot Rod '52 Telecaster Electric Guitar
I love this guitar. It's superbly light and comfortable to play. Of course it sounds awesome! I feel like I am channeling Luther Perkins when I hold this baby. Thank you Fender. Get it!
Reviewed by Robert E Kane on 6/21/2007 who plays Rock, Rockabilly.
10 people found this review helpful.
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great vintage telcaster sound
I have had this American 52 Vintage Telecaster re-issue guitar for about 2 yrs, and it has the best action of anything I've ever played. Lightweight, easy to play, great telecaster sound. Versatile, great clean sound, but with effects can do almost anything with it. I love the Jerry Garcia style, and this guitar is great for it, but you can also use it for the most up to date thrash if you want. Again, the playability is unmatched, and the action is even better than an old Strat I used to play.
Reviewed by Jensen John on 2/26/2007 who plays jam band rock and anything fun to play.
20 people found this review helpful.
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