Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition '54 Telecaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar Natural Blonde

The Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 54 Telecaster Heavy Relic Electric Guitar gives you the tone and feel of a well-loved '50s Tele. Handcrafted in the Custom Shop, this Heavy Relic Tele features a 2-piece select ash body that's been distressed to mimic 60 years of hard play. The quartersawn maple neck has a comfortable mid-'50s U profile and a bone nut, while the fingerboard is made of quartersawn maple. Custom Shop hand-wound '51 Nocaster pickups provide the warm, punchy Tele tone that helped define early rock and roll.

Heavy Relic Treatment for Vintage Vibe

The Heavy Relic treatment gives this Tele a worn-in look and feel like an instrument that's been played for decades. The body and neck are distressed through sanding, denting and lacquer checking to replicate natural wear. The result is a guitar that not only sounds like an original '50s Tele but looks and feels like one too. The nitrocellulose lacquer finish helps produce rich, complex tones as it ages.

Quartersawn Maple Neck for Stability

The quartersawn maple neck provides excellent stability and sustain. Quartersawn wood has a tighter, more consistent grain pattern that's less prone to warping. The mid-'50s U profile feels substantial yet fast in your hands. The bone nut helps produce rich, harmonically complex tones. The fingerboard is also quartersawn maple, a hardwood that yields crisp note articulation.

Vintage-Style Pickups for Iconic Tone

The Custom Shop hand-wound '51 Nocaster pickups deliver the crisp, twangy tones that defined early rock music. The bridge pickup has an articulate, percussive quality perfect for chicken pickin' country licks or rockabilly rhythms. The neck pickup produces a warm, rounded tone ideal for bluesy solos or jazz chords. A 3-position selector switch lets you choose pickups individually or in combination.

Other Features

This signature Tele also features a vintage-style bridge with brass saddles, knurled chrome control knobs, a 3-ply eggshell pickguard and nickel/chrome hardware. It includes a deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity. Experience the tone and mojo of an aged '50s Tele.