Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition '54 Telecaster SH Relic Electric Guitar, Aged Black

All the way from that mythical workshop itself comes this Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition ’54 Telecaster SH Relic in a deep Aged Black lacquer finish. Exhibiting a truly deep and dark look, this Telecaster pairs a Custom Shop Relic Flash Coat lacquer finish treatment with its Aged Black color to create some great contrast of wood grain and aged lacquer finish. This balance of visual elements makes for a great showcase of wood grain highlights and deep black paint across the instrument for an exciting visual motif. Pulling together some alternative Telecaster style and sound, this Custom Shop piece is a thrill on many levels.

This limited edition Fender Custom Shop starts with a single-cutaway Telecaster body made from two-piece select ash with an offset seam. Providing a different feel in hand from traditional Teles, this model offers an alternative route to a classic and fulfilling Telecaster experience. The ash selection is used as a great base for both this guitar’s sonic character and canvas for its Flash Coat lacquer finish. With some tasteful scrapes and chips across the body’s finish, the Custom Shop’s Relic finish treatment exposes some of the ash’s wood grain for a multidimensional visual experience.

The Telecaster-shaped ash of this limited edition Custom Shop is paired with a one-piece roasted riftsawn maple neck shaped in a 1954 “U” profile. This particular selection of shape hearkens back to early Fender neck designs while offering a full and firm grip in hand. This roasted riftsawn maple fills out to a fingerboard measuring with a 7.25” – 9.5” Vintage Compound radius. Measuring with a rounder 7.25” radius near the nut and a 9.5” radius toward the body, this neck facilitates a unique and multi-faceted playing experience from lower to higher registers. Twenty-one frets line the board with 6105 Narrow Tall fret wire that assists in articulate playing. Vintage-Style tuning machines line the headstock for quick string changes while a Vintage-Style disc string tree accompanies.

For its voice, this Custom Shop Tele comes to life with a pair of unique pickups. In the neck position, this Telecaster boasts a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover SH-55 humbucker that barks with impressive humbucking power. This humbucker is met with a Custom Shop hand-wound Josefina “Red Hot” Single-Coil Tele pickup in the bridge. Together, these pickups are wired with Dual Stack SH Tele wiring and a three-way switch for rolling though an array of unique electrified tonality. This electronics setup plays boldly for players seeking an exciting trip. Further hardware specifications on this Custom Shop piece include a bone nut and a Reverse Nocaster bridge with brass RSD saddles for solid intonation across the entire instrument. Finally, this Telecaster travels with a Fender Custom Shop Deluxe Hardshell case.

Bringing forth an outstanding Telecaster experience, this limited edition model from Fender Custom Shop plays with all the bravado it advertises with its deep color and worn aesthetics – another addition to the Fender Custom Shop legacy.