The Fender Custom Shop 1951 Heavy Relic Telecaster is an authentic evocation of Fender’s first workhorse guitar, with upgraded features for modern playability.
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This gently used 2016 '51 Nocaster's lightweight ash body features a Heavy Relic lacquer finish that imparts the look of long years of use and abuse. Classic Telecaster snap and twang comes courtesy of a pair of hand wound Nocaster pickups with three-way switching, modern wiring and Fender’s Greasebucket tone circuit, which rolls off highs without reducing gain.
Additional features include a tinted maple neck with a Nocaster “U”-shaped profile, 9.5”-radius maple fingerboard, 6105 frets and bone nut, single-ply black Bakelite pickguard, vintage bridge with compensated saddles, and vintage Fender-logo tuners.
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