Fender Custom Shop Telecaster '63 NOS Aged Sonic Blue

The Fender Custom Shop 1963 Telecaster® Relic®. A wonderfully crafted reproduction of the Telecaster® from the golden era of Fender’s past, this guitar is a perfect combination of this period’s appointments.

The two-piece select alder body is artfully aged in Relic® lacquer Aged Olympic White, Fiesta Red and Lake Placid Blue finishes and is paired with a rift sawn maple neck with ‘60s-style Oval “C” back-shape and a round-laminated rosewood fingerboard. With the throaty midrange and bite of a Custom Shop hand-wound Original Blackguard bridge pickup and the crystalline clarity of a Custom Shop hand-wound Twisted Tele neck pickup, this guitar delivers classic Telecaster® tone with astonishing versatility.

Other premium features include 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, Modern Tele® wiring with Greasebucket™ tone circuit, 3-way switch, 3-ply mint green pickguard, '58-'63 tele bridge with threaded steel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Model Name:    1963 Telecaster® Relic®, 3A Rosewood Fingerboard, Aged Sonic Blue
Model Number:    9236910187
Series:    Time Machine™
Color:    Aged Olympic White

Body Shape:    Telecaster®
Body Material:    2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish:    Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck Material:    Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Shape:    '60s Oval "C"
Scale Length:    25.5" (64.77 cm)
Fingerboard Radius:    9.5" (241 mm)
Number of Frets:    21
Fret Size:    Narrow Tall (6105)
String Nut:    Bone
Nut Width:    1.650" (42 mm)
Headstock:    Telecaster®
Neck Plate:    4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized
Neck Finish:    Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard:    3A Rosewood
Position Inlays:    Vintage Clay Dot

Bridge Pickup:    Custom Shop Hand-Wound Original Blackguard Single-Coil Tele®
Neck Pickup:    Custom Shop Hand-Wound Twisted Single-Coil Tele®
Controls:    Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching:    3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration:    SS

Bridge:    3-Saddle Vintage-Style Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles
Tuning Machines:    Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
Orientation:    Right-Hand
Hardware Finish:    Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard:    3-Ply Mint Green
Control Knobs:    Knurled Chrome
Switch Tips:    Top Hat Style, Black

Strings:    Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
Included Accessories:    Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.