Fender Custom Shop '64 Telecaster Relic Aged Fiesta Red CZ574528

Weight: 7 lbs 9 oz
Neck depth 1st fret: .86"
Neck depth 12th fret: .97"

New for 2023 the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 64 Telecaster Relic. Nearly 60 years after its original ancestor the instrument is loaded with classic mid-60s appointments for looks sound and vibe that expertly evoke the Telecaster during one of music’s most monumental years.  Its two-piece body is fashioned from select alder for well-balanced sound and wears a Relic lacquer finish in Aged Fiesta Red.  From the finish checking that covers the body to every last ding dent and scar from bridge to headstock this treatment imparts authentically worn-in look and feel and tells a story of a guitar that has experienced many years of regular use in clubs and bars.

The quartersawn maple neck has a 60s-style Oval C profile that’s thinner towards the nut and gradually thickens toward the 12th fret for comfortable full feel topped with a 9.5-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow tall (6105) frets and a bone nut. Both hand-wound Texas Special Telecaster pickups deliver hot tone with focused midrange bite with three-way switching and modern Telecaster wiring. Other premium features include a three-ply mint green pickguard 64-66 Telecaster bridge with threaded steel saddles vintage-style F tuners wing string tree deluxe hardshell case strap and certificate of authenticity.  

Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder

Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck Material: Quartersawn 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

Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Fingerboard: Round-Laminated Rosewood

Position Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dot

Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Tele®

Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ 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

Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green

Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome

Switch Tips: Top Hat Style, Black

Includes Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity