Fender Custom Shop 1960 Telecaster #R133843 - relic natural blonde

Based on a "1963 Telecaster Base Model" die, the FENDER Custom Shop Time Machine 1960 Telecaster Relic #R133843 (9238014438) is a reinterpretation of the original early Fifties model, ideally combining a majority of strictly vintage features with a few more contemporary ones.

Solid body electric guitar, two-piece Alder body, bolt-on neck and plain-grain Maple fingerboard (60 "s Oval C profile, narrow-tall frets, 9.5" radius), Custom Shop Hand-wound '58 Tele hand-wound pickups. Sold with Fender Custom Shop hardshell case, strap, certificate of authenticity.

The Fender Telecaster, Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, Jaguar Precision Bass or Jazz Bass are legendary electrics that are an integral part of the history of amplified music, having amply contributed to its expansion and democratization.
The ideal would be to be the proud owner of an original from the 50s or 60s, but the price of vintage instruments is so high that it's difficult for anyone to get access to them. Concerning the Relic finish: the dealers present at NAMM 1995 were totally blown away by the level of realism of the first two Relic models that Fender presented to them that year. Despite being vintage connoisseurs, they mistook them for genuine Fender originals (a '51 Nocaster and a '56 Mary Kaye Stratocaster).
The early-aging process is now fully mastered, and accounts for the bulk of Custom Shop sales...