Fender Custom Shop 1969 Telecaster #CZ585009 - nos candy apple red

Based on a "1967 Telecaster Base Model" die, the FENDER Custom Shop 1969 Telecaster NOS Candy Apple Red (9237003355) solid body electric guitar is a reinterpretation of a Telecaster typical of the late 1960s. This solid body electric guitar ideally combines a majority of vintage and contemporary features.
It features a "Swamp Ash / sort for lightweight" body, a quarter-sawn Maple neck and fingerboard, a 60's Oval C neck profile, a 9.5" radius and Custom Shop hand-wound '67 Tele pickups. Sold with Fender Custom Shop hardshell case and certificate of authenticity. Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars are timeless, referential. They're an integral part of the history of amplified music, having contributed amply to its expansion and democratization. Ideally, you'd like to be the proud owner of an original from the 50s or 60s, but the price of vintage examples 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. Most mistook them for genuine Fender originals (a '51 Nocaster and a '56 Mary Kaye Stratocaster).
The Fender "Relic" ageing process has now become an integral part of Custom Shop sales.