Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1959 Telecaster #R148052 - time capsule lake placid blue

The FENDER Custom Shop Time Machine Vintage Custom '59 Telecaster #R148052 (9237003356) is a reinterpretation of an iconic model from the late 1950s. Solid body electric guitar, "sort for lightweight" Alder body, bolt-on neck and "sort for dark" Rosewood fingerboard (1959 Large C profile, Jescar medium-vintage frets, 7.25/9.5" hybrid radius), Custom Shop hand-wound '58 Single-Coil pickup. Sold with Fender Custom Shop 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.