Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1960 Telecaster #R147953 - journeyman relic candy apple red

Solid body electric guitar, Alder body, 3A figured maple torrefied bolt-on neck and Rosewood fingerboard (60's Oval C profile, narrow-tall frets, 7.25" radius), Custom Shop '63 Single-Coil pickup. The FENDER Custom Shop Time Machine Vintage Custom '60 Telecaster #R147953 (9237003430) is a reinterpretation of an iconic Sixties model. Sold with Fender Custom Shop case, hardshell case, certificate of authenticity. 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 contributed amply 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.