Description
Description
It is no secret that the Fender Custom Shop has been creating the best instruments since 1987. In keeping with the true spirit of Leo's original vision of the company, each instrument is built with the highest level of care and excellence. Here at Chicago Music Exchange, we have collaborated with the best minds at Fender to build the best instruments from top to bottom, tirelessly going over each spec to ensure that we offer you the best of what Fender has to offer.
Featuring measurements and components we hand-selected from across history, our "Chicago Special" Fender Custom Shop guitars highlight important years in the development of core models like the Stratocaster, Telecaster and more. We capture the energy and essence of their respective eras with iconic fingerboard radii and period-correct plastics, matched headstocks and slab fingerboards, classic finishes and not-so-classic colorways. But that's just the beginning of what makes our Fender Custom Shop guitars so special. We take customization a step further with rift sawn necks for added resonance and expanded control sets for tonal versatility, and every "Chicago Special" Fender Custom Shop guitar features our own custom Chicago Special pickups, designed in conjunction with Fender Custom Shop Vice President of Product Development Mike Lewis.
"Chicago Special" Tele pickups
Potted in shellac for open wide range frequency response
43 gauge enamel wire
BRIDGE: Wide diameter AlNiCo 3 magnets combined with thinner 43 gauge enamel wire equals ‘hot juicy tone’
NECK: Wide diameter AlNiCo 5 magnets overwound with 43 gauge enamel wire gives high output, clarity, and punch
Deluxe Closet Classic is a house favorite here at CME. It shows its age like a fine wine, built for those who want to more clearly feel the life of the instrument, but without all those forced dings and dents. Maintaining many of the subtleties of a traditional Closet Classic such as less brilliance to the finish, slight discoloration of plastics, and mild oxidation of metal parts, this aging package adds notably more extensive and lush finish checking that you will see and feel throughout. (*Note. Our photographs sometimes do not capture finish checking as well as we’d like, so please get in touch with us for an in-hand description and additional photographs.)
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Fender Custom Shop |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Serial Number: | R146165 |
| Product Color: | Super Aged Burgundy Mist Metallic |
| Relic/Aging Level: | Deluxe Closet Classic |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Telecaster |
| Body Material: | 2-Piece Ash (Sort for Light) |
| Body Finish: | Lacquer |
| Body Binding: | Parchment Top and Back |
Neck
| Neck Material: | 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Lacquer |
| Neck Tint/Color: | Medium Tint |
| Neck Shape: | Seymour Duncan Esquire "C" .810 - .920 |
| Fingerboard Material: | 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.65" |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5" |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" |
| Number of Frets: | 21 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | 4 Bolt |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Micarta Black .250 |
| Inlay Shape: | Dots |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Micarta Black 3/32" |
| Headstock Inlay/Decal: | '59-63 Custom Telecaster |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound "Chicago Special" Telecaster Stagger |
| Neck Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound "Chicago Special" Telecaster |
| Controls and Switching: | Fat '50s Telecaster |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Bridge: | '58-63 Telecaster |
| Tuning Machines: | Vintage w/Fender Logo |
| String Tree: | American Vintage '59-64 Metal Spacer |
| Fret Wire: | Medium Vintage / 47095 |
| Saddle: | Metal |
| Pickguard: | 1-Ply Parchment |
| Knobs: | Knurled Chrome |
| Switch Cap: | Top Hat Telecaster |