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Fender Custom Shop 1961 Telecaster "Chicago Special" Journeyman Relic Faded Aged Chocolate 3-Tone Sunburst w/Rosewood Neck

Fender Custom Shop 1961 Telecaster "Chicago Special" Journeyman Relic Faded Aged Chocolate 3-Tone Sunburst w/Rosewood Neck

Serial Number: R108563

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Description

The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as “The Dream Factory,” produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques–only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender’s finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.

"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

Model Number: 9237100872
Serial Number: R108563
Finish Package: Journeyman
Case: Fender Custom Shop Black
Weight: 7lbs 3.2oz

Body Wood: Alder
Body Color: Faded Aged Chocolate 3-Tone Sunburst
Body Finish: Lacquer

Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel
Bridge Assembly: Tele 51-54
Output Assembly: Vintage Tele
Control Assembly: Fat 50s Tele
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo
String Guide: American Vintage 59-64
String Gauge: .010-.046

Neck Assembly: 60 Tele Closet Classic
Neck Finish: Medium Tint Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Rosewood
Fingerboard: AAA Rosewood 9mm
Truss Rod: Early 60s
Head Style: Tele
Neck Head Thickness: 0.575"
Neck Scoop: 60
Dot Spacing: Wide
Face Dot: Micarta White .250
Side Dot: Micarta White 3/32"
Fret Wire: Narrow Tall Sanko 6105
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"
Neck Back Shape: 63 Strat Style "C"
Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .830"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: 1.000"
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4 Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 52-60 Tele

Pickguard: 60-64 Tele G/B/G Nitro
Pickup Neck: Hand-Wound Tele "Chicago Special" Neck
Pickup Bridge: Hand-Wound Tele "Chicago Special" Bridge
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
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SKU: 9237100872-R108563

Description

The benchmark of craftsmanship, the Fender Custom Shop is the apex of what Fender has to offer. Each instrument is hand-crafted by Fender Master Builders from only the finest, premium-grade components. The Custom Shop, known also as “The Dream Factory,” produces extremely limited runs of period-correct touchstones from the Fender catalog, as well as special one-offs featuring experimental, ground-up design and appointments. Custom hand-wound and treated pickups, exotic tonewoods, hand-aged hardware, special relicing techniques–only the best of the best goes into what leaves the Fender Custom Shop. Fender’s finest expression of quality and art, supreme in all ways.

"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

Model Number: 9237100872
Serial Number: R108563
Finish Package: Journeyman
Case: Fender Custom Shop Black
Weight: 7lbs 3.2oz

Body Wood: Alder
Body Color: Faded Aged Chocolate 3-Tone Sunburst
Body Finish: Lacquer

Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel
Bridge Assembly: Tele 51-54
Output Assembly: Vintage Tele
Control Assembly: Fat 50s Tele
Neck Plate: R Serial Vintage
Tuner Keys: Vintage w/Fender Logo
String Guide: American Vintage 59-64
String Gauge: .010-.046

Neck Assembly: 60 Tele Closet Classic
Neck Finish: Medium Tint Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Rosewood
Fingerboard: AAA Rosewood 9mm
Truss Rod: Early 60s
Head Style: Tele
Neck Head Thickness: 0.575"
Neck Scoop: 60
Dot Spacing: Wide
Face Dot: Micarta White .250
Side Dot: Micarta White 3/32"
Fret Wire: Narrow Tall Sanko 6105
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"
Neck Back Shape: 63 Strat Style "C"
Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .830"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: 1.000"
Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4 Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 52-60 Tele

Pickguard: 60-64 Tele G/B/G Nitro
Pickup Neck: Hand-Wound Tele "Chicago Special" Neck
Pickup Bridge: Hand-Wound Tele "Chicago Special" Bridge
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome