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Fender Custom Shop 1961 Telecaster "Chicago Special" Journeyman Relic Super Aged Olympic White w/Painted Headcap

Fender Custom Shop 1961 Telecaster "Chicago Special" Journeyman Relic Super Aged Olympic White w/Painted Headcap

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Description

This guitar is in great condition and is barely used, showing only minor signs of usage from display on our showroom floor.

From Fender:

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: 9237100265
Serial Number: R99368
Finish Package: Journeyman with Closet Classic Hardware
Case: Fender Custom Shop Black
Weight: 7lbs 1.1oz

Body Wood: Alder, 2-Piece
Body Color: Super Aged Olympic White
Body Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Sort for Lightweight: Yes

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 CC
String Guide: American Vintage 59-64
String Gauge: .010-.046

Neck Assembly: 60 Tele CC
Neck Finish: Nitro Lacquer, Medium Tint
Neck Blank: Maple Rift Sawn
Fingerboard: Rosewood AAA 9mm
Truss Rod: 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: Sanko 6105
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50" Radius
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: Standard Micarta Black
Number of Bolts: 4 Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 52-60 Tele
Neck Notes: Painted Head Cap

Pickguard: 63 Tele 4-Ply Brown Shell Nitro
Pickup Neck: Hand-wound "Chicago Special" Tele Neck
Pickup Bridge: Hand-wound "Chicago Special" Tele Bridge
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome CC
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SKU: 9237100265-R99368-U1

Description

This guitar is in great condition and is barely used, showing only minor signs of usage from display on our showroom floor.

From Fender:

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: 9237100265
Serial Number: R99368
Finish Package: Journeyman with Closet Classic Hardware
Case: Fender Custom Shop Black
Weight: 7lbs 1.1oz

Body Wood: Alder, 2-Piece
Body Color: Super Aged Olympic White
Body Finish: Nitro Lacquer
Sort for Lightweight: Yes

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 CC
String Guide: American Vintage 59-64
String Gauge: .010-.046

Neck Assembly: 60 Tele CC
Neck Finish: Nitro Lacquer, Medium Tint
Neck Blank: Maple Rift Sawn
Fingerboard: Rosewood AAA 9mm
Truss Rod: 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: Sanko 6105
Number of Frets: 21
Fingerboard Radius: 9.50" Radius
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: Standard Micarta Black
Number of Bolts: 4 Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 52-60 Tele
Neck Notes: Painted Head Cap

Pickguard: 63 Tele 4-Ply Brown Shell Nitro
Pickup Neck: Hand-wound "Chicago Special" Tele Neck
Pickup Bridge: Hand-wound "Chicago Special" Tele Bridge
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome CC