Description
Description
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. Every “Chicago Special” Fender Custom Shop guitar features our own custom-wound Chicago Special pickups, which we had the great fortune to conceive and design in partnership with the late great Vice President of Product Development at Fender Custom Shop, 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’
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Fender Custom Shop |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Serial Number: | R143444 |
| Product Color: | Super Aged Copper |
| Relic/Aging Level: | Journeyman Relic |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Esquire |
| Body Material: | 2-Piece Ash (Sort for Light Weight) |
| Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck
| Neck Material: | 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Neck Tint/Color: | Medium Tint |
| Neck Shape: | 11/56 Off Center "V" (.880-.980) |
| Fingerboard Material: | 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.65" |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 7.25" |
| 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: | '50-62 Esquire |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Hand-Wound "Chicago Special" Telecaster Stagger |
| Controls and Switching: | Master Volume, Master Tone; 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup w/No Tone Control, Position 2. Bridge Pickup w/Tone Control, Position 3. Bridge Pickup w/"Fixed Wah" Capacitor |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Bridge: | Telecaster '55-57 |
| Tuning Machines: | Vintage w/Fender Logo |
| String Tree: | American Vintage '56-58 |
| Fret Wire: | Medium Vintage / 47095 |
| Saddle: | Metal |
| Pickguard: | 1-Ply Parchment |
| Knobs: | Knurled Aluminum |
| Switch Cap: | Black Top Hat |