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Fender Custom Shop 1961 Telecaster "Chicago Special" Deluxe Closet Classic Shell Pink Sparkle

Fender Custom Shop 1961 Telecaster "Chicago Special" Deluxe Closet Classic Shell Pink Sparkle

Serial Number: R109016

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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: 9237101262
Serial Number: R109016
Finish Package: Deluxe Closet Classic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Black

Body Wood: Alder
Body Color: Faded/Aged Shell Pink Sparkle
Body Finish: Lacquer

Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel
Bridge Assembly: 51-54 Tele
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
Neck Finish: Medium Tint Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Rift Sawn Maple
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" 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: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4 Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 52-60 Tele

Pickguard: 60-64 Tele G/B/G Nitro
Pickup Neck: Hand-Wound "Chicago Special" Tele Neck
Pickup Bridge: Hand-Wound "Chicago Special" Tele Bridge
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
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SKU: 9237101262-R109016

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: 9237101262
Serial Number: R109016
Finish Package: Deluxe Closet Classic
Case: Fender Custom Shop Black

Body Wood: Alder
Body Color: Faded/Aged Shell Pink Sparkle
Body Finish: Lacquer

Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel
Bridge Assembly: 51-54 Tele
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
Neck Finish: Medium Tint Nitro Lacquer
Neck Blank: Rift Sawn Maple
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" 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: Bone
Number of Bolts: 4 Bolt
Head Cap Decal: 52-60 Tele

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