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
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Fender Custom Shop |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Serial Number: | R136428 |
| Product Color: | Nocaster Blonde |
| Relic/Aging Level: | Heavy Relic |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | .010-.046, E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Telecaster |
| Body Material: | 2-Piece Select Ash |
| Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck
| Neck Material: | 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Neck Shape: | 1957 Soft V |
| Fingerboard Material: | None (1-Piece RIft Sawn Maple Neck) |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.625" (41.3mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | Compound 7.25-9.5" (184-241mm) |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" (648mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 21 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Bolt-On |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Micarta Black Dots |
| Inlay Shape: | Dots |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Black |
| Headstock Inlay/Decal: | Fender |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50/'51 Blackguard |
| Neck Pickup: | Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50/'51 Blackguard |
| Controls and Switching: | Volume, Blend 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup (+ Neck Pickup with Blend control), Position 2. Neck Pickup, Position 3. Neck Pickup with No Tone Control (dark vintage circuit) |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Bridge: | 3-Saddle Vintage Style Tele with Barrel Brass Saddles |
| Tuning Machines: | Vintage Style |
| String Tree: | Disk |
| Fret Wire: | Narrow Tall |
| Saddle: | Barrel Brass Saddles |
| Pickguard: | 1-Ply Black Phenolic |
| Knobs: | Knurled Chrome |
| Switch Cap: | Black |