Five luxurious models are represented by Fender Custom Shop at the very beginning of the year. Limited Collection series is reinforced with five gems.
Fender`s Custom Shop lives in a world and time of it`s own and never fails to amaze with new models. It`s almost as if someone there built a time machine and brings Fender relics from all corners of existence. This time, shop`s luthiers bring us five models snatched away from the claws of oblivion. The models are Heavy Relic Jazzmaster, NOS Bent Top Telecaster, Relic Esquire, 1965 Closet Classic Stratocaster and Relic 3 Pickup La Cabronita. These masterpieces do cost a lot of money, but what they give back is something that can not be explained with earthly words.
Fender Custom Shop Heavy Relic Jazzmaster is the first of five new models represented in this article and it is an instrument which draws heavily from the rich Jazzmaster legacy with its worn sonic blue paint, vintage floating tremolo and 21 fret fingerboard. Also, on this model are featured two P-90 pickups with a three-way toggle switch. The neck is made of maple and paired with a c-contour. The fingerboard is made of rosewood and has 21 medium jumbo frets for more comfortable playing experience. Also, dot position inlays, 1.65 micarta nut and 9.50 radius are featured on the fingerboard. For more info check Heavy Relic Jazzmaster detail page on our site or on Fender Custom Shop official web page.
Fender Custom Shop NOS Bent Top Telecaster is a luxulry version of the Custom Deluxe Telecaster model and it comes with an ash body and quilt maple veneer top. This model also brings a vintage styled Savalas bridge, which is a combination of classic Tele bridge and Stratocaster hardtail. TV Jones bridge pickup is paired with a Twisted Tele single coil in the neck position. The neck on this model is made of AA grade birdseye maple and sports a large C contour. This neck is bolted and equipped with a rosewood fingerboard. 22 medium jumbo frets, white dot inlays, 9.50 radius and 1.65" micarta nut complete the picture. For more info check Bent Top Telecaster detail page on our site or on Fender Custom Shop official web page.
Fender Custom Shop Relic Esquire is a tribute to Fender`s first solid bodied model, the one even before the Nocaster, the Esquire. The Esquire was, and still is a model which looks the same as the Telecaster, but has only one bridge pickup. This Relic Esquire is a lot more modern and up to date model then 1950 Esquire, but some features bring that vintage flavor. Lightweight ash body, vintage Tele bridge with three saddles and a tray, slanted Twisted Tele single coil in the bridge position and a C shaped maple neck with 21 jumbo frets on a rosewood fingerboard are the main features of this Relic Esquire. Also, thre are classic Telecaster pickguard, nitrocellulose lacquer finish and 1.65" micarta string nut. For more info check Relic Esquire detail page on our site or on Fender Custom Shop official web page.
Fender Custm Shop 1965 Closet Classic Stratocaster is made in honor of the legendary 1965 Stratocaster. Back in the day Fender used to incorporate special features to basic models. 1965 Strat had a bound rosewood fingerboard and handwound Abby Hot Rod pickups. These specs are also present on today`s 1965 Closet Classic Stratocaster. Select alder body is paired with a maple neck and bound rosewood fingerboard. Lake palcid blue color is the only option for this model and it is finished in nitrocellulose lacquer. Vintage synchronized tremolo bridge, three Abby Red Hot single coil pickups, 21 medium jumbo frets and dot position inlays complete the spec. For more info check 1965 Closet Classic Stratocaster detail page on our site or on Fender Custom Shop official web page.
Fender Custom Shop Relic Three Pickup La Cabronita comes in the Telecaster shape and brings three TV Jones pickups. Hand selected alder body is paired with a maple neck and fingerboard. This flat top comes in a sleek black outfit with a small white pickguard and gloss finish. The pickups are manipulated with master volume, master tone, middle pickup blend and a three-way toggle switch. 21 6105-sized frets, black dot inlays, chrome hardware and a classic hardtail bridge complete the spec. For more info check the Three Pickup La Cabronita detail page on our site.
