Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1958 Top-Load Telecaster
In 1958 Fender modified the design of the venerable Telecaster, switching from a string-through-body bridge to a top-loading bridge. A flexible guitar with authentic Fender tone, the Vintage Custom '58 Telecaster lets you choose either stringing method, courtesy of the Top-Load Tele bridge with period-accurate threaded steel saddles. The two-piece select ash body wears a pristine translucent Aged White Blonde NOS flash coat lacquer finish that makes it look like this instrument time-traveled from '58 to today. The tinted riftsawn maple neck's "U"-shaped profile fills the hand comfortably while the 7.25"-9.5"-compound-radius fingerboard flattens out as you go up the neck, making it easy to bend without fretting out, and 21 medium-vintage frets offer familiar playing feel. The pair of Hand-Wound '58 Tele single-coil pickups are packed with authentic twang and growl, tied together with vintage-style wiring. For those who want more modern tone, included is a Fat '50s Tele wiring and control assembly in the case.
Other features include 3-way switch, 1-ply Eggshell pickguard, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
Specs:
- Series: Vintage Custom
- Color: Aged White Blonde
- Body Shape: Telecaster®
- Body Material:Ash
- Body Finish:Flash Coat Lacquer
- Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
- Neck Shape: 10/56 "V"
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Medium Vintage (50085)
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Headstock: Telecaster®
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt
- Neck Finish: Tinted Flash Coat Lacquer
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Position Inlays:Black Dot
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '58 Single-Coil Tele®
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '58 Single-Coil Tele®
- Controls: Volume, Tone
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Pos 1. Bridge Pickup with Tone, Pos 2. Neck Pickup with Tone, Pos 3. Neck Pickup with Fixed Tone
- Pickup Configuration: SS
- Bridge: 3-Saddle Vintage-Style Tele®, Top-Load or Strings-Through-Body with Threaded Steel Saddles
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
- Orientation: Right-Hand
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Pickguard: 1-Ply Eggshell
- Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
- Switch Tips: Top Hat Style
- Included Accessories: Fat 50's Tele® Control Assembly, Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity