Description
New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop delves deep into the early years of the Tele® to introduce a unique, transition-era model – the 1954 Telecaster®. Early 1954 marks the last production run of the infamous single-ply black phenolic pickguard on what we now know as a Nocaster® Blonde-finished body, eventually moving to a single-ply white ABS pickguard to match the all-new Stratocaster®.
Preserving the iconic appointments of the sought after early Telecaster® guitars, this 1954 model features a two-piece select ash body (with offset seam on the treble side), a one-piece rift sawn maple neck with ’54-style “U” back-shape and vintage compound 7.25” to 9.5” fingerboard radius. Equipped with a pair of Custom Shop hand-wound Loaded ’51 Nocaster® pickups, this guitar has all the clarity and twang you would expect from an early-‘50s Tele®, but with a bit of extra power on tap.
Other premium features include 21 medium vintage (47095) frets, fat ’50s tele wiring, 3-way switch, single-ply black phenolic pickguard, ’51-’54 Tele® bridge with brass barrel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, disc string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Specifications
- Time Machine™
- Right-Hand
- Faded Nocaster® Blonde
- USA
- Telecaster®
- 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- 1954 “U”
- 7.25″ to 9.5″ Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
- 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple Neck
- Black Micarta Dot – 0.25″
- 21
- Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
- Bone
- 1.625″ (41.3 mm)
- Bone
- Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
- 25.5″ (64.77 cm)
- 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Telecaster®
- 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
- 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Brass Saddles
- 1-Ply Black Phenolic
- Knurled Chrome
- Barrel Style, Black
- Nickel/Chrome
- Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
- Vintage-Style Disc
- Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- 4-Bolt with Custom Shop “V” Logo
- Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded ’51 Nocaster®
- Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded ’51 Nocaster®
- SS
- Master Volume, Master Tone
- 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity
