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Fender Custom Shop 1954 Telecaster Time Capsule Package 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple Neck Fingerboard, Nocaster Blonde 9236091066

$5,300.00

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NEW FOR 2024 - AVAILABLE TO ORDER Once your order has been placed we will contact the supplier immediately and you will be contacted within 1-2 business days with an expected delivery date.

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.

The 1954 Telecaster® is available in a number of Custom Shop treatments with varying degrees of wear, including Time Capsule, DLX Closet Classic, Relic®, Journeyman Relic®, Heavy Relic® and Super Heavy Relic®.

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.

Neck

Telecaster®
1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
Flash Coat 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" (6.35 mm)
21
Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
Bone
1.625" (41.3 mm)
Bone


icon specs

Body

2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
Flash Coat Lacquer
Telecaster®
2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam


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Hardware

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


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Electronics

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