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A special Thinline Tele!
Originally conceived as a model that "could" have been made during the halcyon days of the early '50s, Custom Shop Senior Master Builder, Chris Fleming, recently designed the Tele Thinline with many of the same features and materials found in early Nocaster guitars. The one major difference is its thinline, nitrocellulose-finished ash body complete with f-hole. Fender didn't begin building thinline guitars until 1968. Additional features include a straight-grain, lightly tinted one-piece maple neck, Chris Fleming custom-wound pickups and vintage bridge. This guitar features Fender's "Closet Classic" treatment - built as if it was bought new in its respective model year, played maybe a few times per year and then carefully put away. It has a few small dings, a mildly checked finish, lightly oxidized hardware and aged plastic parts.
Fender Custom Shop Tele Thinline Special Edition Closet Classic Features:
- Body: Semi-Hollow Premium Ash Body
- Neck: 1-Piece Maple, "U" Shape, Light Tint Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
- Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5" Radius
- No. of Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo Frets
- Pickups: 1 Custom Shop "Twisted" Tele Single-Coil (Neck), 1 Custom Shop Broadcaster Single-Coil (Bridge)
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Pickup Switching: 3-way Blade
- Bridge: Vintage-style Strat Strings-Through-Body Hardtail Bridge
- Machine Heads: Fender/Gotoh Vintage-style Tuning Machines
- Hardware: Chrome
- Pickguard: 1-Ply Black
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Width at Nut: 1.650"
- "F" Hole
- Black Dot Position Inlays
- Strap
- Straplocks
- Cable
- Polishing Cloth
- Case: Deluxe Black Hardshell Case Included
Fender Custom Shop Special Edition Tele Thinline - The Tele that could've been!
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