Swinging ’60s Style, Infused with High-output Texas Heat
Inspired by Fender’s last year of pre-CBS production, the Fender Custom Shop ’64 is packed to the brim with golden-age Fender style. It all starts off with a lightweight ash body that’s loaded with two Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special pickups for a higher-output reimagining of time-tested Tele chime. On the opposite end, a quarter-sawn maple neck merges the best of vintage and modern specs, including a substantial ’60s oval “C” shape, a gorgeous round-lam rosewood fingerboard, 21 narrow-tall frets, and a modern 9.5-inch radius. Lastly, old-school Telecaster fanatics will be sure to approve of this guitar’s period-correct ’64–’66 threaded steel-saddle bridge and iconic slotted Fender tuning machines. A classic Fender Custom Shop nitrocellulose Relic finish rounds it all out, saving you more than a half-century’s worth of break-in time!
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’60s Oval “C” profile neck
There’s a reason why the “C” profile neck has served as the standard Fender neck shape for decades — it’s simply a great middle-ground neck style that all types of players have come to love. That being said, the “C” has quite a few minor variations, and if you’re a player that likes a slightly chunkier neck, you’ll love the Fender Custom Shop ’64 Telecaster Relic’s Oval “C” profile. This profile offers all the comfort of a standard “C,” but with a greater heft to better fill out your hand. Plus, this vintage-style neck brandishes a variety of modern appointments: 21 narrow-tall frets in a modern 9.5-inch radius make everything from open chords to high-register bends a breeze.
Well-worn nitrocellulose relic finish
The Fender Custom Shop ’64 Telecaster Relic is more than simply a sonic tribute to the greatest Teles of the past. This guitar’s well-worn nitrocellulose relic finish gives you the instantly “broken in” feel that’s so common among the most venerable of vintage instruments. From the battle scars on the ash body to the thinned-away finish on the maple neck, Sweetwater’s vintage fanatics love how this guitar captures every aesthetic detail of a true golden-age classic.
Hand-wound pickups ready to bring the Texas heat
While just about every Fender fanatic at Sweetwater is enamored with the aesthetics of Fender’s golden-age creations, the low-output pickups of the past aren’t ideal for certain guitar styles. The Fender ’64 Telecaster Relic rectifies this issue by loading up this vintage-looking 6-string with a set of hand-wound Texas Special Telecaster pickups — a seriously hot-rodded take on your traditional Tele sound. These pickups still sport all the classic Tele hallmarks — round lows, defined highs, and endless twang — but their overwound construction and Alnico V magnets kick out significantly more power and punch.
Fender Custom Shop ’64 Telecaster Relic Electric Guitar Features:
- Lightweight 2-piece ash body provides a bold and resonant response
- Quarter-sawn maple neck in a grip-filling ’60s Oval “C” profile
- Round-lam rosewood fingerboard planed into a modern 9.5-inch radius with 21 narrow-tall frets
- Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special pickups put a southern-style, high-output spin on traditional Tele twang
- Vintage-correct ’64–’66 Tele Bridge with threaded steel saddles and slotted Fender vintage-style tuners
- Fender Custom Shop nitrocellulose Relic finish gives you a perfectly worn-in instrument right out of the box
